No Tech? No Problem!
- Practice buttoning (shirts, pants)
- Practice zippering (jackets)
- Practice shoe tying
- Cut out pictures from magazines and newspapers and write sentences to describe each pictures
- Cut out words or letters to spell out sight words, their names, or names of family and friends
- Cut out pictures and words to create a collage (About Me collage, Sight Word collage, All My Favorite Things collage)
- Highlight sightwords in newspaper and magazines
- Word searches on the back of a cereal box
- Cook a meal together. Have the child read the directions, measure ingredients, and stir the food!
- Go on a neighborhood adventure. Make up stories about people and places that you see while walking.
- Go on a scavenger hunt inside your house or outside
- Go outside and run, skip, hop, and jump
- Have a dance party or freeze dance
- Use chalk to make a pavement twister board or hop-scotch
- Go on a nature walk. Find pinecones and rocks, then paint them!
- Read a book
- Do a puzzle
- Draw silly pictures
- Play a board game
- Build with blocks, LEGOs, or Lincoln Logs
- Make music together. Try using household pots and pans or cardboard boxes with rubberbands to sing your favorite songs or to create new one
- Play hide-and-go-seek
- Draw or write in paint, sand, salt, or shaving cream (place materials on a cookie tray to keep it less messy)
- Use aluminum foil to mold into sculptures
- Sit down outside and draw what you see – tree, flower, etc
- Put on a play
- Create an obstacle course
- Write and illustrate a book
- Create your family tree
- Buid a blanket fort and tell stories
- Create crafts from upcycled items like toilet paper rolls, milk cartons, etc
- Grab a blanket, go outside, and watch the clouds – what shapes do you see?
- Play I Spy
- Make necklaces out of pasta and string or dental floss
- Play indoor volleyball with a balloon
- Play the Listening Game. Sit quietly with your child for 1 minute, then talk about what sounds you heard. (Air conditioner? Washer/dryer? Firetruck siren? Wind blowing? Leaves blowing?)
- Make playdough!
In a saucepan, combine:
- 2 Cups flour
- 1 Cup salt
- 2 Cups water
- 2 Tablespoons cooking oil
- 2 Tablespoons Cream of Tatar
- 2 Tablespoons food coloring of your choice
Cook them all together until it pulls away from the sides of the pot in a ball. Remove from heat and allow to cool, kneading it occasionally.