Early Learning Early Learning at Homeat Home

Early Learning Early Learning at Homeat HomeAllison Fletcher Allison Fletcher

Learning is fun! • Learning is fun and can happen

anywhere• Informal exploration• Concrete experiences • Low pressure• Praise!

Pre-reading/Reading• Read to your child! • Ask your child to “read” to you• Letter identification, letter sounds,

short words– Magnets – Letter/sound/word hunts

Pre-writing/Writing• Straight line letters/numbers

– Popsicle sticks, toothpicks, Q tips

• Curvy letters/numbers– Wet noodles, laces, yarn

• Tracing – Flour, sand, paint bags, shaving cream, beans,

shells, playdoh, tape on floor, calendars

• Writing – Chalk, crayons, markers, paint brush, pencils,

highlighter

Pre-writing/Writing• Drawing pictures – label what they

draw• Cards for family and friends• Writing stories in book • Invitations • Name

Math• Counting

– Stairs, grocery store, stoplight• Number concept

– Dominoes, dot plates, picnic plates, collections • Number identification

– Hunts, clothing, puzzles, books • 1-1 correspondence

– Tea party seating, place settings, counting anything with finger, shoes and socks, eggs carton, cupcakes pan, puzzles, ice cube tray

• Shapes– Hunts, playdough/craft sticks/stamping with lids or cups,

snacks, Hot Lava game

Fine Motor• Tweezers• Eye droppers• Scissors• Ripping paper and gluing • Beading • Lacing • Tools• Sensory tubs (Rice, beans, popcorn kernels,

cotton balls, water, sand)

Language Building Through Imaginative

Play • Kitchen

– Food names, health, appliances, opposites (more and less, hot and cold, wet and dry), actions

• Blocks/Legos/Lincoln Logs– Math vocabulary, comparisons, colors, architecture

• Dress up – Synonyms, jobs, body parts

• Puppets– Modeling social skills and character

• Bathtime – Types of watercraft, animal names & body parts, travels

around the world