Mom and daughter play blocks together.
Week 37

Head Start Homework

This Week

Use these activities to learn with your child every day!

Language & Literacy

Create A How-To Video

  1. Tell your child that they're going to make a video that explains how to do something. Ask your child to think of a daily task they know how to do well, like washing their hands or getting dressed.
  2. Ask your child to explain how they perform this task in 3-4 steps. Write down what your child says.
  3. Film video clips of your child performing each step. Ask them to explain each step out loud while they do it.
  4. Watch the clips in order together. Does the video make sense all together? If not, make changes and record clips again.
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Math

Flashy Fingers

  1. Wiggle your fingers and Invite your child to play a math game with you.
  2. Explain that you will flash your fingers in different ways and they are to shout out the number of fingers they see.
  3. Using both hands, do various configurations of one to five using different fingers and one or both hands. Be sure to show both the front and back of your hands as you put fingers up.
  4. Alternate between showing one to five fingers.
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Physical

Scoop it Up

  1. Tell your child they’ll play a game. They’ll scoop up the cotton balls with the spoon and drop them in the container.
  2. “Try to scoop them up as fast as you can!”
  3. You can join in and even have a race to see who can scoop the fastest too!
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Looking for more?

Yellow Book
Try out this Health & Wellness activity.

Simon Says Stretch
Try out this Social-Emotional Learning activity.

Create A Board Game

Spotlight on:

P - PAUSE

E - ENGAGE

E - ENCOURAGE

R - REFLECT

This week's focus:

Reflect

REFLECT about what parts of the activities were challenging for your child.