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GET MOVING

WELCOME TO SUMMER!

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET MOVING

ACTIVITY Sing and dance to the fun summer song, “Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun.”

LEARNING SKILLS Music and Movement, Gross Motor Skills

Materials Website

ACTIVITY Play Simon says and practice following directions while moving all around.

LEARNING SKILLS Gross Motor Skills, Cognitive Development

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ACTIVITY Put on your favorite summer-themed music, or any music of your choice, and play freeze dance with your little one.

LEARNING SKILLS Music and Movement, Gross Motor Skills

Materials Music player

Get movingGet Moving activities are designed to start your day with a way to either engage your child’s full body in a physical activity to start the day with a jump, OR to start the day planning for play, a critical area of development in organizational thinking.

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GET MESSY

WELCOME TO SUMMER!

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET MESSY

Get mESSY

ACTIVITY Ask your child if he or she would like to make a batch of slime. Here is a fun recipe to try!

Materials: • 8 oz. bottle of regular white school glue (not tacky craft glue) • 1 tsp. powder laundry detergent • 1/2 cup warm water • 1 cup water • food coloring

Instructions: 1. Empty the entire bottle of white glue into a medium-sized bowl. 2. Add food coloring. (The more you add, the brighter it will be.) 3. Fill the empty glue bottle with 1 cup of water. Shake it up to try to get some of the leftover glue out of the bottle. Pour the water into the bowl. 4. Stir the mixture until it’s smooth. 5. Add more food coloring and stir again if you want a brighter color. 6. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of borax in 1/2 cup of warm water. If you have trouble getting it to dissolve, put the mixture in the microwave for 20 seconds at a time and stir until it’s dissolved. 7. Stir the entire borax mixture into the glue mixture. It will almost instantly get stringy and turn into slime! 8. Kneed the rest by hand until all the water is absorbed. 9. Store in a large freezer bag when you are done playing with it.

LEARNING SKILLS Science, Creativity and Discovery

Materials White glue, powder laundry detergent, water, food coloring, small and medium bowls, spoon

Get Messy is a section designed for your child to engage in sensory play. Sensory play allows learners to make sense of the world around them by taking in as much information as possible from an experience by using as many intake receptors as possible on their bodies. It allow information to absorb better and with more meaning.

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET MESSY

Get mESSY

ACTIVITY Try making your own sidewalk chalk! (This is a messy one!)

Materials: • Plaster of Paris (dry powder, not mixed; can be found at craft stores)• Tempera paint (have fun with the colors!)• Silicone molds or ice trays • Water• Disposable cups• Plastic spoons

Instructions: 1. For each color, set out a separate cup. 2. Fill each cup with 3/4 cup of water. 3. Add 1/4 cup of paint. 4. Add 1 cup of plaster of Paris. 5. Mix well. 6. Pour mixture into molds or ice trays. 7. Let dry for 24 hours. Remove chalks from the mold (they are still soft, so you need to carefully pop them out). Let them dry outside the molds for an additional 24 hours.

LEARNING SKILLS Science, Creativity and Discovery

Materials Plaster of Paris, paint, silicone mold or ice tray, water, disposable cups, plastic spoons, bowl

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET MESSY

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ACTIVITY Try some fruit painting today. Ask your child to choose a piece of fruit from the kitchen. Cut it in half for your little one and dip it in paint for a fun creation. Ask your child, “Do the fruit prints still look like the original fruit?”

LEARNING SKILLS Creativity and Discovery, Science

Materials Fruit, paint, paper

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GET FOCUSED

WELCOME TO SUMMER!

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET FOCUSED

ACTIVITY Talk and brainstorm with your child about all of the summer fun activities he or she would like to do while at home with you this summer. Encourage him or her to start a summer journal and illustrate some of the activities.

LEARNING SKILLS Language and Literacy

Materials Journal or paper, writing utensils

ACTIVITY Work with your child to create a summer daily schedule or routine. You can include activities such as tooth brushing, mealtimes, rest times, bath, cleanup and all of the fun in-between times. For an extension activity, you could create a calendar together.

LEARNING SKILLS Language and Literacy, Cognitive

Materials Paper or poster for daily schedule, writing utensils

ACTIVITY Let’s explore with a deck of cards. You could try sorting them by suit, sequencing them in order or playing a guessing game of higher or lower.

