Wednesday, 15th April

Today is Crazy Hair Day! I can't wait to see your crazy hairstyles this evening 😀

Play the following morning greeting video from Ms. Nazish:

Click here for today's song



Activity One:

Science: Planting seeds

Materials: cotton or soil, seeds such as lentils or beans, water, pot or cup, spoon.

Duration: 10 minutes

Beginning: Place the material in front of your child and ask him/her: “I wonder how plants grow”,” What do you think will happen when we plant the seeds in the soil?” Listen and acknowledge what the child is saying.

Middle: Encourage your child to plant the seeds.  Talk to your child about the elements seeds need to grow (soil, water, air, and light/sun). Talk about the importance of water to every living organism. I wonder what will happen tomorrow. Introduce vocabulary words (stem, roots, light, soil, leaves)

End: Give him/her a 3-minute warning. Ask your child to water the soil/cotton and place it in a place where natural light is accessible. Remind your child that every day it will need a little bit of water.

Vocabulary: seeds, soil, roots, leaves, stem, air, etc. 

Purpose:  the purpose of this activity is to foster some basic elements of science predicting, experimenting, observing and drawing conclusions.

Extension: Bring more seeds and talk about how different seeds would grow different plants. Or plant seeds in two different pots and put one in the light and water it every day and the other one in the dark and without water and notice the difference every day.

Brain Break:

The child can jump/hop on a trail of cushions/floor mats for the development of gross motor skills

Activity Two:

Math: Number Hunt

number recognition

Materials: plastic numbers from 1-6 (or any kind), if you don’t have numbers you can use pre-cut numbers, any small objects(popsicles, paper clips, buttons) or toys for counting, dice if you don’t have one you can use the cards with dots that you prepared last week.

Duration:15 minutes

Beginning: Hide the plastic or pre-cut numbers in the room. Explain that the child is going to throw the dice and then count the dots on the side it lands on or ask him/her to choose a card that has dots.

Middle: Encourage your child to count the dots shown on the dice/card. For example, if the dice landed on the side with 5 dots, your child can go find number 5 OR if you are using the cards then the child will pick a card and do the same thing, count and look for the number

End:  Give your child a 3-minute warning and let him/her finish the round. Ask the child to help you with cleaning up.

Vocabulary: dots, dice, amount, hidden, same, etc.

Purpose: the purpose of this activity is to help children understand that numbers represent quantity.

Ms. Nazish's instructions for the activity:


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Extension: Repeat the activity, add more numbers and bring some objects or toys for the child to count before finding the corresponding numbers.

Materials needed for Tomorrow's Activities:

Activity One:

Shaving cream, tray

Activity Two:

Newspaper or magazine, paper, glue, scissors