


Activities with your Child
Fun activities for you and your child
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Help your child plan activities to celebrate various holidays with the entire family
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Have one night per week designated as a 'No TV' night with your family. Ask your child to help select games or stories, and spend some quality time with him.
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Help boost your child's self-esteem. Take pride in her achievements and accomplishments today and every day.
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Put on a history play with your child occasionally. Help him learn about important events in world history or even your own family history.
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Make learning to write letters and numbers fun for your Pre-K child. Roll playdough or clay into long thin worms and ask her to create letters and numbers.
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Ask your child to help with meal preparations and setting the table for family dinners. Have family picnics in the park. Allow your child to help pick a spot in the park so that you can share lunch together..
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Take the family out to a water park during the summer. Help your child put on sunscreen and explain the importance of protecting her skin.
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Go to the park and take a nature hike with your child. Ask him to point out different animals and what they need to survive (i.e. food, shelter etc.)
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As the new school year approaches, help your child make a 'countdown to school' calendar. Ask him/ her to cross off each day at bedtime.
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Encourage your child to make a 'to do' list each day. Help him make a list of things that he would like to accomplish tomorrow, then check the items once completed.
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Visit a community pool with your child. Go for a dip to cool off on a hot day. Teach your child to swim.
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Take your child shopping for school supplies. Ask her to brainstorm a list of things that she will need for school.
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Help your child make a kite. He can decorate it and fly it at the park.
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Teach your child about recycling. Show her how to recycle items such as paper, glass and aluminium.
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A petting zoo is a fun place to visit with the family. Ask him to draw pictures of the animals that he saw today.
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Visit the library with your child each week. Encourage her to borrow books about a different country, and learn about the people, cultures, and customs of the that country.
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On a rainy day, set up a tent with your child in the living room. He can pretend to be a forest ranger.
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Help your child practice her math skills. Ask her to add up all the change in your pocket or purse today.
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Teach your child about the importance of preserving nature. Help him plant a tree in the yard and explain how littering harms the environment.
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On a large piece of construction paper, help your child write her name vertically. Using each letter, help her write words that describe her personality.
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Make car trips fun for your child. Play a game and ask him to point out licence plates billboards and interesting road signs.
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Tell your child that you love her today and every day.
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Help your child create and design his own phone book . Make a list of his friends names and phone numbers.
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How much does your child know about her family history? On a map trace where your family is from and help her create a family tree.
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Help your child write a letter to a grandparent or friend today. Explain the importance of keeping in touch with loved ones.
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Get your child back in 'school mode'. Ask him to research a famous painter on the Internet. Get out the paint and let him express himself through art.
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Teach your child about textures today. Ask her to find objects outdoors that are smooth, shiny, slimy or round.
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Suggest that your child write a poem for a friend today. He can mail it to them for a back to school present.
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Encourage your child to make journal entries and keep track of her experiences in a new grade this coming school season.
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Have a back to school "get-together" for your child's friends.
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Help your child prepare for school. Talk to him about setting personal goals this year.