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Table Time

Bees and Flower Shape Match

Materials:

Copy of Bees and Flower Shape Match Page

Scissors

Glue

Blue Bird Day and flower shapes

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to learn and label the names and images of basic shapes through matching

Expanding Skills

Have your child match the different shapes to the corresponding flower

Spend time talking to your child about the shape’s characteristics

You can go on a “shape hunt” after completing this activity

Look around your home to find objects that match the shapes on the worksheet

Floortime Play

Activity: Fly Butterfly Fly

Materials:

Blanket

Blue Bird Day and blanket

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to spending time together in a playful, imaginative way. There should be limited structure and a lot of pretending.

Expanding Skills

Look at pictures or draw a picture of your child’s favorite color butterfly

Tell your child to “Fly like a butterfly” with you

Fly together with large butterfly arms and spin round and round before crashing on a pillow

Build on the pretending by wrapping your child into a cocoon with their favorite blanket, rocking the softly side by side and unwrapping them to reveal a beautiful butterfly

Let your child wrap you up too!

Relaxation Time

Activity: Mindful Breathing

Materials:

Book: Breathe like a Bear by Kira Willey – Be A Bumblebee

Blue Bird Day and Breathe like a bear book

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to practice bringing attention to breath in a fun and playful way

Expanding Skills

Read “Be a Bumblebee”

Look in a mirror together and practice making the “buzzzzz” sound, emphasizing the “b” and “zzzzz” sounds

Pretend to be bumblebees together and buzz around with different speeds. Be sure to add slow rhythmic movements while buzzing around the room

Creative Time

Activity: Paper Towel Butterfly Craft

Materials:

Pipe Cleaner or Twist Tie from Grocery Store

Markers

Spray bottle

H2O

Blue Bird Day and painting

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is for your child to use fine motor skills while being creative with art

Expanding Skills

Have your child color a paper towel

Use a spray bottle filled with water and spray the paper towel. This will give it a tie-dye effect

Let dry

Use a pipe cleaner or twist tie to finish your butterfly!

Movement Time

Activity: Rolling

Materials:

Pillows

Ball

Blankets

Yoga mat

Puzzle

Blue Bird Day and roll

Skill Check 

The goal of the week will focus on log rolling, using your stomach muscles to guide you through a straight path

Expanding Skills

For added deep pressure, roll your child into a blanket or yoga mat

Try to keep your body rolling over pillows or cushions

Roll in both directions

Grab a puzzle piece from one side of the room and roll to the puzzle board to complete the puzzle. You can choose the distance between the puzzle pieces and the board to make it harder or easier!

Roll while holding a ball, keeping both arms straight above your head

Try rolling with your eyes closed!

Mealtime

Activity: Lip Rounding

Any of the following materials:

Bubbles

Dandelions

Whistle

Horn

Kazoo

Feather

Pom pom

Tissue

Blue Bird Day and using a straw

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to target the skill of lip rounding, requiring for drinking form a cup. Lip rounding is the ability to make a circular opening with your lips. This is an early developing skill for feeding. You need to be able to round your lips when it comes time to use a spoon, straw, or cup. When developed, the amount of rounding of your lips can be changed. This makes sure that the lips stay sealed around a feeding utensil (spoon, straw, cup). It also helps get enough pressure for straw drinking.

Expanding Skills

Play with musical instruments

Ex. whistles, horns, kazoos, etc.

Your child’s lips will have to be rounded in order to make any noise

Blow lightweight objects or lightweight foods across the table

Ex. feathers, pom poms, tissues

Try using a straw or veggie straw to blow the item

Set up a birthday party for a stuffed animal

Pretend to blow out the candles on a birthday cake

Use a pretend food set, real food, or play-doh

Practice saying “ooo” with exaggerated lip movements

Alternate saying “ooo” with round lips and “eee” with retracted lips

Really focus on rounding the lips for “ooo”

Practice these sounds during play with animals

Ex. making the sound “mooo” like a cow

Language Time

Activity: The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Materials:

The Very Hungry Caterpillar book, or YouTube link

Blue Bird Day and caterpillar book

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to provide opportunity for your child to increase use, expand, and improve understanding of language through play

Expanding Skills

Read the Very Hungry Caterpillar book with your child. Depending on your child’s language skills, you can read the words from the page (Or, keep the volume up on the YouTube clip) or use your own words to provide simple description of the pages (Or, mute the YouTube clip and use simple description)

Go on a Very Hungry Caterpillar kitchen scavenger hunt and see if you can find the items he ate in your own house!

This activity targets comprehension and story recall

You can take the book with you for visual support to help your child remember the food items.

You can also provide choice support to assist (e.g., Did he eat a red crunch apple or a big yellow banana?)

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