At Home Learning Ideas

*Counting to 50 by ones (in the car, walking outside, walking up/down steps)

*Counting out objects up to 10 *can use Goldfish, Cereal pieces, blocks...(up to 25 after Winter Break)

*Matching capital and lowercase letters (using flash cards) and stating their sounds

*Using letter cards (uppercase and lowercase) for Memory Game pieces

*Use Legos to create/make letters

*Write letters or sight words on cards and place them in places around your home.  When your child walks by the card, they must read it

*Place a small amount of shaving cream on a tray (or plate) and have your child practice writing letters (or numbers) in the shaving cream

*Use magnetic letters on the refrigerator to build sight words or matching uppercase to lowercase if available

*Create flash cards for sight words (I, the, in - this list will grow throughout the year)

*Coloring (helps with fine motor skills)

*Creating letters or numbers with Play-Doh (helps with fine motor skills)

*Read a book to your child and ask about the characters and setting in the book and ask your child to retell the story.

*Have your child pick up beads, cereal pieces... with tweezers or clothespins (helps with fine motor)