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Table Time

Activity: Picnic Counting Activity

Materials:

Summer Picnic Ten Frame Practice PDF Download

Blue Bird Day and picnic at home activity

Skill Check 

This activity uses a child’s numeracy skills (number recognition, one to one sequencing), scissors skills, and fine motor abilities.

Growing My Skills

Print out the template, laminate items if possible

Cut out items

Attach velcro or tape to the back of “ant squares” to adhere to the paper

Floortime Play

Activity: Ants Go Marching Outdoor Exploration

Materials:

Backyard or safe outside area

Binoculars or magnifying glass

Plastic ants/bugs if available

This is an outdoor activity that is completely reliant on a child’s imagination

Explore outside with binoculars and explore where ants live and where they “march to”

Ask where ants look for food, live, and play

For smaller children, create a “bug or ant” hunt where they can look for the items in the backyard or park

Blue Bird Day and binoculars

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

Venture outdoors with your children (within a safe environment with supervision) and explore where you can find “ants marching”; neighborhood garden or urban surroundings

Where does your child think the ants live or where are they going on their “march.”

This activity is great for listening to directions, fine motor skills, increasing vocabulary, turn-taking, and visual/motor skills

Have fun!

Relaxation Time

Activity: Freda Plans a Picnic

Materials:

Freda Plans A Picnic Youtube Video

Blue Bird Day and at home parent resources

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 label a favorite part?

Is your child familiar with the character within this video; if not ask if he/she can see his favorite character doing these activities.

Creative Time

Activity: Weaving Picnic Blanket Craft

Materials:

Scissors

Construction Paper (red and white; plus additional colors

Glue

Picnic Blanket Collage Kids Craft

Blue Bird Day and tissue paper

Skill Check 

This activity is great for older preschool and kindergarten children. It improves fine motor skills, hand/eye coordination, and spatial abilities.

Growing My Skills

Gather your materials

Cut the paper into long strips

Cut slits into main white paper or cardstock (grown-up job)

Create food from magazine cutouts or construction paper

Weave construction paper strips to create a “blanket”

Add food to the top of the list

Movement Time

Activity: Food Scavenger Hunt

Materials:

Pretend food and/or pantry items

Basket or shopping bag or shopping cart

Blue Bird Day and Parent at home resources

Skill Check 

The goal of this week focuses on moving your body around the house to climb high and crawl low, while using your looking eyes to find all the items for your picnic.

Growing My Skills

Scatter pretend food items or pantry items around the home: some at eye-level, some on elevated surfaces, some on the floor underneath furniture or low obstacles

Guide your child to look around the home to try and find all the items you need for your picnic

Help them climb up and over furniture, reach above head, or go on tip-toes if the item is high

Help them crawl under if the item is low

Have them carry around all the items in a basket, bag, or cart for strengthening and heavy work

Mealtime

Activity: Going On a Picnic Social Story

Materials:

Read the social story posted to the BBD website about going on a picnic

Find a blanket you can practice eating on

Use a folding chair if your child doesn’t like eating on the ground

Practice either inside or outside

Find a preferred snack your child enjoys eating and encourage sitting and eating

Blue Bird Day and at home parent resources

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to practice sitting on a blanket eating food, pre-pack your picnic if possible!

Growing My Skills

After reading the social story, pick a spot in your home or outside to practice eating and playing

Encourage the child to help pack snacks or ingredients, check them off the social story list

Pick a spot for a picnic and talk about having a picnic safely

Language Time

Activity: Pretend Picnic

Materials:

Blanket

Basket

Pretend or real food

Plates

Watermelon craft

Paper plate

Red and green markers

Black paint

Book: Monsters Don’t Eat Broccoli by Barbara Jean Hicks Read Aloud

Blue Bird Day and Musical Instruments to Make At Home

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to work on pretend play skills and target receptive and expressive language skills. Roleplay picnic with real or fake food. Target receptive language by following directions, answering yes/no questions, and sorting food into categories. Expressive language can be targeted by requesting food items with the increasing length of utterances and describing food items/naming attributes of foods.

Expanding Skills

Identify food items by placing them into the basket (e.g. “Put the apple in the basket”)

Match food items to pictures or sort into categories

Follow directions to make a peanut-butter/sun-butter and jelly sandwich together

Target receptive language while making a watermelon craft out of a paper plate and markers

Role-play a picnic, working on requesting items and expanding utterances

Work on commenting, such as “I like the sandwich”, “I don’t like these blueberries” or have your child answer

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