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Rake n’ Make
Celebrate Michigan's beautiful fall season while exploring science, math, and art ...
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Gone Fishin’
For a fun way to practice letters, sounds, and numbers that ...
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Homemade Playdough
Make playdough using ingredients you might already have around the kitchen- ...
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Explore: Trees
Trees make for excellent co-teachers. Help children grow their brain power ...
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Rake n’ Make
Celebrate Michigan's beautiful fall season while exploring science, math, and art. Prep It All you need is a beautiful fall ...
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How to Talk to Children about COVID19
1. Be calm and reassuring Children react to what you say and how you say it. They will notice if ...
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Alphabet Bags
Learning the sounds that letters make is an important step in learning to read. Play this game with children, using ...
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Proud Moments
Well-done spelling tests, math quizzes, and book reports adorn the refrigerators of proud family members and caretakers all over Flint ...
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Sort Anything
Next time you put away laundry, kitchen utensils, or other things around the house, invite the children to learn about ...
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Shape Hunting
Looking for shapes is a fun way to help young minds grow! Develop language skills and ideas about shape, space, ...
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Jams and Plans for Washing Hands
DIY Soaps Click the buttons for the recipes! Jelly Soap Make hand washing less of a chore for kids using ...
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Watch, listen, and look: How germs spread and how to stop them
Follow these links with the children in your care to explore questions we all have about contagious illnesses like the ...
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Picture Walks
There is a lot more to reading books than just figuring out what the words say. Going on a "picture ...
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Developing Hand Coordination with Playdough!
Hand coordination skills, sometimes called “fine motor skills” are the skills needed to do things like use spoons, pinch salt, ...
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Chain Reactions
Can you get a ball into a cup using a cookbook, Ramen noodles, a tuna can, and some rulers? Build ...
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What? When? Where? How? Hunt!
Go on a scavenger hunt to inspire children’s thinking about ideas like big versus small. Ask: Where is it? What ...
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Super-Thinker Simon Says
Shake up how the children in your care learn new words, follow instructions, do math, and communicate by playing a ...
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Gone Fishin’
For a fun way to practice letters, sounds, and numbers that also helps kids practice their hand-eye coordination, try fishing! ...
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Homemade Playdough
Make playdough using ingredients you might already have around the kitchen- Sarahi will teach you how! Prep It Gather the ...
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Explore: Trees
Trees make for excellent co-teachers. Help children grow their brain power with these free activities inspired by nature's giants. Choose ...
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