Welcome to Mrs. Jenkins' First Grade Class
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Parents and families can support students’ thinking and learning during extended school closures.
■ Collaborate with your child to organize the day to include time for learning, activities and exercise.
■ Read to and with your child and have conversations about what you have read together.
■ Take a walk and ask about what your child is seeing and about being a good citizen.
■ Encourage critical thinking through cooking together or planting a garden.
■ Encourage conversations about mathematics in your child’s day.
■ Explore your child’s creativity by creating art, music, or dance.
■ Write a letter to a family member or friend or community hero.
■ Be mindful of screen time and have alternatives for children to play outside.
■ Listen to your child about his or her feelings and fears and offer comfort, honesty, and reassurance
■ Start a project together. Share it to Dojo!
■ Start a journal about the things you are doing and learning. Number and date your pages. Sign your name at the end of your entries.
■ Nature walks and scavenger hunts.
■ In-house scavenger hunts
■ Play card games that encourage adding or comparing numbers.
■ Find letters/words on items in your home.
■ Alphabetize your canned goods.
■ Make a calendar and put down one fun thing you did on each day.
■ Your child can read a book to a stuffed animal or younger sibling.
■ Practice writing your abcs or sight words.
■ Practice with magnetic letters learning your alphabet and making words/sentences.
■ Write your own story! Read it to your family.
■ Count how many items are in your house until you get to 100!
■ Family Cooking! Help read the recipe and measure the ingredients. Set a timer when cooking for child to understand time.
■ Do a good deed for someone in your family or write a thank you note for someone.
■ Go on an imaginary trip and talk about the things you think you would see and do.
■ Science experiments using objects in your house with an adult.
■ Post to your Dojo portfolio what you have been doing!
More ideas of activities that do not require internet access: https://www.greatschools.org/gk/articles/kindergarten-learning-games-activities/