6-10, 2020 Focus: “It Takes a Village: Parents As Partners” Monday
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Parent Extended Learning Opportunities Week of April: 6-10, 2020 Focus: “It Takes a Village: Parents as Partners” Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills! Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: “Mama, Do You Love Me?” “The Family Book” “Are you My Mother?” “The Invisible String” “The Relatives Came” by Barbara M. Joosse By Todd Parr by P.D. Eastman By Patrice Karst by Cynthia Rylant Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read read aloud. aloud. read aloud. Use this link to hear the story aloud. Parent Tip: Create a family Parent Tip: Have children retell the Parent Tip: Share childhood Parent Tip: Discuss- “How Parent Tip: Have a discussion book about your family—don’t story in their own words. memories of your child with are the relatives in the story with your child about what it forget to include your family them. similar or different from your means to “love each other, no pet! Illustrate many of the fun family relatives?” matter what.” things that you and your family enjoy doing together. Virtual Field Trips • Learn About Wall Murals Music and Movement • If You’re Happy and You Know It • A Field Trip to the Animal Shelter • Music and Sign: “We Are a Family” by Jack • A Trip to the Zoo Hartmann • Animals and Their Babies Video • Watch the Letters Get Down Outdoor/Indoor Play & Music and Movement Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them. Encourage children to move like Have children “paint” using water Bake a favorite family treat different zoo animals. Example: Play a game of hopscotch! and paintbrushes on the sidewalk or Play a game of “Simon Says” with your child. Yummy, hop like a kangaroo, etc. cement area. enjoy! ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Dolly at Night Parents School Age Dolly and her Imagination Brianzy – Reading and Library will inspire you to Math games for kids help the children in your What To Do? Lakeshore- Pre-K to 5th grade community to Dream Becky Bailey’s Conscious Discipline: lesson plans More, Learn More, Care Parent Tool Box Kindermusik – FREE Home More and Be More! Talking to Your Infant During Indoor Play Activity Kits for ages 1-7 Link Khan Academy for Kids (Ages 2- 7) Sensory Activities for Infants and Toddlers Next Generation Science – Enjoy some Science Fun! Parent Extended Learning Opportunities Week of April 20-24, 2020 Focus: “A Healthy Earth for You and Me” Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills! Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: “The Earth “The Lorax” “The Air We “I am Earth” Book” By Dr. Breathe” By “Compost By Todd Parr Seuss By Irene Rebecca Stew” Ladd and James By Mary McDonald McKenna Siddals Use this link Use this link Use this to hear the story read aloud. to hear the story read aloud. link to hear the story read aloud. Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read aloud. Parent Tip: Today, practice ways read aloud. Parent Tip: Recycling Scavenger Share with your of cleaning the Earth : Parent Tip: Hunt: Quickly walk around your family and friends ways that Get Creative! 1. Turn off the lights Parent Tip: Parent Tip: Discussion: How home collecting recycled items. they can also help in keeping Make a Recycled Collage 2. Save your leftovers would you help the Lorax take Count your items. Then place the the earth clean. using recycled items: toilet 3. Clean up trash care of the Earth? items in different places and repeat paper tubes, egg cartons, old the game. buttons, paint, etc. Virtual Field Trips Music and Movement • Playing in the Forest Song • Explore the Rainforest • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Song • Farm Tour • Save the Planet Song • Learn About Butterflies • The Great Lakes • Walking in the Jungle Outdoor/Indoor Play EL of Orange County_ April 2020 Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them. Infants: Hold a rattle out for Infants: To minimize your baby’s Infants: Finish feeding time with your Infants: During feeding time, your baby to take. Dance and distraction during feeding time, try a infant with a hug, letting them know Infants: Play a game of Peek-a- hold your infant’s foot in your sing along as he/she shakes darkened or quiet spot. how strong they have become and boo by hiding behind your hands, hand and count his toes in a the rattle. how much you love them. a blanket, a stuffed animal, or sweet, sing-song way. Toddlers: Fly Swatter Painting-use