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Parent Resources
- Howard County's Annual Children's Mental Health Awareness Campaign - Boosting Social Connections While Physical Distancing:
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As today's crisis is putting stress on people everywhere and families are taking the lead with their children's learning, the family connection component for the annual Children's Mental Health Awareness Campaign is more relevant than ever. Children's Mental Health Awareness week is May 4 - 8. Mental health impacts how we think, feel, and act, including how a child: feels about himself/herself; relates to other children and adults; and handles change, stress and other life situations.
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Please join the Howard County Office of Children and Families' campaign and participate in five days of engaging activities with your preschool child. Now is a great time to learn social emotional skills in fun ways that can assist in their healthy development. Sign up for free,
here.
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Seeing Other People Wearing Masks Story:
Click here for a story for children from Tara Tuchel explaining to children why they might see other people wearing masks.
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Circle Time Song of the Day
Degel Tov by Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
Degel, degel, degel tov
Degel tov sheli
Ani ivri, ani ivri
V'zeh d'glee, d'glee
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Fine Motor Practice
- Driving Cars through Shaving Cream: For this activity, you will need a metal tin, cookie sheet, or plastic bin, shaving cream, and some toy cars. Spray a bit of shaving cream into the metal tin. Spread it around with your hand or a paint brush. Invite your child to take their cars for a drive. You can extend this activity by adding a bowl or bucket of water for child to wash the cars off. This activity promotes the development of hand-eye coordination and dexterity each time your child picks up, carries, pushes, and pulls the small cars around.
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Art / Center Time
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Twisting Paint: For this activity, you will need paper plates (can replace with white paper) and paint. Invite your child to squirt a little bit of paint onto the back of a paper plate or a sheet of paper. Put a paper plate or sheet of paper on top (the rims should be facing outwards) and have your child smoosh them together. Pull the two paper plates or paper apart. Voila! Try different color combinations and see how they look!
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Science / Cooking
- Homemade Hummus: This recipe is an easy hummus recipe perfect for Israel Independence Day tomorrow, Yom Ha'atzmaut! This recipe is from Alyssia Sheikh.
- Ingredients:
- 1 can (15 oz) garbanzo beans, drained/rinsed
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp cumin
- salt, to taste,
- pepper, to taste
- Directions:
- In a food processor, add drained and rinsed garbanzo beans, olive oil, lemon juice, cumin, salt, and pepper. (You can blend by hand, if needed).
- Blend until smooth and creamy, adding water to adjust consistency, if desired.
- Transfer to a jar to store and refridgerate.
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Outdoor Time
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Create an Obstacle Course: This is perfect to get your child outside, while also working on their gross motor skills. Provide your child with a set of challenges: kick a ball toward a fence, then jump on and off a step, hop on one-foot long the sidewalk, and throw a tennis ball to a parent. For younger children, practice one activity at a time - like stepping in and out of a hula-hoop on the ground, before moving to the next activity.
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