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Table Time

Activity: Beach Tracing Sheets

Materials:

Beach Line Pattern Tracing Sheet PDF Download

Blue Bird Day and kid at beach image

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to increase hand-eye coordination while following a concrete pattern.

Growing My Skills

The only item needed is a tabletop surface and a writing utensil. Provide support (by holding your child’s hand) if needed. Pay attention to posture! Kiddos increase focus and attention while seated in a stable chair, feet on the floor, back in an upright position.

Floortime Play

Activity: Going to the Beach

Materials:

Kinetic sand

Shovels and buckets (if available)

A towel or blanket

Sunglasses

Suntan lotion

Furry friends

Blue Bird Day and parent with child at beach image

Skill Check 

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

Growing My Skills

This activity is open-ended and depends on the materials you have. Layout blanket or towel on the “beach” and gather beach play items (i.e. bucket, sunscreen, sunglasses, stuffed animals) and play at the beach.

Provide the child with suggestions (Is it hot outside and put on sunglasses; rub-on lotion to protect skin; take stuffed animals swimming)

For younger kiddos, simply have fun with sand play or water play; filling up buckets. This can be messy so take to a bathtub or kitchen tile floor if needed.

Relaxation Time

Activity: Pete the Cat, At the Beach. Read aloud book

Materials:

Video: Pete the Cat At The Beach Read Aloud

Blue Bird Day and Dr Suess

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: Paper and Thumbprint Palm Trees

Materials:

Palm tree template

Black or brown sharpie

Green ink pads or paint

Brown tissue paper

Scissors

Glue stick

Blue Bird Day and palm tree image

Skill Check 

Children and caregivers will create a beach scene using their thumbprints! Children will engage in finger art. Take it one step further by talking about what makes up their identity!

Growing My Skills

Print out the template from the website 

Draw branches coming out of the palm tree branch however you’d like

Have your child press their thumb on the green ink pad or paint and press down on the black branches numerous times

Repeat this until you make “full” palm trees

Take it one step further and talk to your child about their own characteristics (eye color, hair color, etc.)

Movement Time

Activity: Crab Walks

Materials:

Flat surface or pillows

Blue Bird Day and Enjoy Today Pillow

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to challenge your core and overall coordination to move like a crab with your bottom off the ground.

Growing My Skills

Try crab walking sideways or with your eyes closed

Have your crab try to walk over some pillows, making the floor as uneven as a beach

For a BIG challenge, try to kick a balloon away while you stand like a crab

Place a puzzle board and puzzle pieces about 5 feet away from each other

Crab walk between the two places, balancing the puzzle piece on your belly while you walk to the board

Mealtime

Activity: Rainbow Popsicles!

Watch the movie “I can eat a rainbow” on YouTube

Ingredients:

1 cup chopped fruit of one color

1/4 cup fluid (water, coconut milk or yogurt)

4 Tablespoons sweetener (honey, agave, sugar, juice)

Materials:

8 Dixie cups

8 Popsicle Sticks

1 Blender

1 Bowl

Soap

1 Small Knife

1 Cutting Board

Garbage

Blue Bird Day and popsicle image

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to promote exploration of new & nonpreferred fruits or vegetables, encourage fruit/fluid/vegetable consumption, expand on knowledge of rainbow colors.

Growing My Skills

Wash fruits or vegetables with soap and water

Plug in the blender – be ready with ear coverings for noise-sensitive friends

Blend fruit, sweetener & fluid until smooth

Place Dixie cups on the table, place one popsicle stick in the center of each one

Pour blender mixture evenly in each cup

Freeze overnight or for at least 8 hours

Peel the Dixie cup from the frozen popsicle and wash the excess paper off

Enjoy while discussing the flavor – give it a thumbs up or down.

Language Time

Activity: Saying Hello!

Materials:

“Hello, Sun!” by Dayle Ann Dodds

Blankets/pillows

Blue Bird Day and Hello

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to help your child expand their social language skills through use of greetings in play

Expanding Skills

Read “Hello, Sun” with your child (Depending on your child’s language skills, adjust the way in which you read the book – read the words, make up your own narrative, use simple words/phrases to describe what you see)

Talk about different weather patterns that your child may see. Ask them what the weather is like outside that day

Ask your child simple “wh-” questions about the pictures in the book

Discuss what clothing items are needed in different weather

This book reading allows for expansion of receptive language skills answering “wh-” questions

Build a fort with your child and have them practice popping out of the door and providing appropriate greetings

This activity allows for social language skill practice

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