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Creating Tents Letter Relay
Using blankets and Place a set of letters at
1 furniture create tents one end of the room while
in the house. Follow placing a letter sheet in
your child’s lead and front of you. Have your
play with them in the child hop to one end of
tent. the room, pick a letter,
hop back and match it to
the sheet.
Chicka Chicka Boom
Boom
Check out Ray Charles
reading the book:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=DG9cSehiXeI
Popsicle Stick Shapes Home Routines
Using the shapes sheet, Using the pictures
ask your child to make provided, create a visual
one of the shapes with schedule for the day. Cut
popsicle sticks and you out the pictures you
can “guess” which one. would like to use and
tape them in order onto
a sentence strip. Review
with your child.

Playdough All About Me Book
Using the recipe Read each page for your
2 provided, make child, fill in the blank with
playdough with your their answer and have
child. your child illustrate the
page.
All About Me Book
When your child is done
illustrating the book, read
it to them. Have your
child read the story to
you.
Counting Movements Family Expectations
Using number cards, Use the expectations
allow your child to pick a matrix to fill out one or
number and then hop, two columns for your
skip, jump, stomp while family’s rules during
counting to the chosen learning time, meals, in
number. a vehicle, or at bedtime.

Water Play Rainbow Name Writing The Very Hungry Nature Pattern Pretzel Breathing
Fill the sink with water Write your child’s name Caterpillar While outside, have your Strategy
3 and add household on a sentence strip. Allow Check out Eric Carle child collect items that Check out this video
items. Ask your child your child to write over reading the book: he/she can use for a demonstrating a pretzel
to predict if it will sink the name you wrote with https://www.youtube.com/ pattern (ex. Leaf, rock, breath:
or float before adding multiple crayon colors. watch? leaf, rock). Bonus: take a https://www.youtube.co
it. v=vkYmvxP0AJI&feature= video of your child m/watch?v=JLvbXIgzqU0
youtu.be making the pattern and An alternative way is to
send the video to your just give yourself a hug
child’s teacher’s e-mail. and take a deep breath.

Shaving Cream Our Family Our Family Sorting Balloon Breathing

Spray shaving cream Read each page for your
4 onto a table. Allow child, fill in the blank with
your child to play with their answer and have
it/draw in it, etc. your child illustrate the
page.
When your child is done
illustrating the book, read
it to them. Have your
child read the story to
you.
Gather toys or other Strategy
items from around the Practice breathing like a
house that are familiar balloon. If your child is
to your child. Have unsure of how to do this,
him/her sort the items look at this video:
by color. Can he/she https://www.youtube.co
think of another way to m/watch?
sort? v=C7bkP6VePCU
 Play Store Once Upon a Time
Save empty food Start a story by saying,
5 containers and play or “Once upon a time”. Ask
pretend “grocery your child, “What
store”. happened next.” Write
down what your child says
and read it back to them.
Obstacle Course Name Puzzle
Place items in a row Write your child’s name
6 for your child to jump on two sentence strips.
over, crawl under, or Cut one of the strips
hop around: belts to between each letter. Help
jump over, chairs to your child put the name
crawl under, shoes to puzzle together using the
hop around, etc. second strip as an
example.
Pet Shop or Vet How I Feel
Collect stuffed Read each page for your
7 animals, child, fill in the blank with
thermometer, their answer and have
bandaids and play pet your child illustrate the
shop or vet office. page.
Dance Party Alliteration Around the
Put on some music House
Ten Black Dots
Here’s a video of the book
being read:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=uPJEqUB2CxA&t=3s
Count along while she’s
reading! After the reading
talk with your child about
something he/she could
make with how many ever
dots he/she wants.
Glad Monster Sad
Monster
Check out this reading by
another teacher of the
book:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=HTF1hsEWYo0
Talk about some of the
feelings that you’re
having.
How I Feel
When your child is done
illustrating the book, read
it to them. Have your
child read the story to
you.
Mouse Shapes
Check out this reading of
Blast Off Star Breathing
Using the number cards, Strategy
allow your child to Practice being a S.T.A.R.
choose a number. Kneel with your child. Can
down on the ground and he/she show you what to
jump up when you reach do? Check out Becky
the chosen number Bailey demonstrating
yelling, “Blast Off”. what being a S.T.A.R is
all about:
https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?
v=qDqOG0RIiSE
Popsicle Stick Sort Drain Breathing
Have your child sort the Strategy
sticks by color. Count Another method for
how many each color helping yourself regulate
group has. Which color is by doing a drain
has more, which color breath. Look at these
has less, which color has people demonstrating
the same amount as how to “drain”:
another? https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?
v=3t6L9DdEHlg
Number Targets How do you feel?
..
You’ll need to use Show your child the
something that is emotions sheet
tossable/soft for this provided. Make one of
game (rolled up socks). the faces and have the
Using the number cards, child guess which one it
lay them out on the floor matches. Have your
(either in order or child make some and
randomly). Call out a you guess.
number for your child to
toss the object to. You
can also switch roles
and have him/her tell
you which number to
toss to.
Mystery Shapes Bed Time Routine
Have your child sit with Using the pictures
 and dance with your Alliteration is when words
child. The sillier, the start with the same sound
better. (ex. cat and car, marble
and marker). Help your
8 child find things around
the house or outside that
start with the same
sound. An adaptation
could be for you to name
a letter, make the letter
sound, and have your
child find something that
starts with that sound.
Cups and Water Letter Hide and
Fill the sink with Seek
water. Add styrofoam Hide letter cards around
9 cups with holes poked the house. When your
in it. Allow the child child finds one of the
to watch as water letters have the bring it
leaks through the back to you. Name the
holes. letter and place it on the
letter sheet.
Sing Along Went for a Walk
Let your child choose Read each page for your
10 a song or two for a child, fill in the blank with
sing along: ABCs, their answer and have
Twinkle Twinkle Little your child illustrate the
Star, The Itsy Bitsy page.
Spider, etc.
the book:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=F0-L3MRl7_s
We’re Going on a Bear
Hunt
Check out Michael Rosen
performing the book he
wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=0gyI6ykDwds&t=7s
Went for a Walk
When your child is done
illustrating the book, read
it to them. Have your
child read the story to
you.
his/her back towards provided, create a visual
you. Using your finger, schedule for bedtime.
slowly draw a shape on Cut out the pictures you
his/her back. As you would like to use and
draw you can talk about tape them in order onto
how many side you’re a sentence strip. Review
drawing. Have your child with your child and
guess which shape you practice.
do. An alternative way
could be to “draw” on
your child’s hand
instead of his/her back.
Finger Flash Happy or Sad
Ask your child “How Draw a happy face and
many?” Quickly show frowning face on a piece
your child a number of of paper. Describe a
fingers on one hand and scenario to your child
then put your fingers and have them point to
down. Ask your child the face that tells you
how many fingers they how they would feel.
saw.
Popsicle Stick Count Yoga
Using number cards, Practicing yoga poses is
have your child choose a a way to help regulate,
number and together destress, and calm your
create a set of sticks to body. Practice some
match the number. yoga poses with your
Have your child make a child. Need ideas? Check
set for you to count and out:
find the matching https://awakeandmindful
number together. .com/best-kids-yoga-
videos-on-youtube/