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Activity 1: Literacy (Letter Hunt)
Materials: Random letters written on sticky notes or small pieces of paper, glue sticks (if you are not using sticky notes)
Vocabulary: Letters, alphabet, hunt, find
Beginning: Stick the letters in different spots around the room (slightly hidden) while the child is not watching. Once you are done, let him/her know that you have stuck some letters in different places around the room and he/she needs to go on a hunt and locate all the letters and bring them to you.
Middle: Let the child go around and find all the letters. You may give him/her hints as to the location of the letters (For example, I put some close to the coffee table).
End: Give the child a two to three minutes warning before the end of the activity. Ask him/her to place all the letters on the table and identify them one by one.
Duration: 15 Minutes
Extension: You can ask the child to think of words that begin with all the letters that he/she found.
Brain Break:
Activity 2: Creative Arts/ Science (Leaf Printing)
Materials: Leaves in different shapes and sizes (if you don’t have access to tree leaves, you can use molakhiya or lettuce or mint or spinach or any other leaves from your fridge), paints, paint brush, bowl, paper
Vocabulary: Leaves, big, small, smooth, rough, fresh, dry, veins
Beginning: Show the different leaves to the child and talk about their characteristics. Focus on the different shapes and sizes. Talk about how all the leaves have veins running through them. Make the child feel the texture of different leaves and comment on how the fresh ones feel smoother than the dried ones, which feel rough. Ask the child to scrunch up a dry leaf and ask what kind of sound it makes.
Middle: The child can paint each leaf and press it down on the paper to form a print. He/she may use the same or different colors on each leaf. Draw the child's attention to each leaf print so that he/she notices the difference in all of them.
End: Give a two to three minutes warning before the end of the activity and ask the child to help you clean up by washing the paint brush and the bowl of paint and discarding the leaves. The child may also wipe the table and finally wash his/her hands.
Duration: 15 Minutes
Extension: The children can form a pattern with the leaves next time. They could form an alternating pattern of big and small leaf prints on paper.
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