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Loud and Quiet Book
Have children make their own books about things that are loud and things that are quiet. Children will share their book with the class on Day 5.
Make Your Mark
Have babies explore different materials with their hands, feet, fingers, and toes to help them exercise their pre-writing muscles.
Musical Murals
Play different types of music and have children paint to the music. Display the paintings and the names of the artists.
My Favorite Sound
Have children draw a picture that features their favorite sound and then dictate or write a description.
My Important People Tree
Create a family and friend tree to help your child recognize the most important people in her life.
My Kind of House
Invite children to draw the house they would like to build. Have them dictate or write labels or captions.
My River Story
Help children draw, dictate, or write their own books about a river.
Neighborhood Houses and Buildings
Take a walk with your child and talk about different shapes, textures, and materials you notice on the houses and buildings.
Night Scenes
Look at and talk about some of the illustrations in Night in the Country. Ask children to draw a scene that includes soft and loud sounds.
Pasta-Wheel Pictures
Invite children to draw something that has wheels and have them use wheel-shaped pasta to represent the wheels.
Plant Collage
Have children create collages using drawing materials and plant objects they collected from outside.
Plants Here and There
Point out different environments plants grow in when you are out and about—such as in the park, by a pond, or in the woods.
Rolling, Sliding Drops of Color
Have children use an eyedropper to drip color down a ramp and create a ramp painting.
Small Group: Ramp Drawings
Have children illustrate the ramp constructions they built. Encourage them to represent the movement of the objects on the ramps in their drawings.
Small Group: Ramp Track Paintings
Have children create ramp paintings using balls dipped in paint and ramps.
Small Group: Same or Different
Have children work in pairs as they create cats that are same or different from their partner’s.
“The Little Engine That Could” Mural
Have children draw scenes from a story and create a mural. Allow children to recreate the story using the illustrations in their mural.
Tomato and Cheese Sandwich
Have children draw to illustrate as you read the steps it takes to make a tomato and cheese sandwich.
Up Mobile
Children make “UP” mobiles by coloring letter squares and identifying pictures of things that go “up.” Hang the mobiles around the room.
Watch It Grow
Plant seeds with your child. Let him be responsible for watering them to help him learn what plants need to live and grow.