APRIL 2011

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April Fool’s Day International
Children’s Book Day
Read a bilingual board
book of animals, colors
What a day for Knock, or shapes together.
Knock jokes!
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Cut apart comic strips Hold hand in a fist; dip Use a variety of empty Try this in-the-car World Health Day Cut letters from felt that Take a woodworking
from the daily in finger paint and cardboard containers sequence game: spot Sing the Birthday Song spells you name. Write class together at the
newspaper. Put them make a variety of like oatmeal canisters, something that starts while washing your name on a blank strip local lumber-yard or
back together in circles on thick white cereal & shoeboxes as with the letter A then hands. of paper and place hardware store.
sequence. paper. Color in white oversized building B; or, spy your way cutouts on top of the
areas with crayon. blocks. through the #s 1 to 10. matching letters.
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Before taking a spring Paint a bunch of Beverly Cleary’s Jan Berenstain’s Fill an empty can with Choose a topic you Visit a farmer’s market.
walk outside, practice popsicle sticks green. Birthday Birthday dirt & sprinkle with would like to learn more Talk about the colors
walking together Glue colorful paper Watch your favorite grass seeds. Place in about. Use a variety of you see, the foods you
indoors. Talk about muffin liners on top. Berenstain Bear video a sunny window and library resources: CDs, smell and the sounds
some of the things you Glue contrast circle in or DVD. mist daily. Watch your DVDs books, internet you hear.
may see on your walk. center. Spring bouquet! Try a Ramona book! mini lawn grow! etc., to help you.
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Draw lines and swirls Cup your hands behind Passover begins at Place hard to pick-up Use eyedropper to drop Earth Day Browse through a
on the sidewalk with you and ask a friend to Sundown items like safety pins, tempera paint unto to a Clean an area in your catalog. Name the un-
chalk. Dip your feet in place an item in your Cut away one side of a paper clips, rubber damp coffee filter. home, yard or familiar items you see.
water and walk on top palm. Can you guess milk carton or juice box bands, coins etc. on a Watch colors blossom neighborhood & sing
of the lines. what the item is just by and use as a boat at table. Pick up with a & blend. the Clean Up song
touching it? Take turns. bath time. tweezer or clothespin. while you work.
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Easter Pretend to put a stuffed Hug a Friend Day Share with each other Take Your Child to Read the Hungry Place a ladder flat on
Share a bunch of toy to sleep & practice Make a friendship something new that Work Day Caterpillar, and then the ground. Practice
spring flowers with a walking quietly around bracelet for a friend you learned or did Watch a video or DVD make a fruit salad using walking between the
neighbor. the room on tiptoe. using pipe cleaner and today. of different community fruits the caterpillar ate. rungs lifting feet high.
big, colorful beads. workers. Top with yogurt and
enjoy!
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