Optional Activities

Here are some other ideas to keep occupied and keep their brains active!

Reading:

• • RazKids

  • Scholastic Learn at Home

  • Sight Words

    • Make flashcards

    • Play GoFish (use 2 sets of flashcards)

    • Play sight word bingo

    • Go on a sight word hunt- If you have a magazine or newspaper, work together to find sight words. 

  • Read together

    • Listen to your child read and ask them questions about the book

    • Read to your child and have a conversation about the book

Writing: 

• • Practice writing trick words

  • Practice writing words that can be sounded out

    • CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant)- cap, hot, pet

    • CVCe words (consonant-vowel-consonant-e)- bike, hope

    • CCVC/CVCC- flat, send

    • Words containing- sh (ship), ch (chin), th (thumb)

  • Practice writing sentences with a capital, finger spaces, and punctuation

  • Make a book- fiction or nonfiction

    • Staple a few pages together and have kids write and illustrate their own book!

  • Keep a writing journal

    • Try to write three sentences and then draw a detailed picture to go along with it.

      • Subject ideas:

        • Favorite animal, describe it

        • Favorite game to play, explain how to play it

        • Favorite Disney movie, explain your favorite character

        • Favorite season and why?

        • If you found a pot of Gold, what would you do?

        • Favorite family tradition

        • Favorite game

        • Do opinion writing

          • Cats vs Dogs

          • Kittens vs. puppies

          • Ice cream vs. yogurt

Math:

• • Practice math facts 

    • Use a deck of cards to make number sentences

    • Use dice- 

      • Roll and write the number, then add ten.

      • Roll dice and subtract one.

      • Roll the dice, write the number, and then roll again and add the two numbers.

  • Practice ordering numbers- If you have the grocery ads, use those to find numbers. Cut them out and put them in order from smallest to largest. 

Kids have accounts with the following math sites. Please let me know if you need their login.

• • SplashMath

  • Zearn

  • XtraMath

Science:

Mystery Doug

6 mini-lessons

Why do baby animals look so cute?

Were dragons ever real?

How is syrup made?

How were emojis created?

How do germs get inside your body?

How does hand sanitizer kill germs?

5 full lessons

Why are polar bears white?

Could a statue's shadow move?

How can the sun help you if you're lost?

How do they make silly sounds in cartoons?

How could you send a secret message to someone far away?

Movement/Mindfulness:

• • GoNoodle