There are a lot of activities that parents can do, in order to prepare their child for school development across all domains required in the formal school.
SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
| Activity Name | Purpose | Things you will need to do |
| Express Feelings/Taking care of others | -To help your child understand and express emotions
-To teach your child empathy and caring |
Activity :
Take care of Doll Baby Doll Baby Bottle Baby food Blanket/ Clothes |
| Express Feelings | -To help your child understand and express emotions | Book to read to your child
“What is Blue feeling? Bring your own crayon by Angela C. Santomera |
| Tea Time | -To help your child get along with others in order to make and keep friends | Tea Set (to invite friends/relatives for tea parties/snack playdates) |
| What does it feel like ? | To help your child learn good manners and understand how people feel and why | Book to read to your child
“The Grouchy Lady Bug by Eric Carle” |
PHYSICAL WELL-BEING & MOTOR DEVELOPMENT
| Activity Name | Purpose | Things you will need to do |
| Pick up piece by piece | To improve your child’s eye-hand coordination and strengthen the hand muscle and prepare for writing | Activity: Pick items by tongs and place outside
Plastic bowl Pom Poms/ Balls/Mashmallows Plastic tongs |
| Jump Rope Game | To strengthen your child’s muscle and improve her balance and coordination | Jump Rope |
| Wash our Hands | To help your child learn about basic hygiene and teach how to wash hands | Tub
Water Liquid Soap Read the Book Wash your hands by Tony Ross |
LANGUAGE & LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
| Activity Name | Purpose | Things you will need to do |
| Reading Time | To introduce your child to language by reading books | Books, Books, Books |
| Fun with sounds | To help your child understand the sound the letters make | Reading the book
My Very First Mother Goose by Iona Archibald Opie |
| Playing with letters | To introduce your child to letters and give an awareness of the shape of letters | Box of letters ( Foam)
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| We can write | To help your child understand the purpose for writing and practice her writing skills | Dry erase board
Dry erase marker Paper Pens and Pencil Sidewalk Chalk |
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
| Activity Name | Purpose | Things you will need to do |
| Sink or Float | To help your child wonder about and investigate things, by making predictions and observing | Bathtub
Water 4-5 Objects Sink/ Float chart |
| Exploring your world | To help your child notice things in his/her world by thinking, asking, questioning, talking | Use tools to see things normally and differently by way of
Magnifying glass and Mirror and Torch |
| Lets feel it | To support your child in exploring his/her world by using sight, sound, touch | Reading the book “Pat the bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt” |