Play, Grow, and Glow

We enjoyed using our sensory skills to create puffy pumpkin masterpieces. We used shaving cream, Elmer's glue, and paint to create puffy paint.

Some friends used paintbrushes while others used their hands.

We suggest using bathtub as an opportunity for your child to practice puff painting.

We had a great time using our imagination and creativity to make feeling monsters.

To decide which feeling we wanted our monster to represent, we used the Little Spots individual feeling charts to determine if we wanted our monster to show love, confidence, happy, calm, anger, sad, worry, or scribble.

If you would like to learn more about the Little Spots , please visit the following website https://www.dianealber.com/pages/parents

It was so much fun to use our scientific observation skills to see what grows inside an apple and to discover the unique features of the apples we observed.

Did you know that apples have a star shape?

We hope our friends and family were able to visit an apple orchard to continue practicing their observation skills and to learn more about how apples grow.

In the block center, we enjoyed working as a team to build a fabulous castle. We took turns figuring out which block would come next as we built our design.

After building, we enjoyed knocking it down so that we can build something new!

Here is a free Sparkler App play card activity called Puppet Patterns. Please use our code MILFORDFRC when downloading and registering for the free Sparkler App.

Instructions

1. Let’s use a hand puppet (homemade or store bought) for a “puppet patterns” show.

2. Let’s make the puppet jump! Now the puppet rests. Now jump again! Now rest. Now jump! Now rest.

3. We made a pattern! Let’s keep going — jump, rest, jump, rest!

What You Can Do

Play pattern games with Your child throughout the day. Can he/she/they find patterns on his clothes? Can he/she/they

find patterns in music?

Primary Skill Link

When Your child sorts objects and makes patterns, he/she/they is practicing important early math skills.

Stretch

Can Your child think of different movements to use with the puppet to make a pattern? Turn around, hop, etc.

Simplify

When you help Your child make puppet jump, say “jump” as you move your hands. Say “rest” when you stop.

Words To Use

Puppet - a doll that looks like a person or an animal that moves, usually either by strings controlled from above or by a

hand inside .

Pattern - something that repeats itself over and over again, at least 3 times!

Our young children are in the beginning stages of learning. Think of your child's learning journey in three phases;

1. To begin- initiative, curiosity, and eagerness to learn.

2. To stay in- focus, persistence, and engagement.

3. To dig deep and expand out- imagination, creativity, collaboration, and flexibility.