Here is today’s Nature Tuesday video (4/28):

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Go on a seed scavenger hunt of your own! See what seeds you can find outside and/or inside (in your food)!

• Graph your seeds to show how many of each type of seed you found on your scavenger hunt! (Children will need support with this.) Here’s mine:

• Beginning Sound Veggies (document in email): have your child sort the veggies into the pot with the right beginning letter.

Seed Letters (document in email): trace the inside of the bubble letters using seeds! Bird seed works well for this kind of activity.

Happy Math Monday! Here’s today’s video (4/27):

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Flower Counting and Patterning (from video – document in email): if your child is ready to count to 20 and is interested enough in the activity, there are 20 flowers on the document. If your child is only ready to get to 5, that’s fine too! If your child would rather focus on counting than patterns, or vice versa, and is unable to do both at once, that’s okay! If they are ready to do more complex patterns (ABC or AAB, etc), let them! This is a very flexible activity.

• Flower Pom Pom Counting (document in email): use Pom Poms (or another small manipulative) to make and count flowers! You can also add patterning to this activity if you want to!

• Flower Pattern Stamping (document in email): Use a piece of a pool noodle, an actual flower, a painted Pom Pom, or anything else you can think of to stamp the flower patterns on paper!

Happy Earth Day! Here’s today’s video (4/22):

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Make your own recycled bottle planter! You can decorate it any way you like!

• Make something out of a recycled box! Big boxes can become forts, cars, or rocket ships! Smaller boxes can be helmets, houses for toys, or car garages! Use your imagination and a box can be anything!

• Watch this Sesame Street clip about what happens to recycling after it leaves your recycling bin:

• Write a thank you note/draw a picture to thank the earth! What are you thankful for that the earth has given us? The oceans? The forests? The animals? The plants? There is so much to be thankful for!

Here is today’s video (4/21):

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Make your own rainbow garden artwork! You can use Pom-poms like I did in the video, or you can use one of these ideas:

• If your family has a garden, think about the colors that will grow in it. Will your garden have all of the colors of the rainbow?

• Take a walk outside and see if you can find one thing from each color of the rainbow!

Here is today’s video (4/15):

Over and Under the Pond Video

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Make a pond sensory bin like the one in the video!

• Lily Pad Number Hop:

Lily Pad Number Hop Link

• This link has so many great pond life ideas! You can pick any that work for you and your child!

https://www.prekinders.com/pond-life-theme/

Here is today’s video (4/14):

From Tadpole to Frog Video

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Find frog eggs in a pond near you!

• Make lily pad slime:

https://thekindergartenconnection.com/lily-pad-frog-slime/

• Uppercase and lowercase letter matching cards:

https://thekindergartenconnection.com/frog-uppercase-lowercase-letter-activities/

• Recycled material frog life cycle craft:

http://www.stillplayingschool.com/2015/03/frog-life-cycle-recycled-craft.html?m=1

Let’s get creative with a recipe today! Here’s the video (4/9):

Pancakes, Pancakes! Video

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Make some pancakes! You’ll need 1 cup of milk, 1 egg, 1 cup of flour, and some butter (or non-stick spray).

• Get CREATIVE with your pancakes! 😁

• P is for pancakes coloring page:

https://www.kidsparkz.com/uploads/5/2/3/4/52340669/pancakes_p_is_for_pancakes.pdf

I wonder why it rains? Here is today’s video to help us answer that question (4/8):

Water is Water video

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Make the rain cloud in a jar from the end of the video!

• Make a water cycle in a bag (or do one of the other experiments from this link)

https://lessons4littleones.com/2015/04/15/water-cycle-rain-cycle-science-experiments/amp/

• Play in a puddle!

Happy Nature Tuesday! Let’s learn about wiggly, squiggly worms! Here’s today’s video (4/7):

Wonderful Worms video

Bonus picture:

Look at this beautiful blue jay feather that I found on my walk today!

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Find worms in your own backyard! Look under rocks and logs or go outside right after it rains! Don’t forget to be kind and gentle to the little creatures!

• Make a worm habitat:

https://themadmommy.com/wormery/

• Make a worm painting with paint and yarn:

http://lessonslearntjournal.com/squishy-worm-painting/#_a5y_p=1435050

• Play-Doh Worm Counting Mats:

https://www.prekinders.com/worms-play-dough-mats/

Happy Math Monday! Here’s today’s video (4/6):

One Duck Stuck Video

Follow-Up Ideas:

• Print the book (PDF sent via email) and make your own One Duck Stuck book!

• Play a rhyming game! You can sing a song like “Down By The Bay” or “Willaby Wallaby Woo” together, play “I Spy Something That Rhymes With…,”or you can print a matching game like this one:

https://www.prekinders.com/rhyming-match-games/

• Fine Motor Rubber Duck Race

Fine Motor Duck Race