Parent's Guide: Fun Activities for Storytelling, Addition, and More!
This parent's guide walks through a set of hands-on activities that build storytelling and sequencing through puppet play, early addition through a simple 'addition house,' and sorting skills, giving children ages 3-5 practice across language, number, and reasoning in one sitting. Because the activities are play-based rather than worksheet-based, they let children absorb these concepts through natural exploration.
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Month 5: Literacy, Math, Environmental Science | Ages 4-5
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Curriculum
- Phonics - Letter Sounds > Beginning Sounds
How to use this worksheet
Read through each activity section first and gather the simple materials it calls for. Start with whichever activity best matches your child's current mood, such as puppet storytelling if they're feeling chatty or the addition house if they want to sit and count. Follow the guide's steps loosely, letting your child lead the pace, and move to the next activity once interest starts to fade.
Extension activities
- 1Make additional puppets from socks or paper bags and invent new stories together.
- 2Use different household objects, like buttons or pasta, for the sorting activity instead of the original items.
- 3Play simple addition games with the addition house using real coins or snacks instead of counters.
- 4Turn the puppet story into a short performance for another family member.
- 5Extend the sorting activity by adding a third category, like color, alongside the original two.
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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