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Circle Time Songs of the Day
Open, Shut Them
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Give a little clap, clap, clap
Open, shut them
Open, shut them
Put them in your lap, lap, lap
Wave them, wave them
Wave them, wave them
High up to the sky, sky, sky
A wave to you
and a wave to me
And now let's say good bye, bye, bye.
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Fine Motor Practice
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Car Ramp: Reuse a big paper tube or multiple empty paper towel rolls and drop cars down. This may sound simple, but trust me, it will keep your child engaged for a while! Use trains, small toys, dinosaurs, whatever can drop down a ramp!
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Art
- Coloring on Sandpaper: This activity is great for providing a new texture experience for children. Drawing on sandpaper forces children to use more force to get a crayon to color. This helps to provide a proper grasp on the crayon. For this activity, you will need crayons, sandpaper, and painters tape. Tape the sandpaper to the table and lay out some crayons. Watch your child as they begin coloring on this new textured surface.
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Raised Salt Painting: For this activity, you will need paper, a squeeze bottle of glue, table salt, watercolor/food coloring, and paint brushes. Squeeze glue designs or pictures onto your paper. Sprinkle with salt until the glue is thoroughly covered. Tip to let excess salt fall away. Dip your paint brush into watercolor then gently touch to the salt-covered glue lines. Watch the paint "magically" travel in both directions! Let dry thoroughly.
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Science / Cooking
- Oil and Water Droplet Painting: For this activity, you will need a baking dish, cooking oil, water color or water dyed with food coloring, paper, and eye droppers/pipettes. Place a small amount of watercolor in the bottom of a baking dish. Pour a bit of oil into a smaller cup. Invite your child to use a eye dropper to make droplets of oil in the water color. Watch what happens when the oil and water mix! You can even slightly mix the oil and water for a stronger marble effect. Lay a sheet of paper on top of the water and oil and then pull it out to dry.
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Gross Motor Play
- Fly Like...: Have your child spread their wings around and fly while running. They can pretend to be an airplane, a bird, or even a bee. Have them make the corresponding noises.
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Outdoor Time
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Nature Scavenger Hunt:
Go for a walk in the neighborhood or in your backyard. Look to see how many items you can find in nature.
- Something fuzzy
- Something in a line
- Something round
- Something smooth
- Something rough
- Two types of leaves
- Something that makes noise
- A beautiful rock
- Something you think is beautiful
- A pine cone
- Something green
- Something colorful
- A stick
- Something you think is a treasure
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