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Circle Time Song of the Day
The Color Song
(tune: If Your Happy and You Know It)
If your clothes have any red, any red,
If your clothes have any red, any red,
If your clothes have any red, put your finger on your head,
If your clothes have any red, any red.
Additional Verses:
Blue - finger on your shoe
Yellow - smile like a happy fellow
Brown - turn your smile into a frown
Black - put your hands behind your back
White - stomp your feed with all your might
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Fine Motor Practice
- Gluing Activities: Children need to learn how to apply the right amount of glue to something, as well as how to paste it in the right place (straight/sideways/etc). Use liquid glue (especially for younger children) and let them practice with a paintbrush. Have your child practice sticking random paper scraps together or onto another piece of paper. To expand this activity for older children, have your child practice constructing with paper and boxes using glue. What creation can they make?
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Art / Center Time
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Cardboard Art Creation: For this activity, you will need a cardboard box (the best are ones that your child is able to sit in), crayons, and another other art supplies you have around your house. This is a great quiet calming activity that will allow your child to explore and create on their own. Give your child a cardboard box and allow them to color it. Encourage them to create something new with the box. What do they want it to be?
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It could be a space ship, an elevator, a fire truck, the possibilities are endless. The best part of this activity is your child has the chance to be in charge!
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Science / Cooking
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Which One Is Heavier? - Create Your Own Balance Scale: This activity will introduce your child to the laws of gravity. For this activity, you will need a clothing hanger with notches, 2 paper cups, string/twine, a hole puncher, and scissors. If you do not have a whole punch, you can also use a scissors to make the holes. Hang your coat hanger somewhere where it can swing easily. A cabinet or closet door will work. Use a hole puncher or scissors to create holes on each side of the paper cups. Cut two equal lengths of yarn and tie them onto each of the paper cups to turn them into two buckets. Ask your child to find different things to fill each bucket. Ask your child which bucket they think is heavier. Put the buckets on to the hanger and see which one is the heaviest and hangs lower.
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Gross Motor Play
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Hurdle Jumps!: For this game, you will need cardboard boxes or anything else your child can jump over. Set up a row of boxes or items to hurdle over, and let your child jump, hop, or skip over the boxes.
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Outdoor Time
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Nature Shapes: Go for a walk outside and collect treasures that you can find outside (twigs, rocks, bark, leaves, flower petals, etc.). Once you have all of your items, invite your child to try making shapes out of them. Are some of the natural items easier to make shapes with?
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