West Virginia Department of Education



Please pick 2 or 3 activities TOTAL for each day school is not in session. Add a read aloud and play plan each day. Checkmark the activities you complete. Put a + or - to tell how you and your child liked the activity. If possible, please return the forms to your child’s teacher at the end of the month. Thank you.Key: SE (Social and Emotional) ELA (English Language Arts), M (Mathematics), S (Science), HPD (Health and Physical Development), The Arts (A) APL (Approaches to Learning)Schedules help children self-regulate. Create a daily schedule with your child. Write it out and use a simple line drawing to remind them what it says. Follow it each day. The goal is not to re-create the school day, but to build a new routine for learning at home. Include mealtimes and breaks to drink water.+/-Screen-free ActivitiesDomainChildren enjoy puppets. Use socks to make a family of puppets or draw your family together in long ovals on a piece of paper. Cut them out and tape/glue to sticks collected outside. Use the puppets with your child to act out different family stories. Use new vocabulary.AMake musical instruments. A pot and a spoon for a drum, rubber bands stretched over a baking pan for a guitar, or an empty water bottle with some rice for a shaker. March from room to room playing the instruments. Sing Nursery Rhymes as you march. writing and art. Sit with your child and use pencil, paper, crayons, markers or other writing tools and surfaces to draw pictures and write letters of the alphabet. Use novel words for colors like turquoise, aqua, violet, ivory, mauve, magenta, coral, bronze and lavender.AHPDDaily. Interactive read aloud with a familiar book from your home. Ask your child why, what, where, how, and when questions as you read. Let him predict what will happen next. ELADaily play plan. Your child is familiar with play plans. Have her use a plain piece of paper. Draw one line at the top for her name and then one line over halfway down the page to divide it. The top half will be the picture of what your child wants to play, and the bottom half will be her attempt to write about it. (I play with Legos.) Accept all writing efforts.ELA Participate in a conversation, increasing the number of exchanges (talking back and forth).?Ex. When a child asks for help, encourage your child to specifically ask what is needed, why he needs help, and how help can be provided. ELAATLMealtime. Eat with your child and have an extended language interaction. Talk about the food and what food group it belongs to. Ask her how she thinks the food got to your table. ELAHPDMealtime. Eat with your child and have an extended language interaction. Tell him stories about you when you were growing up. ELAHPDMealtime. Eat with your child and have an extended language interaction. Play a guessing game with clues and have your child identify what you are describing: "We use it to sweep the floor" (a broom). "It is cold, sweet, and good for dessert. I like chocolate" (ice cream).ELAHPDCreate a pretend play area with couch cushions, sheets and blankets or boxes. Plan how to make it and how you and your child will use it. Talk about spatial relationships in your conversation (first, middle, and last; right and left) and opposites (up and down; on and off).ELAATLColor Hunt. Use colored paper or something in your house of a specific color. Hunt together for items in your home that match this color. You can use as many colors as you wish. Count the items found for each color. What color did your child find the most of? The least of?ELAHPDAName Hop. Put each letter of your child’s name on a paper plate or piece of paper and tape to the floor. Have your child hop to each letter and spell her name as she hops. ELA HPDIs your child frustrated at times? At calmer times, practice making requests and waiting. For example, if your child asks for assistance with a task, try saying, “I can help you in just a minute—let me finish here.”?ELA SEATLSing and dance to a song of your choice. Try to increase heart rate. Have your child feel for his heart rate before and after the dance. What did he notice?HPDLet your child explore different ways to sort objects into similar groups. The groups, or categories, could be general concepts such as "hard things" "soft things" or something personal, such as "things that were gifts," "things I found."MATLNumber search. Have your child search your home for numbers. Talk about each number and how many it represents. (Ideas: clocks, calendars, magazines, newspapers, etc.)MCounting the house. Have your child count the furniture in each room of your house. Write the numeral and name of the room on paper with your child. Ask: Which room had the most furniture? The least furniture? Why?MAsk your child about measurement by weight. “Which is heavier: a mouse or an elephant? a bike or a car? a bed or a blanket? Which is lighter: a feather or a brick? A balloon or a basketball? A tree or a flower?MShape search. Draw four familiar shapes: circle, square, rectangle and triangle. Have your child search for these shapes in your home. Write the number of shapes found on each drawing. What shape was found most? Least? MScavenger Hunt- (indoor or outdoor) Make a list with your child of items to hunt for. Incorporate math by writing the number of how many of each item you would like to search for. Example: 2 leaves/4 rocks or 4 socks/2 shirts. Always connect quantity with the numeral.MSSave your food boxes and juice containers for a few days. Allow your child to sort into food groups. Talk about what your child is doing as they sort. Ex. “I see that you put the juice box with fruits.”M ATLBuild a bug out of playdough or any found items in your home or yard. Discuss different bugs that you may see in the spring. Add new names of bugs to your child’s vocabulary.SHPD Rock, pebble, sand. Ask your child: “What do you think is the same about rocks, stones, pebbles, and sand?” How are they different? Which one is big? Which one is small? After you discuss it, go outside and find a rock, pebble or stone. Look at it together. Ask your child how it feels and how they would describe it. If it is easy to gather a variety of rocks or pebbles, do so and have your child sort them by color, shape or her own classification ideas.SMATLSink or Float-Use plastic eggs. Fill a container with water. Show the child the empty egg and ask if it will sink or float. Show your child different items to put into the eggs (cotton balls, rocks, dried beans, etc.). Have your child predict if they will sink or float. Complete the experiment to test your child’s predictions. Talk about the results.SExplore natural materials. For example, you can ask your child to use sticks to build a structure of their choice or to use flower petals for a heart design. Ask the child how the sticks and petals feel and smell. Use new words to describe the smells and texture. What other items can he find to build with?STape a piece of paper to a tree. Have your child use the side of a crayon to rub over the paper and make a tree rubbing. Do this with different trees. Compare the rubbings. How are they different? How are they alike?S Help your child with independence. Create a family job chart and let your child share responsibility for daily tasks.SEAcknowledge and encourage your child throughout the day with specific praise. Example: “I like the way you cleaned up after you ate. What a good job you did.”SEDrawing a picture first can be a good way for a child to begin to identify and reflect on her feelings. Prompt your child to talk about those feelings by asking questions such as: I notice you look angry in that picture. Why were you angry? Can you tell me about it?SERead a story book.? Discuss each character’s feelings, pointing out facial expressions in the pictures. Did their feelings help them to make good choices? Why or why not?SEELA A few activities were modified from Reading Rockets- ActivitiesDomainFamiliar books that are read aloud. As you try these more titles will be offered on the side bar.Brown Bear Brown Bear read aloud by the author, Bill Martin. the Cat read aloud. Very Hungry Caterpillar read aloud and animated Little Red Hen 250 English and Spanish electronic books, activities and songsParents must register to receive the free account during school closures.ELATry a VROOM literacy or math tip- View and then complete that activity with your child. ELA MReady Rosie (updated weekly) Video ideas and information for parents SEOnline preschool pop up early learning (free with registration) M S SE a yoga video for your child to move with.HPD a video and have your child move their body with the characters.HPDGo to Choose a recipe or art activity to work on together. MS HighScope Activities and Music ELA, M, S, SE ................
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