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GODDARD at home

F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANS

PRESCHOOL & PRE-KINDERGARTEN

MINI MASTERPIECES WEEK 8 • DAY 4

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GODDARD AT HOME:F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K - MINI MASTERPIECES

Greeting

ACTIVITY Start your day with a big smile, and say good morning to your child!

Then, try a simple breathing activity to reduce stress and begin the day with positive energy.

Encourage your child to take a deep breath and watch his or her belly go out and in with each inhale and exhale. Try to hold the inhale for three seconds and the exhale for five seconds. While doing the breathing exercise, have your child stretch his or her arms high above his or her head and stand on tiptoe to make his or her body as tall as possible. Relax, and then repeat this exercise three times.

You can do this activity throughout the day whenever your child needs a break.

LEARNING SKILLS Regulates emotions and behaviors

Materials N/A

morning meeting

ACTIVITY Let’s start our day by discussing who you are thankful for. Encourage your child to draw a picture for someone special. Now, let’s read or listen to the fun book Never Let a Unicorn Scribble by Diane Alber. Would you let your pet use crayons? Let’s see what happens in the story

LEARNING SKILLS Language, literacy, social-emotional skills

Materials Paper or journal, writing utensils, book or read-aloud

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GODDARD AT HOME:F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K - MINI MASTERPIECES

Pre-Exploration

ACTIVITY Let’s make ice paint! You may want to prepare this the night before or early in the day.

Help your child fill an ice tray with water. Use food coloring or paint to create different colors in the tray and freeze it. You could add toothpicks or popsicle sticks to the tray to create handles so you can paint without getting your fingers cold.

LEARNING SKILLS Scientific investigations

Materials Ice tray, paint or food coloring, water, freezer, popsicle sticks

Purposeful Exploration

ACTIVITY When the paint has frozen, encourage your child to paint a masterpiece with the ice paint. Use the ice paint to make a beautiful picture on a sheet of paper, on the sidewalk or on your driveway! Ask your child if he or she would like to take a picture of the masterpiece to send to a family member.

LEARNING SKILLS Science, visual arts

Materials Paper, ice paint

Transition

ACTIVITY Enjoy a game of Simon Says using positional words such as over, under, on, below or above

LEARNING SKILLS Follows directions

Materials N/A

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GODDARD AT HOME:F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K - MINI MASTERPIECES

ACTIVITY Do you see a rainbow on your plate? How many colors can you find in your meal?

LEARNING SKILLS Identifies colors

Materials Variety of different colorful foods

transition

ACTIVITY Turn on your favorite songs and play freeze dance as you transition to your next activity. Dance to the music, and then pause it and freeze in different positions. Restart the song and start dancing again. Repeat this as many times as you would like!

LEARNING SKILLS Gross motor, explores dance

Materials Music

mealtime

post Exploration

ACTIVITY Reflect on and discuss the ice painting activity. Ask your child questions. Did he or she like ice painting? How did the ice feel? Was it messy? What colors would your child want to make next time?

LEARNING SKILLS Engages in conversations, expresses feelings

Materials N/A

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ACTIVITY It’s time to head outside and search for colors! Encourage your child to find items that are red, green, yellow or blue. Tally or graph your results. What color did you find most often?

LEARNING SKILLS Identifies colors, classification skills

Materials Paper, pencil, crayons

rest time

ACTIVITY It’s time to relax. Establish a routine before naps that supports your child in calming his or her body and settling his or her mind.

LEARNING SKILLS N/A

Materials N/A

outside time

learning lab

ACTIVITY Using a recyclable bottle of any shape or size, create your own sensory bottle. You could fill your bottle with water, dry pasta, beads, glitter, food coloring or paint to make a calming sensory bottle. If you only add dry pasta or rice, you can make a loud instrument!

LEARNING SKILLS Follows directions, explores musical concepts

Materials Bottle, materials to fill your bottle

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GODDARD AT HOME:F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANSPRESCHOOL & PRE-K - MINI MASTERPIECES

child’s choice

ACTIVITY Use this time to let your child complete an activity of his or her choice.

LEARNING SKILLS N/A

Materials N/A

transition

ACTIVITY Let’s do the “Tooty Ta!” Enjoy this fun song, and dance along!

LEARNING SKILLS Follows directions

Materials Song