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Week 21

Head Start Homework

This Week

Use these activities to learn with your child every day!

Language & Literacy

My Alphabet Book

  1. Create a 27-page booklet with standard-size paper. Write "My Alphabet Book" on the cover, and write the capital and lowercase letters at the top of each page (A a), one letter per page.
  2. Turn to any page, and ask your child what letter is on that page. Ask them what the letter's sound is, and to think of a word that begins with that letter.
  3. Ask your child to draw a picture of that word on the letter page.
  4. Over time, work on adding pictures for more and more letters. Read your alphabet book together when it's complete!
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Math

Family Dinner Counting

  1. At the beginning of the week, make a chart. Draw 7 columns and label them with every day of the week across the top. Draw as many rows as there are people who eat dinner at your house.
  2. Every night, count how many people are eating dinner at your house.
  3. Have your child write an "X" (or a circle) for each person in that day's column. Invite your child to count the X's and help them write the total at the bottom of each day's column.
  4. At the end of the week, look at your chart and describe what you notice. Compare which days had the most and least people, and which days were the same.
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Science

Sprouting a Seed

  1. Use a spray bottle to dampen (but not soak) a paper towel. Place the paper towel inside of a sealable sandwich bag, and place a few beans (provided by school) on top of the paper towel. Seal the bag. Repeat in a second bag for the second set of beans.
  2. Move one bag to a sunny spot like a windowsill, and one to a dark spot. Over the next 3-5 days, check the beans and spray the paper towels with water if the towel is dry.
  3. After 3-5 days, both sets of beans should sprout. Check them once a day to see how they are growing, and if there's a difference between the sunny and the shady beans.
  4. (Optional) After about 2 weeks, you can move your sprouts into cups filled with dirt and watch them grow! Or, keep them in the bags and observe what happens without dirt. You can continue keeping one in the dark and observing the difference.
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Joining in with Play

Spotlight on:

P - PAUSE

E - ENGAGE

E - ENCOURAGE

R - REFLECT

This week's focus:

Reflect

REFLECT together about your child’s favorite activity today and why!