Home Instruction Day 17 – Literacy Activity
Cryptic Clues (12a) Mighty Minutes #147
Place familiar household items into a small box.
Say, I wonder what could be in this box.
Provide clues that pertain to a characteristic the
Item has and one that it does not have.
Example – It’s blue and it’s not pointy.
Invite your child to guess the name of the item
in the box.
Home Instruction Day 15 – Literacy Activity
Syllable Surprise (15c) Mighty Minutes #151
Place several small items from your house into a box.
Show your child one item from the box and ask them to name it.
Say, Yes, this is a [pencil]. [Pen – cil]. Clap the syllables the second time you
name the item. Take turns choosing items from the box and clapping
the syllables.
Home Instruction Day 13 – Literacy activity
The Animal I’d Be (9a) Mighty Minutes #123
Invite your child to think of an animal that they would like to be. *
Write the following sentences on a sheet of paper.
The animal I’d like to be is (what color).
The animal I’d like to be says (what animal sound).
The animal I’d like to be moves like this.
Ask your child to describe his/her animal and act out
its movements. Guess the animal your child is describing.
Now you take your turn.
* You could also use insects, vehicles, food, etc.
- Home Instruction Day 12 Spring Scavenger Hunt
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Home Instruction Day 11
Literacy – Riddle Dee Dee (15a) Mighty Minute #4
Explain to your child that rhyming words have the same ending sound.
Chant the following rhyme and keep the beat.
Riddle dee dee, riddle dee dee.
Can you make a rhyme with me?
I say [ball], you say [fall].
Ball, fall, [hall], [call].
You provide the first two rhyming words and invite your child to
continue making rhymes with that word.
Repeat with a new word. Then give your child an opportunity to say
the word they would like to rhyme.
- Home Instruction Days 1 -10
- 96_MakingMyName_FAM.pdf
- 103_RhymingRiddles_FAM.pdf
- 131_LetterstoaTee_FAM.pdf
- 177_Sandy_Letters_FAM.pdf
- 302_KeepingaJournal_FAM.pdf
- 319_ListeningCords_FAM.pdf
- 343_DollNaps_FAM.pdf
- 444_ReadaBookAskaQuestion_FAM.pdf
- 44_Clapping_Songs_FAM.pdf
- 57_Give_a_Dog_a_Bone_FAM.pdf