even a door. Toddlers: Create your own a fly swatter, paint, and paper to Toddlers & Preschoolers: Make a Toddlers: Investigate your yard water play table—you will create a masterpiece. Bird Feeder- Use this link to learn Toddlers: Stack and balance with a magnifying glass-have a need a plastic tub, beach more on how to make a bird feeder. rocks- try other objects to see if discussion about what you see. toys, turkey baster, funnel, Preschoolers: Plant a garden with they can be stacked or your child- you will need seeds, balanced. measuring cups, etc. Enjoy! Preschoolers: Continue individual planting pot/ container, planting and grooming your Preschoolers: Make potting soil or seed sorting mix, Preschoolers: Have your child garden. Use this link to learn playdough together with your gardening tools and a water pail. take drawing paper outside to more about gardening with child—Playdough Recipe and Use this link to learn more about draw a picture of the clouds. children demonstration. gardening with children ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Join Dolly at Night! Parents School Age Amazon Rainforest- Animated movies and interactive activities Dolly and her for K-12th Article: “The Eight Ps of Parent Engagement” Imagination Library will inspire you to Brianzy – Reading and Math Video: “Everyday Fun with Counting” games for kids help the children in your community to Video: “Everyday Fun with Spatial Awareness” Khan Academy - Dream More, Learn More, Care More and Be More! Khan Academy for Kids (Ages 2- 7) Link Article: “10 Ways for Parents to Help Teachers” National Museum of Natural History – Educacional games and videos for kids EL of Orange County_ April 2020 EL of Orange County_ April 2020 Parent Extended Learning Opportunities Week of May 4tht-8th, 2020 Focus: Every Day Is an Adventure! Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Story Reading Story time is a great way to bond with your child and to build your child’s comprehension skills! Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: Recommended Reading: “The Way “ “Watch “Harold and “Rooster’s Off ““All the Back Out” the Purple to See the World”” Home” By Jan Crayon” World” By Liz By Oliver Fearnley By Crockett By Eric Carle Garton Jeffers Johnson Scanlon Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read Use this link to hear the story Use this link to hear the story read read aloud. read aloud. aloud. read aloud. aloud. Parent Tip: Speak in different Parent Tip: Talk about how Parent Tip: Find out the distance Parent Tip: Discuss being Parent Tip: Use your imagination voices for each character while the artwork makes the poem from the Earth to the moon. How present and listening to each and a purple crayon to create a reading. into the story. long would the rope need to other. In what ways can you world uniquely to you. stretch that far? practice being safe? • Hello Song Virtual Field Trips • Music and Movement Marineland Dolphin Adventure • We Are the Pirates • Vancouver Aquarium • Cutest Baby Sloth EVER! • Colors Everywhere • Dinosaur Exhibit Field Trip • Sight Words Remix II Outdoor/Indoor Play EL of Orange County_ May 2020 Play is a natural way for young children to discover and make sense of the world around them. Infants: Encourage your infant to explore different textures. Infants: Sing the nursery rhyme Infants: Pay attention to “Where is Thumbkin?” Infants: Encourage your baby whatever your baby finds funny, Toddlers: Take Drawing Outside: to explore a mobile while on Build your baby a sensory and repeat it. Use props like Spread a shower curtain liner or an old their back. Infants: Toddlers: Include your child in bin from stuffed animals. funny hats, big sunglasses, and sheet on the lawn and use a meal preparation by allowing mirrors to make your baby giggle. cardboard box as writing surface or an them to help measure or stir Toddlers: Encourage your Toddlers: Take turns kicking and easel. ingredients. Explain what you are child to try out ride-on toys like throwing balls; set up baskets with Toddlers: Use a rolling pin or cooking and how you are balance bikes that will help plastic containers or boxes. cookie cutters to design play Preschoolers: Keep paper, crayons, preparing the foods that you will them get ready for trikes and dough art. Talk about what you pens, and markers handy for your be eating. bikes with pedals. Preschoolers: Melted Crayons- Use are making with your child and child to color and draw. Talk to your the link to learn more about making ask what she is making.