Find time for your reading life! Find a cozy spot and read, read, read! Read to self, read to a stuffed animal, and/or read to a family member.

Go on a nature walk (this activity ties to science this week). Find an object you want to further investigate (leaf, rock, flower, etc.). Draw a picture of the object and color it. Now, label your picture. Use as many sounds, letters, and words as you can when describing your picture. Tell someone about your picture and explain why you chose this object.

Think about your morning routine (this activity ties to social studies this week). What do you do first? Then what do you do? What about after that? Draw a picture(s) of your morning routine and color it. Now label your picture(s) and write about it. Use as many sounds, letters, and words as you can when describing your picture(s).

Think about your nighttime routine (this activity ties to social studies this week). What do you do first? Then what do you do? What about after that? Draw a picture(s) of your nighttime routine and color it. Now label your picture(s) and write about it. Use as many sounds, letters, and words as you can when describing your picture(s). Tell someone what your favorite part of this routine is and explain why!

After you gather your rock collection and sort them, count them and record the numeral beside a drawing of your collection or on a sticky note to put on the egg carton or container.. (This ties to Science below)

• If 9 is the last number you say, then how many are in your set?

• Can you count them backwards?

• How did you track your counting-did you touch each one or move each one as you said the number?

• If you spread out the rocks and count again, did you count the same number of rocks?

• Can you make a pattern out of your objects? (e.g. stick, rock, stick, rock)

Play a game of “Simon Says” with your favorite rock from the collection.

• Simon says...put the rock beside the chair.

• Simon says...put the rock above your head.

• Simon says...put the rock behind the shelf.

Start a rock collection. An empty egg carton makes a great storage and display case for a rock collection. How can the rocks be grouped - by size, shape, texture or color? (This activity ties to Reading and Math.)

Draw pictures of all the different ways you use water.

Go on a walk outside and identify different objects. Discuss if each object is living (needs energy, has young, dies) or nonliving (anything not living).

Find a set of A to Z alphabet cards that have pictures that go along with the letter, as an example. Hold the cards up (in random order or alphabetically) and ask, “Can this make another or have a baby? Crayon? No! Apple? Yes! Lion? Yes! Xylophone? No! Sort the cards into living or nonliving stacks and discuss what each pile means.

Find a small box or container. Have your child draw pictures of all their favorite things. Cut apart the images. Can we keep all the things we love best in a toy box? A puppy? A friend? No! A toy box cannot give living things what they need to grow. Direct your child to sort the nonliving items, like a toy, by putting them in the box. Living things stay outside the box.

Look at pictures of two different animals. How are the animals alike? How are the animals different? (This activity ties to Reading.)

Compare the leaves of different plants. How are the leaves alike? How are the leaves different? (This activity ties to Reading.)

Use a search engine to find a live feed of an eagle cam (or some other live animal in the wild or in a zoo). There are many choices of live feeds that show different stages of eagles with nests and their offspring. Watch the cam for a few days and let your child see what the eagle uses to survive and how life would be different if those things were gone. What does the eagle eat? What does the eagle have to do to protect its offspring?

Talk about the order in which we do things, like brushing our teeth or getting dressed. Do you brush your teeth then put the toothpaste on the brush? No! First we put the toothpaste on the brush, then we brush our teeth and last we put the toothbrush away. Which do you put on first - the shoes or socks? Talk through different daily activities using words like first, next, last, before, after, yesterday, today and tomorrow. (This activity ties to Reading.)

Show your child three to five pictures of him/herself. Ask your child to put the pictures in order from youngest to oldest. The activity can be repeated adding another picture or two each time.

Ask your child to draw pictures of routines he/she does every day, like eat dinner, take a bath, or reading. Have your child arrange the activities in order and tell you what time of day this routine takes place. (This activity ties to Reading.)