At Home Learning

Here you will find some suggestions for activities to complete at home to continue to support your child's learning during isolation periods. Please feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions.

Reading

  • Have your child look through picture books on their own. They might not be able to read the words, but they can look at the pictures closely to try and think what the story might be about

  • Read to your child. It is just as important that you read to them as it is to have them read to you. This will help you child to hear how reading expression should sound like (just like talking), and book structures that they might not be used to hearing all the time such as "Off they went!" Sharing stories will allow your child to think about the message of the story and make personal connections.

  • Ask your child questions before and after they read. Say something like, “Tell me what you think the story will be about.”, “How do you know that?”, “Why do you think they did that?”

  • Talk, talk, talk! Talk with your child every day about the things going on around the house, in the yard etc. Sprinkle some interesting words into the conversation and build on words you’ve talked about in the past.

  • Explore Epic Books

Writing

We are working on drawing pictures with lots of details to tell a story. We are practicing taking our time colouring and doing our best work. Then we try and label our picture with words.

  • Practice writing names of family members (Mom, Dad, sibling's names, pet's names, Grandma, Grandpa etc.)

  • Draw a picture of your family and label the people

  • Practice writing colour words using colourful markers (red, blue, yellow, green etc.)

  • Ask your child to help you write out the grocery list, a thank you note to Grandma, instructions on how to make something, create a survey to ask your family what their favorite sport, color, game, number etc. is.

  • Collect as many natural objects as you can in your backyard and make a picture

  • Draw a picture of special things that happen at home and write one thing you did each day

  • When writing, encourage your child to first say their word out loud, then begin recording the words.

  • Say words slowly and record what they hear and/or practice learning a new word you may need to give them.

  • Use the letter prompts below when your child needs support with letter formation


Math

  • collect loose parts around the house (bottle caps, bread tags, old keys, playing cards, buttons, corks, etc...

      • sort them

      • count them

      • try and make a pattern




Science

  • go on a scavenger hunt in your house or outside looking for objects that are the three primary colours (red, blue, yellow)

  • fill a spray bottle with water and add a few drops of food colouring. Use it outside to spray paint the snow!

  • Freeze 1-2 ice cubes of each primary colour. Use a spoon to pour water onto the ice cubes. Count how many scoops of warm water it takes before the ice cube starts to show signs of melting, and how many until it completley melts away. Does it melt faster with a smaller spoon or a bigger spoon?

  • Write a list of all the colours you see in your backyard