Head Start Homework
This Week
Use these activities to learn with your child every day!
Language & Literacy
What, Where, When?
- Throughout the day, try giving me lots of examples of questions that start with "What," "Where," and "When."
- If I ask a question with only one word, repeat my question as a complete sentence.
- If I use gestures to ask a question (like pointing at something interesting), say the question I'm "asking" out loud. Then answer my question.
- Over time, I'll learn to ask questions to help me figure things out.
Math
Clean Up Countdown
- Pick something in your house that needs to be put away (like clothes into a drawer, crayons into a box, dishes into the dishwasher). Try to choose something with 10 objects or fewer.
- Ask your child to count how many things you're starting with (5 plates, 10 socks, 8 crayons, etc.).
- Put the items away one by one. Count backwards along with your child as you put each item away.
- When the last item has been put away, say "Zero! There's nothing left to put away."
Science
Does it Float?
- Gather objects from around the house. If possible, find a mix of things that you know will sink (coins, marbles, rocks), float (feather, bath toy, ball), and some that may be surprising (ball of cotton, pipe cleaner, an orange, tin foil).
- Fill up the bathtub or a bowl of water.
- Before placing an item in the water, ask your child whether they think it will sink or float. Have them place it in the water and observe what happens. Was their hypothesis correct?
- Repeat with different objects.
Looking for more?
Try out this Social-Emotional Learning activity.
Frustrated Freeze!
Try out this Approaches to Learning activity.
Prep Ahead Outfit
Spotlight on:
P - PAUSE
E - ENGAGE
E - ENCOURAGE
R - REFLECT
This week's focus: