We suggest that even at home, you make a schedule - children crave routine and it will also make your day easier if you have things planned out and your child knows what to expect. 

Here is a sample schedule:

Wake up - potty/diaper change, get dressed

Breakfast 

Playtime  

Clean Up 

Storytime and Music

Snack

Special Activity 

Outside Time

Lunch 

Playtime 

Clean Up 

Outside Time

Rest / Quiet Time

Click here for a sample schedule card that you can print, cut, and use each morning. This will feel familiar to your child, as they do this often in school, and will help them have a sense of purpose! If you do not have a printer, you can also write the schedule on a large sheet of paper. You may not need this level of detail - so use what is helpful for you and forget the rest! 

•  Ingredients:
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup salt
• 4 tsp cream of tartar
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 cups water
• food coloring or liquid watercolor
• Directions:
• Add flour, salt, and cream of tartar together in a large bowl.
• Microwave oil and water for 4 1/2 - 5 minutes. 
• Add desired amount of food color.
• Add liquid to dry ingredients and mix. 
• Add more flour as needed, if mixture is too sticky.
• Let cool.
• Have fun!
• Toy "Car Wash": Gather a small bucket or tupperware container, a small amount of dish soap, water, a sponge, and a few toy cars. Fill the bucket or container with a small amount of dish soap mixed with water. Have the children wash the cars in the container. If you do not have toy cars, you can use baby dolls or play utensils. 

• Sensory Bin: Use a plastic bin (or bucket) and fill it with any of the available household items that are sensorially stimulating - rice, beans, pom poms, water, sand, etc. Click here for more sensory bin ideas. Include various containers such as measuring cups, bowls, spoons, empty bottles, for your child to explore. 
• Sorting and Transferring Game: Set out a muffin tin, some colorful pom poms/buttons, and a measuring spoon or tongs. Have your child practice picking up the pom poms/buttons with the measuring spoon or tongs and sorting them into the muffin tin. If you do not have a muffin tin, you can also use an ice cube tray.  

• Rainbow Walking Water Science Experiment: For this experiment, you will need 6 small transparent jars or cups, paper towels, liquid watercolor/food coloring, and water. Once you have your supplies, take 3 jars and fill them with water. Add a few drops of liquid watercolor/food coloring to each of the jars. For this experiment to work best, use red, yellow, and blue. You will have 3 jars full of colored water and 3 empty jars. Place all the jars into a circle and alternate them so you have a jar with colored water and then an empty one. Before you add the paper towels to the colored water, you might want to take a few minutes to predict what might happen. Take 6 paper towels and fold each one in half and then in half again so you have a long strip. Then dip each paper towel strip into one of the colors and the connecting empty jar. Watch closely to see the colored water being absorbed by the paper towels. 

• Visual Tracking: Develop your child's perception skills by blowing up a balloon, or using scarves/tissues, tossing the item back and forth and keeping it in the air. Developing smooth eye tracking skills helps with future reading skills. 

• Rainbow Scavenger Hunt: Go for a walk outdoors. Look way up high and down below to find objects in every color. Have fun being a color explorer!