Good morning. We want to take a moment to share an opportunity for children and families. Tomorrow there will be 60-minute special called, “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families” on Saturday, June 6, at 10 a.m. ET. The target audience for this is slightly older children, but it might be helpful for families of children of all ages.
Building Invitation: Building with blocks
Today we are curious about whether and how your child’s building with blocks has evolved over the past months. Do you notice anything different they are doing? How are their structures the same or different?
Building with blocks develops planning skills, is a place for creative expression, and builds fine motor control.
Outdoor/Sensory Invitation: Digging for treasure
This invitation takes a little forethought, but can be very engaging for young children. Without your child, find a place outside where you and your little one can dig, make a hole and place some “treasure” in it. This could be a box with some large plastic coins, or some washable animal figures, or a child-safe necklace or bracelet, anything bright and easily washable. Cover it back up. Invite your child to go on a treasure hunt. See if they can find the place you were digging and let them dig up the treasure. You can also do this in a sensory bin or flower pot with child-safe potting soil or other sensory bin materials.
This invitation builds sensory awareness, uses small motor muscles, and invites your child to use their imagination.
Outdoor/Large Motor Invitation: Obstacle course scavenger hunt
This invitation can be done inside or outside, just adjust the things you ask your child to find/do to suit the location. An obstacle course scavenger hunt is an interesting way for children to use a variety of motor skills and muscles and can be customized to your situation.
Here are a few suggestions of things to invite your child to find/do:
- Something to jump over
- Something to walk along like a balance beam (you can set this up with a strip of painter’s tape on the floor)
- A place to do a yoga pose
- A place to roll
- Something heavy to lift
- Something safe to kick
- A place to cool off
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