Learning Activities Pre-Kindergarten

Suggested Learning Activities for Pre-Kindergarten students during the COVID-19 school closure.

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Due to the COVID-19 closure, teachers were asked to provide packets of home activities. This is not intended to take the place of regular classroom instruction but will help supplement student learning and provide opportunities for student learning while they are absent from school. Assignments are not required or graded. Because of the unprecedented nature of this health crisis and the District’s swift closure, some home activities may not be accessible.

If you have difficulty accessing the material or have any questions, please contact your student’s teacher.

Week of April 6 – 10

Grade Level: Pre-K

Dear Students and Families: In the following learning activities, you will find materials to practice skills at home. These materials serve as supplemental extensions to your child’s learning and do not replace classroom instruction. These learning activities are aligned to grade-level content and developmental learning objectives, compiled from Creative Curriculum, High Scope Curriculum and other sources.

. A new set of learning activities will be provided every Monday for the week at each of the SPS meal sites. If you need further accommodations for your child, please reach out to your child’s teacher, case manager, or family service coordinator.

Pre-K Broadcast Schedule

*Broadcast schedule is subject to change based on staff availability and health

SPS-TV Channels in the City of Seattle: Comcast 26 and 319, Wave 26 and 695, Century Link 8008 and 8508

Tuesday, April 7th Thursday, April 9th 10:30 – 10:55am Pre-K Play Time

10:30 – 10:55am Pre-K Play Time

PRESCHOOL HOME LEARNING SCHEDULE   Regular schedules provide the day with a structure that orders a young child’s world. During this transition from a regular preschool day to at home learning, families may consider creating a daily schedule to follow.  Below you’ll find an example of how that schedule might be modified for home learning.      EXAMPLE HOME LEARNING SCHEDULE 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM   

8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast and conversation with your child   9:00 - 9:30 Read with your child and talk about different books   9:30 - 10:00 Learning Activities (See Recommended Activities)  10:00 - 10:45 Outside time (nature walk, move your body)   10:45 - 11:30 Children can help cook / clean / or help in general around the house   11:30 - 12:00 Lunch time   12:00 - 1:00 Quiet / Rest time   1:00 - 2:00 Creative Learning Activities (Art, Music, Dance, Sensory Play, Free-Time) 

  Any of these ideas could be repeated or you could come up with your own ideas for a home learning schedule that works well for you and your family.    DEVELOPMENTAL LEARNING DOMAINS AND SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES

• Social Emotional – Building a Schedule at Home & Social Story – Stay at Home

• Sensory Ideas – Frozen Toy Rescue, Fluffy Sand and other ideas • Loose Parts – What is it and how do I start?

• Cognitive – What Will Happen Next?

• Language – When, How, Why

• Literacy – Same Sounds • Physical – To and From

• Additional Family Resources – Curriculum links and other PreK resources

BUILDING A SCHEDULE AT HOME

*You can use this image as an example for how to create a schedule on the wall with your child at home. Whether your school closure is for two weeks, four weeks, or longer, our team strongly recommends build a routine into your own days at home. Maintaining a predictable schedule helps children feel secure and gives them a sense of control. Attempt to balance indoor and outdoor play. Independent and adult-supported activities and be sure to building in time for rest and relaxation. Here are some tips for building a schedule that works for you and your child.

1. Consider the elements of your child’s previous schedule and ask yourself the following questions: • Which aspects of the day can remain the same? (IE: morning routine, mealtimes, bedtime)

• Which elements of your child school routine can you adapt at home? (IE: play/choice time, music and

movement and outside time)

2. Work with your child to create the daily schedule. • Is screen time a part of your day? If so, be sure to set limits around the length of screen time allowed

each day.

• Incorporate numerous opportunities for active learning – activities that encourage child choice, hands-on manipulation of materials, support the development of language and thought, and allow adults to participate as partners in play.

• Allow some flexibility for activities to overlap.

• If parents and guardians are required to work from home, build in quiet time so you can “get away” to

accomplish your own work each day.

3. Write your daily schedule on paper or poster board and have your child help illustrate each component of your new daily routine.

4. Post your new schedule on a wall where its easily accessible to both you and your child.

• Strive for consistency and refer to your schedule often those first few days as children are learning their new routine.

5. You can also use the template and images on the next two pages to make a schedule with your child. You can add your own activities in the blank squares.

SOCIAL STORY Social Stories are a great way to help children understand social situations and how to respond. You can use this story with your child to help them understand why we need to stay at home right now.

SENSORY IDEAS Frozen Car (or other toys) Rescue: Freeze toys in a milk carton, bin, ice cube trays, muffin tins, sand molds, etc. Give children squeeze/squirt bottles, eye droppers, cups, basters, etc. and a bowl of warm water to test out melting the ice. You can add color or glitter to the ice for fun. Once it is melted, it is then fun water play!

Fluffy Sand Foam: Ingredients – Sand and Shaving Cream

Other ideas include (you can add glitter to most things for some pizazz):

• A bin with scrap paper and scissors • Shredded paper search and find with small toys • A bin with yarn with scissors • A bin of beads with shoestrings • Sorting small toys with tongs • Extra puzzles pieces with a treasure find of toys or pennies mixed in • Water, soap and various toys each day with scrubbers, paintbrushes or toothbrushes (then your toys are

cleaned at the end of the day!)

LOOSE PARTS What are loose parts? Loose parts are materials that can be moved all around the room or outside and used in endless ways. There are essentially no limits to what can be used

Why Loose Parts? The versatility of these materials provides children with virtually endless ways to create. Access to a variety of transient materials during play and exploration aids in the following: Problem Solving Engineering Creativity Concentration Hand-eye coordination Fine motor development

Gross motor development Language and vocabulary Mathematical thinking Scientific thinking Literacy Social/emotional development Gathering Loose Parts You may be thinking, “Well that sounds great, but I don't have the funds to gather all of these materials.” That's the beauty of loose parts, they don't have to be purchased at the store! Most items you already have lying around your house.

How Will the Children Use Loose Parts? This is where the magic happens! You will find in your observations that each child will use the same material in a different way. A stick to one child might be a flagpole added onto their construction site, but to another it might be used to stir a pot.

COGNITIVE

LANGUAGE

LITERACY

PHYSICAL

ADDITIONAL FAMILY RESOURCES    HighScope:  https://highscope.org/active-learning-at-home/    Creative Curriculum:  English: https://healthyathome.readyrosie.com/en/ 

Spanish: https://healthyathome.readyrosie.com/es/   

Partner Agencies: University of Washington College of Education  Early Childhood Resources during School Program Closures  Scholastic Learn at Home: https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html Projects – video, story, activity – Spanish version available Storyline Online: http://www.storylineonline.net

Streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.