Good Morning PreK C !
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Activity 1: Science: Sand Timers
Materials: Tub of small stones, rice, sand or beads, 7 paper or plastic cups, Paper and pencil, 2 Sand timers of different sizes if you don’t have one at home, you can make your own sand timer. You may click on the link for a reference: here
Vocabulary: Sand timer, stones, minutes, hour, seconds, watch
Beginning: place the materials for the child to explore. Ask the child to predict which timer empties faster. Talk with your child about time and see how he knows. Listen and acknowledge what he/she is saying.
Middle: Show the child the tub filled with stones (or other materials you have prepared). Ask the child to predict how many cups he/she thinks the child can fill with stones before the sand has run out of the timer. Turn the timer over, and see how close the child comes to his/her prediction. Have the child use the sand timer to time you as you attempt to fill the cups. Ask the child or a family member for ideas about what else to time.
End: Make a list of the things that you, the child, and family members were able to time. give 3 minutes warnings and then ask the child to help to put the materials back.
Duration: 15 minutes
Extension: If you have a kitchen timer, a stopwatch or cell phone timer, use it to time events for the child (for example, the child might pick up toys or put on his clothes) Ask a family member to predict and the child: how much time it will take to complete the tasks.
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Activity 2: Math: Geometry, Puzzles
Materials: A puzzle that is available in the child’s toys. If you don’t have one, you can make one. 3-4 pictures of familiar objects, such as animals from old calendars and magazines, cardboard or card stock.
How to make a puzzle: Glue the picture to cardboard or card stock. Cut out the picture into 8 to 10 pieces depending on the size of the picture. If you have clear contact paper, cover each piece for more durability.
Vocabulary: Turn, flip, next to, underneath, small, big, large, piece etc.
Beginning: Tell the child that you have some homemade puzzles to use today. Hand the child a piece of one of the puzzles, and ask her/him to guess what she/he thinks the picture might be. Ask “How do you know that?”
Middle: Encourage the child to piece the puzzle together. Use direction words, such as turn and flip, and position words, such as above, next to, and underneath.
End: When the puzzle is complete, talk about whether the child’s initial guess about the picture was correct.
Duration: 10-minutes
Extension: You can help your child make puzzles out of the front of a cereal box, a cracker box or any picture the child may choose.
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