LEARNING SKILLS Cognitive and Math

Materials Deck of cards

Get FocusedGet Focused is a time of day devoted to learning a specific skill. It is a time that is best for children to engage independently or with their parent to fully concentrate and build new skills through hands-on lessons.

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GET OUTSIDE

WELCOME TO SUMMER!

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET OUTSIDE

ACTIVITY Go outside with your child and take a walk. Bring a bag with you and have your child collect things along the way that he or she finds interesting. Ask your child to explain why he or she chose those items.

LEARNING SKILLS Science and Nature, Language and Literacy

Materials Bag

ACTIVITY Let’s go cloud watching! Lie down in the grass, put on some sunglasses and see if you can find some shapes in the clouds.

LEARNING SKILLS Cognitive and Math

Materials Sunglasses

ACTIVITY Ask your little one if he or she would like to have a picnic outside. Encourage your child to help you grab some snacks or make some sandwiches. Use a sheet or blanket to place down in the grass and enjoy your summer picnic together.

LEARNING SKILLS Language and Literacy

Materials Snack food, sheet or blanket

Get OutsideGet Outside is a time of day designed to do just that- get outside and explore. Exploring offers children new ways to relate to their world and engage in physical activities and inquiry-based learning.

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GET RELAXED

WELCOME TO SUMMER!

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET RELAXED

ACTIVITY Get cozy and enjoy reading or listening to And Then Comes Summer by Tom Brenner, illustrated by J. Kim. Reflect and discuss all the fun things to do in the summer.

LEARNING SKILLS Language and Literacy

Materials Book or read aloud

ACTIVITY Choose your favorite book and cozy up with your little one to read before quiet or rest time. Try these classic stories: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle or Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

LEARNING SKILLS Language and Literacy

Materials Book or read-along

ACTIVITY Do some yoga poses with your child to help everyone relax. You could try mountain pose, triangle pose, downward-dog pose or cobra pose.

LEARNING SKILLS Gross Motor Skills

Materials Website for reference

Get RElaxedGet Relaxed is a time of day to unwind and do something low-key. This allows your child to take a brain-break and rest their bodies so that they can enjoy more active play after they relax or take a rest.

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GET CREATIVE

WELCOME TO SUMMER!

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET CREATIVE

ACTIVITY After your walk, use the items that your child collected outside and create an art collage using tape or glue to hold everything together.

LEARNING SKILLS Science and Nature, Creativity and Discovery

Materials Collage items collected, tape or glue, paper

ACTIVITY Use the sidewalk chalk you made to create a mural in front of your house, in the driveway or on the sidewalk outside of your home. Try a scene from your walk today. What did you see? What did you collect?

LEARNING SKILLS Creativity and Discovery

Materials Sidewalk chalk (either handmade or store-bought)

ACTIVITY Ask your child if he or she would like to collect some rocks and then try painting them different colors. You could even start your own rock garden.

LEARNING SKILLS Creativity and Discovery

Materials Rocks, paintbrush, paint or markers

Get CreativeGet Creative is a time of day designed for your child to have open-ended experiences with a variety of mediums. By giving them opportunities to create with no specific outcome in mind it exercises their creative thinking skills allowing them to be better communicators and problem solvers.

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GET CONNECTED

WELCOME TO SUMMER!

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SUMMER LEARNING SUMMER LEARNING FUN WEEKLY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K • GET CONNECTED

ACTIVITY Reflect and discuss with your child whom he or she would like to spend time with this summer. Ask him or her what he or she likes about that person and why he or she wants to spend time with the person. To extend the activity, your child could call or video chat with some of the people on his or her list and tell them that he or she is looking forward to spending time with them this summer.

LEARNING SKILLS Social-Emotional Learning, Language and Literacy

Materials Video chat device or phone

ACTIVITY Choose a family member or friend to be your summer pen pal! Each week, or however often you and your child wish, draw or write a letter and send it to your pen pal. Start this week by sending well wishes and telling the pen pal what you would like to do this summer.

LEARNING SKILLS Social-Emotional Learning

Materials Writing utensils, paper

ACTIVITY Ask your child if he or she would like to bake with you today. Making cookies and decorating them is always fun.

LEARNING SKILLSScience, Cognitive and Math, Social-Emotional Learning

Materials Your favorite baking recipe

Get ConnectedGet Connected is a time of day to connect with family members or loved ones in a variety of ways. Social and emotional connections are imperative to all learning. If a child does not feel secure and connected, they cannot engage appropriately and cannot learn effectively. So, have fun with these ideas for both virtual and personal connections!