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Table Time

Activity: Which Sea Doesn’t Belong

Materials:

Which Animal Doesn’t Belong In The Ocean: YouTube Video

Blue Bird Day and fish image

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to locate animals who do not live in the sea/ocean; challenge critical thinking and expressive language skills.

Growing My Skills

All that is needed is to follow along with the video. Encourage your child to point out animals that don’t belong when the announcer asks. Too challenging? Have fun by asking your child to point to animals you label (Can you find the fish? Is he swimming?)

Floortime Play

Activity: Under Water Pretend Play

Materials:

Blue towel

“Fishing poles” or sticks with string/shoelaces

Laundry basket

Pillowcases

Goggles

Plastic or plush sea animals

Mermaid Tail Image on Pinterest

Blue Bird Day and kid swimming image

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

Turn your living room into the sea!

Lay down a blue-colored towel or blanket to act as the ocean

Instruct kiddos to get into the boat (laundry basket) and ask what they see? (Fish, a pirate ship, mermaids)

For older children, have them decorate old pillowcases as “mermaid fins” and attach to their feet (secure with a larger scrunchie or place two feet in one tube sock so legs are placed together)

Have your child pretend to flip their fins and swim in the ocean

Relaxation Time

Activity: Under The Sea; Read Aloud Book.

Materials:

Under The Sea; Read Aloud Book on Youtube

Blue Bird Day and animal book

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: Rainbow Fish Craft

Materials:

Rainbow fish-free template

Colorful tissue paper squares

Glue

Scissors

Cardstock paper

If you have it, “The Rainbow Fish” book!

Blue Bird Day and tissue paper

Skill Check 

Read “The Rainbow Fish” to start a conversation on sharing and how to be a good friend to others

After reading this story, create your own rainbow fish with colorful and metallic scales!

If you’d like to follow along with the story, make some scales looser than others and have your kiddo share their scales with people in their family!

Growing My Skills

Print out the rainbow fish template and cut around the template on cardstock paper! It’s important to have a sturdy base for this craft

Glue the pieces of tissue paper onto its scales. Kiddos can use the book to get some inspiration on how they’d like to decorate their fish!

Take it one step further and have one of the scales loosely glued on so kids can share their scales with others!

Movement Time

Activity: Swimming

Materials:

Scooter board or yoga mat

Blue Bird Day and yoga

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to master your “swim on land” skills, using both arms and legs simultaneously while on your stomach.

Growing My Skills

Lay over a pillow or couch cushion to make swimming just a little harder

Try swimming with your eyes closed

Flip onto your back while on a pillow and try a back-stroke

Swim with only the right side of your body, isolating your movements. Switch to only the left side next

Mealtime

Activity: Make a Fruit Salad

Ingredients:

1/4 cup each: chopped strawberries, peeled mandarin oranges, sliced banana, sliced kiwi, blueberries, sliced grapes

2 Tablespoons orange juice

Materials:

Mixing spoon

Cutting board

Knife, bowl

Plates for organizing fruit

All done bowl for the fruits we aren’t ready for yet

Blue Bird Day and fruit salad

Skill Check 

The goal of this activity is to progress from popsicles to whole fruit! Kiddo can eat, taste, or explore whole fruits of varying colors.

Growing My Skills

Have the adult cut & measure the fruit

Have the child pour the ingredients in the bowl, mix the salad, scoop, and serve the salad

If we aren’t ready to eat the fruit yet that’s fine!

Try arranging it on the plate in the shape of a rainbow with a fork or finger. Or try putting the fruit pieces on a popsicle stick and treat it like a frozen popsicle from last week!

Language Time

Activity: Water Play

Materials:

Water Bucket

Water-safe toys

Water Balloons

Rain Stick Materials:

Paper towel roll

Dry rice

Duct tape

Decorations (stickers, paint, markers)

Blue Bird Day and child watering flowers

Skill Check 

The goal of this week is to work on pragmatic language skills of taking turns, receptive language skills of answering “wh-” questions and expressive language skills of expanding utterances and talking about attributes of common items

Growing My Skills

Fill a bucket, tub or pool with water and place water-safe items inside

During water play discuss which items are “heavy” and “sink” and which are “light” and “float”

Have your child help fill up water balloons – discuss colors and that the water goes inside the balloon to change its size and shape

Take turns tossing water balloons. Label whose turn it is!

Make a rain stick using the materials listed above. Have your child use their words to request specific items that they need/want

Talk about what rain sounds like and play with rain stick

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