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This Institution is an Equal Opportunity ProviderHello Families,We all are adjusting to the reality of the corona virus. Even though your child is not in class or receiving visits from your home educator, we would like to provide your child and family all learning opportunities possible. We will do this by sharing information on activities to do in the home. The Schools call this “Distance Learning.” The activities are very simple ways to engage with your child in the comfort of your home. The activities are done with very little materials/items, or with items that you may already have on hand. Please don’t feel the need to go out and buy anything. You could adjust the activities to use what you already have. One thing that will be very important to help your children and family through this period is to keep a predictable schedule/routine on a daily basis. Routines are so important and a huge part of your child’s daily schedule whether in school or doing a weekly home visit. On the next page is an idea of a daily schedule/routine that you can use. You could change it to meet your own family’s needs. We strongly encourage you to adopt a routine to help your child have some consistency during this time.Along with the sample daily routine is a general picture of some basic activities that you can do with your child at home. Your local teaching staff have shared with you a basic activity bag that will help with distance learning at home. They would like to provide continued care while you do one on one learning at home with children. We also are attaching more ideas where over the course of your day you can choose one or two activities from each of the areas. The ideas are sorted for Infant/Toddler and for Pre-School. They also are sorted by the skills that children need to develop and learn to be kindergarten ready. The topics like “Literacy and Language” should be familiar to you from your discussions with your teacher or home educator.It's up to you and your family to mix and match different learning areas/age groups to meet the needs of your child and their interests. Another important point: please know that time on an electronic device or “Tech time” is not developmentally appropriate for children under the age of 2. For children age 2-5, Tech Time should be limited to 1 hour per day. There is no app to replace your lap! You are your child’s best teacher! This is a wonderful time just to spend time – together.If your child is on an IEP or IFSP, our staff will share specific activities, unique to your child’s needs. This will help promote the goals set out in their plans. For children learning English, we encourage you to focus at home on using your home language. This does help your child learn. For the attached activities, our staff will help you understand all of these materials. If you have someone in the home who speaks English, they could help with the activities. We have listed several websites that you could look into for more ideas and support. We are learning as we go. We are here with you to support your child’s learning and your family well-being. Semcac Head StartThis Institution is an Equal Opportunity ProviderSUGGESTED DAILY ROUTINE TO HELP YOUR CHILDSemcac Head StartThis Institution is an Equal Opportunity ProviderSUGGESTED DAILY LEARNING ACTIVITIES For Infants/Toddlers:Literacy and LanguageMath, Science, and ArtPhysical Large and Fine Motor ActivitiesSocial and Emotional Learning--Talk with your child and allow time to respond to you (smiling/cooing)-sing and repeat songs, add finger plays and hand motions -Look at books and talk about what you see on the pages, point to the words as you read, ask questions and make comments as you read-repeat familiar words or actions as your child does them (WOW, you are holding your bottle all by yourself. Well done! WOW, nice job! You picked up the toys all by yourself.)-Name people or objects in your child’s world-Describe simple routines, such as getting dressed or making their favorite meal.-Repeat your toddlers common requests while encouraging your child to use more words-Show your baby/toddler pictures of your family and talk about them-Point out and talk about pictures and symbols on toys and other items in your home-let your child use large crayons or markers for scribbling and talk about what they are doing/drawing--listen and respond when your toddler tries to communicate with others.-talk about and name new people and places in your childs world-Offer safe objects of different sizes, shapes, colors, textures for your baby/toddler to look at and explore-be sure to talk about all those things with them.-if able offer toys that react when baby/toddler push buttons or does other actions-talk about the action and reaction.-Place toys near your baby and let them move and reach for them.-play hiding games with your child by hiding a toy under a blanket or cloth and talk about where it went.-Find a place, like a box or shelf, for your toddler to keep and find things (this is blue, let’s go find some blue).-Encourage some pretend play with your toddler-house, cars, dolls, etc.-Encourage your toddler to help with simple cooking activities (measuring, dumping, mixing), setting the table, or cleaning up afterwards.-Allow for some supervised play outdoors to explore or go on a nature walk.-offer some different pots and pans to bang on-talk about the different sounds that come from each.-Look at and explore the different container tops you may have. Talk about sizes, shapes, colors.-Go on a shape or color hunt in your home or outside.-Provide opportunities to count throughout the day. During playtime and meal time. Count toys, foods, etc.-Older toddlers can start to sort ex. (blue cereal and red cereal).- Allow for some supervised play outdoors to explore or go on a nature walk.-Allow outside time for some jumping/running.-Allow baby to grasp your fingers while playing.-Provide tummy time.