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Week 5

Head Start Homework

This Week

Use these activities to learn with your child every day!

Language & Literacy

All the Parts of Books

  1. Use a book that your child is very familiar with as an example to explore. As you read, explain the parts of a book like front cover, spine, title, author, illustrator, and back cover.
  2. Spread out 3 more books and have your child point to the parts of each book.
  3. Review the parts of a book every time you read with your child.
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Math

Shopping Cart Addition

  1. At the grocery store, pick up one item and show it to your child before putting it in the cart/basket. Pick up one more item, and ask your child how many you would have if you put both in the cart (i.e. 1 apple + 1 more apple = 2 apples).
  2. Repeat with a different item, starting with 2-4 and adding one more (example: 2 garlics plus 1 more garlic= 3 garlics, 3+1=4, 4+1=5)
  3. Next, try adding by 2, 3, and 4 (example: 2 cans plus 2 cans= 4 cans, 1+2, 1+3, 1+4, 2+3, 3+2)
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Social-Emotional Learning

Naming My Feelings

  1. Ask your child to talk about different kinds of feelings they know about. Examples:
    • Happy
    • Sad
  2. Invite your child to practice pausing to notice their feelings.
    • Say "Pause!"
    • Put your hands on your tummy, and take a deep belly breath.
  3. Notice how you're feeling inside, and say the feeling out loud.
  4. Model these steps for your child first, then practice doing them together.
  5. Prompt your child to Pause throughout the day. Pause when your child is having calm and happy emotions, and when they are having strong uncomfortable feelings.
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Looking for more?

Yellow Book
Try out this Social Studies activity.

Make Believe Money
Try out this Creativity activity.

Fingerprint Art

Spotlight on:

P - PAUSE

E - ENGAGE

E - ENCOURAGE

R - REFLECT

This week's focus:

Pause

PAUSE and take a deep breath before you begin!