Good morning! It looks like it is going to be a lovely day in Durham. Here are three invitations for your preschool-aged child to explore today, or any day.
Art/Connection Invitation: Draw a picture for a friend
Your child may be missing friends or relatives, a great way to connect is to draw a picture for that friend and send it to them either through the mail, or via text. Your child might be able to start a shared drawing or coloring activity with their friend.
This invitation is similar to one we have used at Lakewood in the past to reinforce the home-school connection. In that case, children wrote to their families and we mailed the letters. We hope the act of sending love into the world will help your child continue to feel connected to friends and/or family.
Building Invitation: Block roads and ramps
Challenge your child to build a block road across a certain part of your home, or to build a favorite street or town out of blocks. Adding loose parts can extend this invitation. Children may also want to make buildings out of empty boxes. Are there hills along this road? How can your child construct ramps from loose parts?
This invitation encourages children to work with scale, spatial awareness, and build problem-solving skills.
Large Motor/Outdoor Invitation: Neighborhood Animal Yoga
Begin this invitation by asking your child what kinds of animals live in your neighborhood. Then see what yoga poses they know, or can create so their bodies look/feel like those animals. In our neighborhood in Durham we see dogs, cats, birds, snakes, spiders, worms, raccoons, and occasionally deer or a fox. Your child might also want to be a balancing tree, a flower unfurling, or a unicorn! You can take photos or have your child draw their own yoga cards to use over and over again.
This invitation connects children to their environment using their imaginations. It also builds balance, flexibility and strength.
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