Blog Post Activities
May 20-27
Belonging and Contributing
Children need to develop a sense of identity and a positive self-image of themselves. In order to do that, engage your child in a conversation about the things s/he feels that s/he does really well. Focus on the MANY positive things that your child can do independently. After having that conversation, encourage your daughter/son to celebrate those qualities by creating an ‘Appreciation Cloud.’ Take a photograph of your child or print one off from a computer and glue the picture into the center of a big piece of plain paper. Have your child title the paper, ‘Things (child’s name) Does Well.’ Draw three large cloud shapes on the paper. Have your child draw a picture of him/herself in each cloud doing one of the things you talked about in your conversation. You may also want to encourage your child to write a word or two, or perhaps a simple sentence describing each picture. Hang your child’s ‘Appreciation Cloud’ picture somewhere in the home where others can see and admire it. Some examples of pictures might be...I read well. I care for my little brother well. I skate well.
Helping others around the home is a wonderful way to contribute and help around your household. Try to do something each day to help out mom or dad without being asked. Here are a few suggestions: Feed the family pet. Put your dirty clothes in the laundry hamper. Put away your folded laundry in your drawers and closet. Put away your outdoor toys when you have finished playing with them in the late afternoon. Help load or unload the dishwasher. Help a parent with an outdoor chore. You will be surprised how much your parents appreciate your help.
Self-Regulation and Well-Being
Helping develop self-regulation is one of the most important skills that can be taught and nurtured in a child. Watch the following short video BEFORE you invite your child to join you.
The video will help you understand a bit more about self-regulation, why it is important and how you can help nurture better self-regulatory behaviour in your son/daughter. You may want to talk to your child about self-regulation and why it is such an important skill to practice. At the 2:35 minute mark in the video, there are five games which are listed and described for you to play with your child. Some of these games require more than one person, so invite siblings, cousins or neighbours to join in and play along with your child when we can begin safely socializing with others again. Have fun.
Demonstrates Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours
By now, you may have received information about our NEW VIRTUAL CLASSROOM which has been posted on the REMIND app. There are lots of exciting and fun activities to engage in, videos to watch and games to play. There is even a song to learn and sing along with Raffi.
- Before you listen to The Grouchy Ladybug, by Eric Carle, make an analog clock using a paper plate, two clock hands cut out of heavy paper, one short hand and one longer hand and a brass brad. You will want a parent or older sibling to help you with this. As you listen to the story, arrange the hands on your clock to match those in the story. After you have heard the story a few times, discuss your answers to the following questions with an adult.
-What was the problem in the story?
-What happened to the Grouchy Ladybug at 6:00 (six o’clock)?
-What happened to the Grouchy Ladybug at 10:00 (ten o’clock)?
-What happened to the Grouchy Ladybug at 5:00 (five o’clock)?
-How did the story end?
-By the end of the story, do you think that the Grouchy Ladybug learned anything? If so, what?
- You may have noticed that there are several science related activities in our VIRTUAL CLASSROOM. You may want to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly or a frog. If so, create a short book about each stage of your particular animal’s life cycle. Here is an example. Frog Life Cycle: egg, tadpole, froglet, frog
Make a booklet with 5 pages stapled together. Cover Page: Write the TITLE Life Cycle of a Frog. Page 1: egg (draw a picture and label with the word. Page 2: tadpole (draw a picture and label with the word). Page 3: froglet (draw a picture and label with the word). Page 4: frog (draw a picture and label with the word). Share your book with a family member.
Problem Solving and Innovation
Problem: Molly had a butterfly observation net with lots of butterfly chrysalis hanging in it. Two butterfly chrysalis opened on Monday, two opened on Tuesday, and two opened on Wednesday. If this same pattern of daily ‘opening’ continues, how many chrysalis will have opened by Saturday? Show how you know.
Problem: Jace watched a fireworks display in his backyard on Victoria Day weekend. His grandfather set off fireworks in this colour pattern… red, green, blue, red, green, blue…
If Jace’s grandfather continues setting off fireworks in this same pattern, what colour will the 10th (tenth) firework be? Show how you know.
- Make a fireworks display picture.
You will need: black construction paper OR white paper, black tempera paint and a paintbrush, white craft glue, glitter in various colours, a cardboard box for catching excess glitter
Begin with a black piece of construction paper OR you may want to paint a piece of paper black using tempera paint. If you have used black paint, allow it time to dry thoroughly. Using white glue, make shapes of fireworks exploding all over the paper. If you are unsure about what the firework shapes look like, enjoy this delightful Disney fireworks video BEFORE you begin…
Sprinkle glitter of different colours on each of the glue ‘explosions’ on your paper. You will want to do this outside or place your picture in a cardboard box before sprinkling glitter all over it. Be careful to apply the glitter to the paper. Carefully shake off the excess glitter, making sure that the extra glitter stays in the box. Allow the glue time to dry. Display your fireworks display picture somewhere in your home where others will see and admire your work.
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