Mom and daughter play blocks together.
Week 48

Head Start Homework

This Week

Use these activities to learn with your child every day!

Language & Literacy

Reading Connections

  1. Invite your child to read with you and let them choose the book.
  2. Introduce the title of the book and name the author and illustrator.
  3. While reading, connect this story to your own life or another book.
  4. Encourage your child to connect the story to their own life and experiences.
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Math

Kitchen Sorting

  1. Ask your child for help putting away kitchen items like dishes, utensils, pots. (Before you begin, you can put away items that might not be safe for a child to handle.)
  2. Before putting items where they belong, ask your child to sort them into categories that might help you put them away.
  3. Ask your child why they sorted the items this way. If you usually organize items in a different way, explain your system and ask your child to re-sort by a different characteristic.
  4. (Optional) Ask your child to put items back where they belong. Celebrate when everything is put away!
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Creativity

Accordion Paper Sculpture

BRING BACK
  1. Cut 10 long strips of colored paper for your child.
  2. Show your child how to fold the strips back and forth like an accordion. Help them fold the rest of the strips on their own.
  3. Invite your child to glue each end of the paper strips to a base sheet of paper.
  4. Encourage your child to layer and cross the folded strips so the paper turns into a 3D paper sculpture.
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Looking for more?

Yellow Book
Try out this Physical activity.

Move in Different Directions
Try out this Health & Wellness activity.

I Spy a Clean Floor

Spotlight on:

P - PAUSE

E - ENGAGE

E - ENCOURAGE

R - REFLECT

This week's focus:

Encourage

ENCOURAGE your child with specific praise about what they are doing!