Parent's Guide: Fun Activities for Early Learning
This parent guide bundles four hands-on activities covering sentence building, subtraction, number comparison, and food sorting, designed for children ages 3-5 to practice early literacy and numeracy through tactile, real-world materials like natural loose parts and playdough. Rotating between language and math tasks in one sitting helps children see connections between counting, comparing, and describing the world around them, rather than treating each subject in isolation.
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Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 5-6
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- Topic:
- Parent Guide
- Skill:
- Beginning Sounds (Phonics - Letter Sounds): Identify the beginning sound of words.
- Pack:
- Page 2 of 28 in Month 2: Learning & Development | Ages 5-6.
How to use this worksheet
Read through each of the four activity sections before starting so you know which materials to gather first. For the sentence-building section, use word cards or objects to help your child construct a simple sentence aloud, then write it down together. Move to the subtraction and comparison sections using loose parts like rocks or sticks as physical counters your child can take away or line up side by side. Finish with the food-sorting activity, grouping real or pictured food items by category, and let your child lead as much of the physical setup as they're able to.
Materials needed
- Leaves
- Sticks
- Sand
- Rocks
- Blue Playdough/Rice
- Cardboard
- Grains
- Gloves
- Food items
Extension activities
- 1Take a nature walk to collect the leaves, sticks, and rocks the guide calls for, turning material-gathering into its own counting activity.
- 2Use the collected rocks or grains as manipulatives for an extra round of subtraction problems you make up on the spot.
- 3Build a sentence a day using a new 'mystery object' from around the house as the subject.
- 4Set up a pretend grocery store with food items and have your child sort and 'sell' items by food group.
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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