Parent's Guide: Fun Activities for Early Learning
This parent guide brings together five activities spanning punctuation, moon phases, subject and predicate, the solar system, and counting and addition, giving children ages 3-5 a broad sampler of language arts, science, and math concepts through hands-on materials like Oreo biscuits and a flashlight. Working across such different topics in one guide helps children practice shifting attention between subjects, a skill that supports the more structured subject-switching they'll encounter in school.
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Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7
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- Parent's Guide
- Skill:
- Addition Basics (Addition): Add numbers within 10.
- Pack:
- Page 2 of 28 in Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 6-7.
How to use this worksheet
Read through all five activity sections first so you know what materials and setup each one needs. Start with punctuation, reading a story aloud together and pointing out periods, question marks, or exclamation points as you go. Move to the moon phases activity, using Oreo biscuits to recreate each phase by scraping away the cream filling in different amounts. Use the flashlight to demonstrate the solar system activity, showing how light and shadow relate to day and night. Finish with the subject and predicate activity and the counting and addition activity, using bowls and grains as hands-on counters.
Materials needed
- Story books
- Oreo biscuits
- Playdough
- Light bulb or flashlight
- Bowls
- Grains
Extension activities
- 1Read more story books together and identify different punctuation marks as you go.
- 2Research the different planets in the solar system and talk about which one is your child's favorite.
- 3Practice adding more objects into a bowl, counting the total out loud each time.
- 4Go outside at night to look for the moon and compare what you see to the Oreo phases you made.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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