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WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITIES: K-1

LITERACY
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
READING READING READING READING READING
Read a book of your Read a book of your Read a book of your Read a book of your Read a book of
choice or listen to choice or listen to choice or listen to Dr. choice or listen to your choice or
Jane Levy read The Kathryn Newtown Jill Biden read Don’t Gabriela Hearst listen to Rose
Story of Ferdinand. read Alexander Forget, God Bless Our read Zen Shorts. Byrne read Llama,
#SAVEWITHSTORIES and the Terrible, Troops. #SAVEWITHSTORIES Llama, Red Pajama.
Horrible, No Good #SAVEWITH STORIES #SAVEWITHSTORIES
WRITING Very Bad Day. WRITING
#SAVEWITHSTORIES WRITING WRITING
Write a letter to the Write about the
author of the book you WRITING Summarize the story problem in the story. Write about what the
read and what you you just read with How was it solved? main idea of the story
liked most about the Write a new ending to an adult. Work on was.
story. the story! telling only the most LITERACY
important parts and LITERACY
LITERACY LITERACY then write about it. M is for memorize...
Can you memorize X is for “X marks
W is for words... How B is for backwards... LITERACY your address and the spot...” Hide a
many words can you Can you spell your phone number? treasure, draw a map
write in 60 seconds? name backwards? Try T is for tell... Have and write clues to help
spelling other family your family tell you the someone find it.
members’ names story about how you
got your name!
backwards.
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WEEKLY LEARNING ACTIVITIES: K-1

MATH AND MORE
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
MATH SCIENCE MATH ART MATH
Math games. Play Homemade slime. Math games. Play Mini tree sculptures! Math games. Play
2-3 Math Games by Materials: shampoo, 2-3 Math Games by Materials: 4-5 sticks 2-3 Math Games by
selecting some from cornstarch, food coloring selecting some from and twigs, some play selecting some from
the grade your child (optional), water the grade your child dough or clay, markers, the grade your child
is in is in. beads or buttons – any is in.
Directions: Combine ½ materials to put on
Or, play your favorite cup of shampoo with ¼ sticks and twigs Or, survey 5 people
board game with cup of cornstarch. Mix in your home or by
a math twist! Play well. Add 3 drops of food Directions: Go outside phone. Ask them what
the game as usual, coloring. Slowly add 1 and find sticks and their favorite color
but players must tablespoon of water and twigs. Back inside is. With help from an
answer an addition or mix. Slowly add 5 more your home, put the adult or older family
subtraction question tablespoons of water sticks or twigs into member, create a
before they can take and mix well. Knead clay/playdough and graph to represent
their turn. If they get for 5 minutes, decorate them with your data. Which
it wrong, help them then play! beads, buttons or other color had the most
solve the problem materials. Or, you can votes? Which color
before taking their stick your twigs in the had the least votes?
turn. ground outside and
then decorate them!

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MOVEMENT AND FAMILY
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Heartbeats. Turn on Mirror game. Face Doorways to fun. Play add-on. Take Emotional faces.
some music and try your parent, caregiver Visit every doorway in turns doing 1 simple Can you show with
to run in place for 1 or sibling and copy your home, and when movement, such as your face how you feel?
song. Feel your heart what they do with you get there, try to bending your head Try making a face for
when the song is over. their bodies, as if you do a different balance. forward and backward. these emotions: angry,
Now lay down for 1 were looking into a Balance on 1 hand and As you do a new sad, happy, worried,
song. Feel your heart mirror. Switch! Now 2 feet, or 1 knee and 2 movement, repeat the surprised, scared and
again. What did you you be the leader, hands. How long can movements that have excited. If you can,
notice about your and have your parent, you hold each one? already been done. take a photo of each
heartbeats? caregiver or sibling How many can you face and see what they
mirror you! remember in a row? look like! What do you
notice about your nose?
Eyes? Lips? Forehead?

FAMILY
Let’s build. Take big and small marshmallow and toothpicks – and get creative!
What can you build? Can you make shapes? Letters? Towers? Afterwards, take
those marshmallows and, along with some chocolate and graham crackers, make
s’mores over a fire, in the oven or in the microwave!

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PARENT AND CAREGIVER CORNER

Are your kids starting to act out because their normal routine has been disrupted? Do you find that they,
and even you, are becoming more and more cranky due to the limits placed on your surroundings and
social circles? We definitely understand, and we feel you – it’s been a challenging journey for everyone!
There is no guilt in feeling that way sometimes, and if you are able to accomplish one work task or one
school task with your children, then it’s a win!

The crankiness can bring us down a road of negative thinking, which is okay if it happens, but we want to be
able to bring ourselves back to a more positive place. One way that you can do this, and this is something
for your kids as well, is to practice what we call “cognitive reframing.” When you find yourself heading to
Cranky Town, or your kids are already living there, tell to yourself and your children: “Hit the brakes!”
Once paused, ask yourself any of the following questions: “What is going well right now?” “What blessings
do I have?” “What am I grateful for?” “Am I safe and healthy?” Answer silently, aloud or in writing. If you
can’t think of any answers, then ask yourself: “What am I able to change?” “In what ways can I feel better?”
Again, think, say or write down your answers. As you notice your answers, you are reframing or shifting
your thinking from negative to positive. You can have your children think about these questions, as well,
and encourage them to come up with their own answers, or find some solutions together.

Through your answers, you and your children will find that the good in our lives usually outweighs the bad.
We may not be in control of many things, but we all can control our feelings, our way of thinking, and how
we treat others. Even if we are having cranky, no-good days, we can always do something good and kind
for others. In return, it may help us feel better. We’re in this together!

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