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May Day Make a bouquet of flowers out of opened-up cupcake liners. Write a message at the center of each flower for someone special. Glue or tape a straw or popsicle stick for a stem. Tie the flowers together with a ribbon. |
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Read the newspaper comics with your child. Let your child choose a favorite one to cut out, and have your child tell you what is happening in the picture. Your child can even make up a story to go with the pictures! |
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 Cinco de Mayo |
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Help your child make an indoor fort using a sheet, blanket, or towel. "Build" it over chairs. Let your child read books with a flashlight inside the fort. |
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 Mother's Day |
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Plan a "TV Blackout" night. Instead of watching TV, read aloud or play games, do a puzzle, or sing songs with your child. |
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Cut the letters in your child's name out of a magazine. Let your child glue the letters in the right order on a piece of paper. He or she can also cut out pictures to decorate around the name. |
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Let your child use chalk to make sidewalk drawings. Draw a circle on a square. Ask your child to drawn animals out of the shapes. |
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Go for a nature walk. Take an empty egg carton to collect treasures along the way. Later, let your child glue the things that have been collected on paper and write the name next to each item. |
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Play the color game. Point to items around the house or outside and have your child tell you what color you are pointing to. |
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Put together a costume box for your child. Have your child dress up in old clothes, hats, scares, and shoes. Then, your child and friends can act out a favorite story or make up a new one! |
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Memorial Day (observed) Sketch an American flag on a piece of paper. Tear up pieces of red, white, and blue construction paper and have your child glue the pieces onto the picture, making, a "mosaic" flag. |
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Give your child a simple job to do, such as cleaning up toys, washing a sink, or feeding a pet. Have your child look at a clock at the beginning and the end of the job. Did the clock change? |
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Memorial Day |
Keep writing materials such as washable, nontoxic crayons and markers, paints and brushes, and different kinds of paper where children can reach them.
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Ingredients:
Mix shortening, sugar, one egg, and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking power, and salt. Cover; chill one hour. Roll dough into a long log that is 2-1/2 inches wide. Refrigerate one hour. Slice in 1/4 inch circles; place on ungreased cookie sheet. Paint cookies by mixing one egg yolk with 1/4 teaspoon water. Divide paint into three containers; add a drop of food coloring to each. Using small brushes, paint the cookies. Place a stick in the dough to create a "lollipop." Bake 6-8 minutes in a 400 degree oven. You can also use ready-made cookie rolls and frosting from the grocery store.
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Visit the local public library with your child. Find out the days and times of special activities or story hours for children that take place in May. Mark the dates on your calendar so you can remember to attend! |
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Have fun reading or telling stories with your child. As your child is having fun hearing the stories, you are helping the child learn to think, and put ideas and words together. Use different voices for the characters in the book, use a puppet or a stuffed toy to tell the story, or let your child "read" the book to you by looking at the pictures and making up the story.
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Have your child follow along, holding up the number of fingers as you say the rhyme.
One, two,
Now have your child jump or hop each time you say a number.
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