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Give your child plenty of opportunities to count
Give your child plenty of opportunities to count
-Play number games during everyday activities - counting the number of steps, the number of trucks you see while driving, or counting the number of items going in the laundry.
-Read the calendar and determine the number of days until an upcoming event.
-Have your child count the change needed to pay for an item.
Find ways to collect and organize information
Find ways to collect and organize information
-Have your child help sort the laundry by various categories - by color, or by whom an item belongs to.
-Take measurements for a project around the house.
Family games that use Kindergarten math
Family games that use Kindergarten math
-Many card games require counting and score keeping.
-Dice games and dominos help kids learn quickly to recognize groups of dots from 2-12.
-Play board games that involve counting squares, such as Chutes and Ladders.
-Tic Tac Toe and Connect Four build recognition of rows of 3 and 4 counters.
Tips to support your child's science learning
Tips to support your child's science learning
-Value your child's questions. Explore and find the answers together.
-Give your child time and space to explore. Accept that explorations are often messy.
-Learn from mistakes together.
-Invite curiosity. Support further exploration.
-Encourage your child to record their observations.
-Use items you have at home to experiment and explore.
Help your child improve their fine motor skill development
Help your child improve their fine motor skill development
-Roll Play-Doh into balls - using the palms of the hands facing each other and with fingers curled slightly towards the palm.
-Roll Play-Doh into tiny balls (peas) using only the fingertips.
-Use tweezers to pick up objects (Cheerios, beads, marshmallows, pennies, etc.).
-Use lacing and sewing activities such as stringing beads, Cheerios, macaroni, etc.
-Use eye droppers to "pick up" colored water for color mixing or to make designs on paper.
-Cut up junk mail or magazine subscription cards.
-Cut Play-Doh with scissors.
-Encourage reaching across the body for materials with each hand. It may be necessary to engage the other hand in an activity to prevent switching hands at midline.
-When painting at an easel, encourage your child to paint a continuous line across the entire paper. Then also one from diagonal to diagonal.
-Play "Connect the Dots". Make sure your child's strokes go from left to right and from top to bottom.
Website/App Practice
Website/App Practice
ABCya http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm#numbers-cat
Cool Math 4 Kids https://www.coolmath4kids.com/
Fun Brain https://www.funbrain.com/pre-k-and-k-playground
National Geographic Kids https://kids.nationalgeographic.com
PBS Kids http://pbskids.org/games/
Science Kids http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/
Cooking with your child http://spatulatta.com/
*Note- Some student sites have advertisements. Parental guidance is recommended.
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