Social Skills
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Eat at least one meal together as a family
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Have a back and forth conversation at meal times!
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Make a comment about what another family member is talking about
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Play a board game that requires taking turns (Candyland is a favorite in our room)
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Play the game Memory
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Give a compliment to a person in your family
Personal Information
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Practice telling your family members your:
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First and last name
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Birthday
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Age
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Address
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Parent/s cell phone number
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Parent/s first and last name
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Language Arts
Listen to a story each day of the week!
It can be the same story or a different one each day
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Point to the words as they are being read (left to right, top to bottom)
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Try to find your sight words in the story
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Try to find pictures from the story that starts with the letter sounds that we are working on
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If the story has a line that repeats on each page allow the student to read that line
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Tell another family member who was in the story they just heard
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Tell another family member your favorite part of the story.
Fine Motor/Writing
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Trace/copy or write first and last name
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Trace vertical lines, horizontal lines, and curves
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Practice recognizing the letters of the alphabet.
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Cut out shapes
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Draw a picture of yourself
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Color a picture of your favorite characters
Math
Practice these skills each day
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Count as high as you can!
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Use flashcards to practice recognizing numbers
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After being shown/ told a number count that many objects (i.e. legos, blocks, cars, dolls, forks, spoons)
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Take toys and sort them by different categories i.e. shape, color, size or by characters toy story vs. Peppa, frozen vs Moana,
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Make a pattern using your toys, body (clap, stomp nod, clap, stomp nod)
Life Skills
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Practice washing hands
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Brush your teeth
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Get dressed all by yourself
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Help fold laundry (washcloths)
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Match socks
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Set the table