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Table Time

Activity: Bablo and Friends Tracing Pages

Materials:

Camping Counting Worksheet PDF Download

Blue Bird Day and tracing activity

Skill Check 

This activity focuses on math literacy by counting various items found in camping grounds and identifying the number

Growing My Skills

Cut out the colored campground pieces

Arrange the pieces into groups

Count how many of the objects there are in one group

Have your child place the pieces in the boxes according to how many of each there are and by identifying the number. Start with putting a piece on top of the number

Floortime Play

Activity: Gather Round the Campfire

Materials:

Pretend food and cookware

A large blanket or tent

Animal friends

Paper towel rolls

Orange/red/ brown construction paper or tissue paper (for the campfire)

Flashlights

Campfire Craft Instructions

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.

Growing My Skills

Create a “campsite” in the living room by bringing a tent or making a fort with a blanket draped over couch cushions

Build a campfire using “wood” (paper towel rolls or brown construction paper)

Add “fire” with red, yellow, or orange items that can be draped over

Cook pretend food over the campfire

For an additional fun element, turn out the lights and use flashlights

Pretend to look for stars or make shadow puppets

Relaxation Time

Activity: Pete the Cat Goes Camping

Materials:

Pete the Cat Goes Camping; Read Aloud Book on Youtube

Blue Bird Day and learning to read with mom

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to slow down and engage quiet time and listening skills during read-aloud activity.

Growing My Skills

Can your child point out the theme of the book? Or ask your child to label their favorite item or character within this video.

Creative Time

Activity: Handprint Campfire Craft

Materials:

Red, orange, yellow, brown construction paper

Glue stick

Scissors

Pencil to trace

Kiddo’s hand!

Handprint Camfire Craft Printout 

Blue Bird Day and kid drawing

Skill Check 

Children and their parents will learn to work together to create a campfire made out of tracing their hands. Take turns tracing each other’s hands as a fun way to strengthen your bond and create a beautiful piece of art!

Growing My Skills

Gather your materials

Draw and cut out the logs using the brown construction paper. If possible, find a template online!

On one of the red, orange, or yellow construction papers, place your child’s hand on top and trace along his/her hand. Take turns and allow your child to trace your hand!

Cut out your traced handpieces

Once you have all your campfire pieces, glue them together

If you’d like to take it one step further, write in some positive traits/skills on each of the fingers as a way to positively affirm each other!

Movement Time

Activity: Bear Walk

Materials:

Yoga mat, pillows or cushions

Blue Bird Day and yoga

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to challenge your core muscles and coordination as you move like a big, strong bear!

Growing My Skills

Try walking forward, backward and sideways

Add an element of “red light, green light” to challenge holding a static bear position

Experience with a “fast bear’ vs a “super slow bear”

Crawl your bear over pillows and blankets

Try to scratch your ear while you are in bear position, taking one hand off the floor (really hard!)

Mealtime

Activity: Campfire Cracker

Ingredients:

4 sliced grapes

4 small pretzel rods

1 small circle or square crackers

Low-fat cheddar cheese or apple slices cut into triangles

Materials:

Plate

Small knife

Campfire Crackers Recipe

Blue Bird Day and campfire activity

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to create and share a treat in the shape of a campfire.

Growing My Skills

Have an adult cut and measure the ingredients and assemble the snack

Child can help place grapes on the cracker or snack on them!

Bring out mini marshmallows for snacking and pretend to “roast” a marshmallow on the end of a pretzel stick over the “fire.”

Sing a campfire song while snacking on the ingredients together

Language Time

Activity: Pretend Camping

Materials:

Blankets

Pillows

Books

Flashlight

Sticks

2 Toilet Paper Rolls

Glue/tape

Decorations

We’re Going On A Bear Hunt Youtube Video

Blue Bird Day and binoculars

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to work on receptive language skills of following unfamiliar commands and responding to “wh-” questions as well as expressive language skills of expanding utterances to request wants/needs and discussing attributes of common items.

Expanding Skills

Build a tent inside. Have your child work on problem-solving skills by telling you how to build the tent

Read preferred books inside tent using a flashlight. Ask your child “wh-” questions about the story and pictures

Target pretend play skills by pretending to roast marshmallows outside of the tent

Make binoculars using the materials listed above. Use binoculars to “go on a bear hunt” listen to “Bear Hunt” song

Bring binoculars outside to search for items or animals. Use describing words to explain things that you see.

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