-Place interesting items and toys within reach for your baby to look at or swipe at, hit or kick.-practice rolling a ball back and forth to each other.-Find toys and/or materials that let your toddler practice using their small muscles, like fingers and hand-eye coordination. Like moving small cereal pieces onto a mat or plate.-Assist your toddler in self-care tasks such as dressing, washing hands, brushing teeth, etc.-Show your feelings with your facial expressions, tone of voice and body language-Talk with your child and use their name when talking to them-Let your baby see themselves in a mirror and talk about what they are seeing-Give your baby toys and talk about the toy (colors, shapes, descriptions)-Play games (peekaboo) or sing songs encourage child to sing along with you-read books and talk about the picture-Encourage talk about feelings (what the feeling is and how it looks on their face and/or body)Daily Log to help you track activities and progressWhat skill am I building?Activity:What skill am I building?Activity:What skill am I building?Activity:SUGGESTED DAILY LEARNING ACTIVITIES For Pre-SchoolersLiteracy and LanguageMath, Science, and ArtPhysical Large and Fine Motor ActivitiesSocial and Emotional Learning-Have conversations during mealtimes and other daily routines like bedtime, bath time and playtime.-Use rhymes and songs (talk about and sing their favorites from school)-Respond when your child tries to communicate using gestures, actions and words. Help them come up with the words they are trying to express.-Have child look at some books and you read to them then talk about what you read.-Look at something and describe it to each other-Allow some time for imaginative play with dolls, kitchen items, cars, house items, any other available props.-Tell your child a story from your childhood.-Have a discussion or read a story in your home language.-Provide writing materials such as paper, pencils, markers, or crayons and write a letter to a family member. Talk about it.-Have child write their name and the names of others in the home and talk about the letters in the names. Count how many letters are in each name.-Go on a letter hunt inside the home or outside. Let’s go find the letter S.-Find your favorite story online and listen to it together.-provide safe everyday household items and toys that can be used in more than one way, like measuring cups/spoons, bowls, pots and pans.-Ask your child, “What would happen if…”-Offer free art in any form you can (markers, crayons, glue, scissors, etc)-talk about what they made.-use household items that would allow your child to count, measure, and find patterns, such as setting the table or folding laundry.-Have your child organize household items or natural materials by color, size, shape, or other categories.-Point out and talk about the size, shape, and location of everyday items.-Read books and count different items within the book. -Sensory table with water and measuring cups/spoons. Encourage filling, dumping and talk about what they are doing.-Ask your child why they think something happened.-Count everything everywhere-Matching game: match items that look alike-Patterning: use household items to practice basic patterns (spoon poon, fork)-Measuring: use different objects to measure the length of something. Possible objects include: shoes, spoons, blocks, etc. and compare the numbers.--Encourage your child to help with simple cooking activities (measuring, dumping, mixing), go over a recipe, setting the table, or cleaning up afterwards.-Dance around to a songs online.-Allow for some time outside to practice jumping, running, swinging, skipping, galloping, etc.-Go on a nature walk.-If able play with balls, hoops, bean bags, etc.-If able put puzzles together.-Practice zipping and buttoning clothing items.-Practice writing a variety of words: look at products or items you have at home/signs/etc for ideas.-during activities encourage taking turns, sharing, etc.-Talk about your child’s feelings and challenges. How others may be feeling as well. Talk about different ways they can express their feelings.-Ask your child what they would like to do.-Help your child practice listening and talking to others.-Respond to comments or questions your child may have.-Encourage a talk about your childs culture and the culture of others and encourage your childs understanding of differences. -Allow your child some time to be able to make reasonable choices so they can learn to set limits for themselves. -Help your child to problem solve when they encounter a challenge or a problem. Encourage them to help others.-Encourage them to try new things.Daily Log to help you track activities and progressWhat skill am I building?Activity:What skill am I building?Activity:What skill am I building?Activity:MORE RESOURCES: Most of this guidance comes directly from MDE in their specialized Parent Guides. You can find the guides online if you are interested: great online resources and sites that can be used for more learning activities:30 Days of Good Things for Young Children: older children: for our DLL’s?for families? Brain Development?Healthy Brain Development Tip Sheet[PDF,?857KB], Available in?Spanish (espa?ol)[PDF,?823KB] and?Arabic (???????)[PDF,?745KB]?Early Learning and School Readiness?Social and Emotional Development[PDF,?561KB], Available in?Spanish (espa?ol)[PDF,?551KB] and?Arabic (???????)[PDF,?645KB]?Language and Literacy Development[PDF,?568KB], Available in?Spanish (espa?ol)[PDF,?568KB] and?Arabic (???????)[PDF,?645KB]?Approaches to Learning[PDF,?548KB], Available in?Spanish (espa?ol)[PDF,?578KB] and?Arabic (???????)[PDF,?650KB]?Cognition Development and General Knowledge[PDF,?529KB], Available in?Spanish (espa?ol)[PDF,?534KB] and?Arabic (???????)[PDF,?626KB]?Physical Development[PDF,?468KB], Available in?Spanish (espa?ol)[PDF,?500KB] and?Arabic (???????)[PDF,?565KB]???? ................
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