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Literacy & Language
Vocabulary building activities
Learning and using new words for objects, actions, feelings and ideas.
31 activities
Activities
Animal Syllable Dice Game
Make an animal die, roll it and clap once for each syllable in the animal’s name.
Roll and play
Community Helpers
Look at a city scene and imagine the work of a firefighter, mail carrier, police officer, baker, and doctor. Talk about what each person does and what might happen next.
Picture talk
Sight Words Can and See
Read, trace and find the sight words can and see in sentences about community helpers. Then complete a sentence.
Sight words
Halloween Word Search
Find eight Halloween words in a 10×10 word search with a picture word bank.
Word search
Missing Vowels in Fruit Names
Name six fruits and write the missing vowel in each word.
Missing letters
Ocean Animals
Find six ocean animals in an 8×8 word search, with pictures to help children read the words.
Word search
Foods Beginning With M
Name nine foods and circle the ones that begin with the /m/ sound.
Beginning sounds
Match Summer Opposites
Match four pairs of opposites with animals and summer things: big and small, hot and cold, fast and slow, day and night.
Opposites
Garden Bug Picture Cards
Nine picture cards for naming garden bugs and playing a simple finding game.
Picture cards
Draw a Pet
Children draw a pet they have or would like to have and talk about its name, food, and sleeping place.
Draw and write
Lunchbox Cut and Paste
Choose four items from eight pictures, then cut and glue them into a pretend lunchbox. Practice counting and hand coordination while talking about snacks.
Cut and paste
Match Community Helpers and Tools
Match each community helper to something they use at work. Talk together about people in your community.
Matching
Halloween Friends Coloring
A coloring page with a friendly ghost, a pumpkin, and a smiling bat. Children can explore colors and practice hand movements.
Coloring page
Fruit Skewers
Use a picture recipe to wash, choose and taste fruit. A grown-up makes the skewer and removes the stick before serving.
Cooking together
Happy and Sad Faces
Look at happy and sad faces, point to them, and name the feelings. Talk about what brings joy and what can help when someone feels sad.
Feelings & emotions
Find Soft Things
Look around the home for eight soft things and mark the pictures you find. A gentle observation and conversation game to play with an adult.
Scavenger hunt
Trace Lines With Vehicles
Follow five vehicles to their garages by tracing dotted straight lines with a finger or crayon.
Pre-writing lines
Sort Clothes for Hot and Cold
Sort eight clothing pictures into two groups: cold and hot days. A simple activity to enjoy with an adult.
Sort and classify
Match Farm Animals and Babies
Match each farm mom to her baby. With an adult's help, name the animals and notice how they look alike.
Matching
Chick and Flowers Coloring Page
A coloring page featuring a chick hatching among flowers. Children explore colors and make their own marks with crayons.
Coloring page
Bedtime Routine
A six-picture chart to follow the evening routine and mark each completed step.
Routine chart
Talking About the Beach
Look at a beach scene together and discover a sandcastle, a beach umbrella and more. A short activity for pointing and talking.
Picture talk
Vehicle Song
Sing an original song and make sounds and movements for a car, train, airplane, boat, motorcycle, and truck.
Songs & fingerplays
Black and White Fruit
Show your child six black-and-white fruit pictures to look at, point to and hear named.
Picture cards