The world is full of possibilities and so is your child! Inspire their curiosity each day AUGUST with the activities, crafts, and videos below, or create “anytime” moments of fun with Play Your Way resources from pbskidsforparents.org, pbskids.org, and the PBS KIDS Video app. THEME Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Back to Enjoy a back-to-school- Activity: Try these tips Activity: Use your whole Dress-up and play with Download a packet for Family Night: Watch Activity: Practice themed PBS KIDS YouTube to beat back-to-school body to show how you your friends from PreK-K and grades 1-2 ELINOR WONDERS WHY calming down. Take three School playlist with music videos, jitters. feel: sad, happy, or SESAME STREET! Explore filled with back-to-school- on PBS KIDS and see how deep breaths in and out, sing-alongs, and more! excited. Elmo’s School Friends. themed activities. she and her friends help and count to five. others. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Check out ODD TUBE Activity: Practice Activity: Draw a map of Drive the ODD SQUAD Prepare for a new Family Night: Watch ODD Activity: Make a map of videos on this PBS KIDS following instructions your neighborhood Mobile Unit van around school year and practice SQUAD on PBS KIDS and the route you take from YouTube playlist. and learn about grid using a bird’s-eye view the world solving new skills with this learn about maps. your home to your school coordinates with perspective. problems as you play back-to-school checklist. using objects. ODD SQUAD! Oddstacle Course! 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Get moving with Del, Activity: Explore an Activity: Face a Learn snowboarding Plan your first week Family Night: Watch Activity: Using your Dot, and Dee and enjoy Alaska Native dance partner and take turns tricks with MOLLY OF of school and work MOLLY OF DENALI on PBS body, choose three this PBS KIDS YouTube tradition with your mirroring each other’s DENALI when you play together to create a KIDS. movements to make a playlist. child by making a Yup’ik movements. Super Snowboarder. schedule. pattern. You can jump, dance fan together. clap, and wiggle! 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Enjoy fun adventures with Activity: Explore five Activity: Look in a Donkey Hodie and her pals Celebrate the first day Family Night: Venture Activity: Draw each step Donkey Hodie and her pals ways to beat back-to- mirror and pretend you are making art projects of school with this sign! to Someplace Else with within your morning in this PBS KIDS YouTube school jitters. Create an are feeling happy, sad, from materials found around DONKEY HODIE on PBS routine and then playlist. emotions check-in board and scared. How do your Someplace Else and you can KIDS. practice them in order. together. expressions change? play too! Play Art Pals. 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 Watch full episodes of Activity: Co-create a Activity: Practice Help May from SID THE When you go back to Family Night: Enjoy Activity: Practice your CURIOUS GEORGE on visual calendar and sharing your toys with SCIENCE KID practice school there may be a Preschool Movie listening skills. Close this PBS KIDS YouTube practice routines while others. Use your words sorting rocks by color things that are the Marathon with your pals your eyes and name five playlist. building independence. to ask for specific toys. when you play the same, different, or new. Curious George and Sid sounds you hear. Sorting Box game. the Science Kid. @AZPBSKIDS For more games and activities visit pbskidsforparents.org/back-to-school.