Have a wonderful first day of the week.
Small Group Activity: Sensory play and cutting
Approximate Time: 15 minutes
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Materials Needed:
● Safe scissors or plastic knife
● Spaghetti (Cooked)
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Vocabulary: Cut, hold, thump, pieces, small, long, short, smallest, shortest, shorter.
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How to start the activity:
● Cook some spaghetti, when it cools down, spread the spaghetti in a bowl.
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What to do in the middle:
● Let your child touch the pasta, smell it, eat it, and let them explore the materials in their own way. You can ask open-ended questions like “I wonder how we can cut the spaghetti? “I wonder how many pieces you cut?” Also, you can compare between each piece.
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How to finish the activity:
● Tell your child that after five minutes it's time to clean up
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Small Group Activity: Painting with a toothbrush
Approximate Time: 15 minutes
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Materials Needed:
● Any kind of paint
● Plain paper
● Toothbrush or paint brush
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Vocabulary: Paint, wavy lines, straight lines, mix, light color, dark color.
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How to start the activity:
● Today we will paint using a toothbrush.
● (For children who are hesitant to use a toothbrush, they can use a paint brush)
● We will make marks on the paper like this (demonstrate)
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What to do in the middle:
● Notice what your child is doing or saying. “You’ve made a circle or a line.” I wonder what you drew? ”How many lines/triangles are there?”
● Notice what will happen when you mix two colors.
● Encourage your child’s work
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How to finish the activity:
● Clean up together and wash hands
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