Head Start Homework
This Week
Use these activities to learn with your child every day!
Language & Literacy
Picture Walk Read-Aloud
- Choose a picture book that tells a story (ideally one your child hasn't read before or doesn't know very well).
- Point to and read the title of the book on the cover. Ask your child to look at the picture on the cover and predict what the story will be about.
- Slowly flip through the book, page by page, without reading the words. Ask your child questions about each picture.
- Encourage your child to tell their own story based on the pictures.
Math
Fruit and Veggie Subtraction
- Gather 5 balls or soft objects and a box or basket to throw them in.
- Invite your child to imagine that the balls are a fruit or vegetable. They can pick which fruit or veggie they'd like to use.
- Play the rhyme game below. At the end of each line, toss a ball into the basket and count the remaining balls.
- Repeat the rhyme several times, choosing a different fruit or vegetable each time.
Social Studies
All My Can-Dos
BRING BACK
- Trace an outline of your child’s body on large poster paper with a pencil or marker. (If you don't have large paper, use chalk on pavement or draw a mini-outline of your child on a smaller piece of paper.)
- Ask your child, “What are some things you can do? What are some things you're good at or that you like to do?"
- Work together to draw pictures of your child’s “can-dos” on the body part that performs it. For example: draw a book on the head if your child likes reading books, draw a soccer ball on the foot if your child plays this sport, or draw a paintbrush on the hand if your child likes to paint.
- Talk about how your child is so special for having all these "can-dos!"
Looking for more?
Try out this Health & Wellness activity.
Find the Food Groups
Try out this Physical activity.
Photo Puzzle
Spotlight on:
P - PAUSE
E - ENGAGE
E - ENCOURAGE
R - REFLECT
This week's focus: