Prepare activities that will encourage parents to continue to extend learning beyond the screen.
Tic Tac Toe at Home
Use a frame similar to the one shown with activities children can do with their families. Can they get three in a row or do they want to do the whole frame?
*Adapt the tasks below to the age and ability of your students to create tic tac toe frames each week.
Read a book.
Tell a joke.
Exercise.
Sing a song.
Play hide and seek.
Hum.
Say a nursery rhyme.
Play a card game.
Talk.
Make a puppet.
Juggle two paper towels.
Swing.
Sit on the floor together.
Build something with blocks.
Blow bubbles.
Go outside and take a walk.
Cut pictures out of magazines.
Skip.
Play a board game.
Skate on paper plates.
Count.
Look out the window.
Go on a nature walk.
Make a wish.
Jump or hop as long as you can.
Do a job together.
Play a memory game.
Write a letter.
Cook something together.
Do a finger play.
Work a puzzle.
Make a band of pots and pans.
Pantomime. Guess who I am?
Play “I spy.”
Draw a picture.
Put on a puppet show.
Make a book.
Make a card for someone.
Play a rhyming game.
Play with play dough.
String pasta or cereal on dental floss.
Draw with chalk on the sidewalk.
Play follow the leader.
Make silly faces in a mirror.
Draw a picture.
Put on some music and dance.
Give each other a back rub.
Monthly Activity Calendars
You can also download monthly activity calendars on drjean.org.
http://www.drjean.org/html/monthly_act/act_2011/07_Jul_css/pg03.html
