Activity 13

Activity 13: Christmastime

Craft 1: Go out into your backyard and find some pinecones [ Or buy them at a craft store.] Next get some glitter and glue out and roll your pinecones in glue, put some of the glitter in a bag, and put your pinecones that have glue on them in the bag [ make sure to seal it] and  shake the bag for a little while. Then let them dry and finally you will have some pretty decorations.

Craft 2: Draw a Christmas tree on a piece of paper. Then cut it out and glue down fun items as ornaments such as buttons, glitter, pieces of fabric, etc.

Lesson: Explain to your kid that Christmas has many traditions like Christmas trees and decorating the house with lights. Then ask them to name other Christmas traditions that you do. Finally go over what traditions other people celebrate.

Talk Together: Ask your kid what their favorite thing about Christmas is? If they were in charge of decorating for Christmas how would they decorate?

Activity: Add a little Christmas to your house with your kid. Then have your kid run around the house and when they see a decoration that is the color red or green let them shout out a fun Christmas word or song, encourage your kid to shout out a different word or song every time.

Activity 12

Activity 12: Lots of Shapes

Craft: Find little things around your house such as a flat bead or penny. Next put the piece of paper over the object and color on top.  You should have a picture of the item on the paper. Then label the shapes, oval, square, or triangle.

Lesson: Say all of the shapes you can think of like circles, oval, rectangle, etc.       Then try to make a song out of it like to " Mary Had A Little Lamb" or "Twinkle Twinkle" and finally ask them to write or draw them out on paper as you sing the song slowly.

Talk Together: Ask your kid what their favorite shape is. What shape do you think is mostly in your house?

Activity: Draw a funny and swirly shape and then give it a name like crazy shapes or triangle-funshape. Make a couple and choose your favorite one.   Try to make it by using something outside such as water, pebbles, grass, etc.

Activity 11

Sizes, Shapes, and Colors

Activity 11: Circles and Spheres 

Craft: Cut out about 5 different sized circles, then place them on a sheet of paper and try to make fun designs or pictures with the circles such as a heart,  smily face, or planets. Finally, glue the circles on the paper when you have found your favorite design.

Lesson: Tell your kid that a circle is flat,  round, and has no points or sides such as the circles you used for the craft. Say that spheres are round and not flat and also have no points or sides like a rubber ball. Then go around your house and look for spheres and circles.

Talk Together: How many points and sides do circles and spheres have? What other spheres and circles did you find?

Movement: Have your kid count about 10 balls and divide them into 2 groups    [ Each group should have five balls.] Then spilt the room your going to play in with a jump rope or something else and put the five balls on each side and start music or a timer for a little while. Next roll the balls on to each others spot as fast as you can. Then when the timer or song stops you stop. Count the balls and whoever has the least amount wins. 

Review of Activities 1-10

Review of Nature

Craft: Find a part of a plant in your backyard then tape it to a piece of paper. Next label whatever you chose in your back or front yard whether it is a stem, root, or a rock.

Lesson: A weed is anything that is growing where you do not want it to. A plant is anything that has the four main parts, the roots, stem, leaves, and flower or fruit. A rock is not a living thing but a weed and plant are. Tell your kid one of these definitions at a time with the answer then see if your kid can say the word or answer after you have said the definition.

Talk Together: Is the sun a star or something else? What is your favorite part of nature? Why? 

Activity: Hide about five things around your house in the wrong places. Then have your kid go and look for the misplaced items. Ask your kid what the items in the wrong places were kind of like in nature.

Answer: Weeds, because they grow in places you do not want them to.

Activity 10

Activity 10: Rocks

Craft: Draw one or two circles on a piece of paper, then put glue in the circle and sprinkle sand over it until the circles are covered. Next give the rocks names you can name them funny names like Rock Star or real names of rocks like ruby or marble.

Lesson: Tell your kid that sand is made of crushed rocks, tell them that rocks come from a lot of different places like caves or mountains. Ask your kid if they can think of any other place rocks come from. There are several different types of stone, rock, minerals, and diamonds in the world.

Talk Together: Name some types of rocks. [ Your kid may need help] How many rocks are in your backyard, 0, 10, 100, 1,000?

Activity: Make a poem about rocks.

Example: 

Rocks come in all different sizes,shapes, and colors 

Still they all look cool it is true

There are so many rocks everywhere

So look outside for rocks too!

Then say your own personal poem in your funniest voice possible.

Activity 9

Activity 9: Rainbows

Craft: Make a crazy rainbow by drawing a rainbow on a piece of paper, then add stickers and decorative tape patterns to it or your own fun stuff and color rain drops on the background.

Lesson: Rainbows are what we see after it rains because water and sunlight are what rainbows are made out of. The colors of a rainbow will be red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Rainbows are also almost like air because you can move your hand right through one.

Talk Together: What are the colors of the rainbow? Have you ever seen one?

Activity: Find things around your house that are rainbow colors, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Then place them all together in a line and say a color for your kid to jump on.

Example: Red! Then have your kid jump on all the red items.    

If the item is hard or would brake have your kid throw a stuffed animal at that color instead of jumping.

Songs or Rhymes: Sing the 6 rainbow colors to the tune of your choice.

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Activity 8

Activity 8: Sunshine

Craft: Take a paper plate and color it yellow, then with markers add a happy face. Glue the back of the paper plate on to a piece of paper. Finally add yellow lines of paint or markers to the edges of the sun circle and if you have glitter that would always be a fun touch.

Lesson: The sun is a big fiery ball that warms the earth up so we do not freeze or get really cold. If you live in a place that is usually cold the sun is probably farther away, if you live in a place that is usually hot it means the sun is closer to you. Now name places that you think would be hot and cold.

         Example: The desert is a hot place and an ice burg is a cold place.

Talk Together: Do you live closer to the sun where it is hot? How hot do you think the sun could be?

Activity: Play "Sun Tag,"first pick a person to be the sun and have them try to tag the other players. When they tag a person that person has to lay or sit down until another player that has not yet been tagged tags them, but in order for that player to be un-melted or tagged by another player you have to find something around your house that would provide shade and hold it over their head. Then after that has happened the player can rejoin the game.