Kindergarten and 1st Grade
At Home ActivitiesFor the Love of Money - In our world of debit cards and credit cards, there are many of us who rarely carry cash or use it with any kind of regularity. As a result, our students are not always exposed to the extent that we were when were children.
Use Banagrams or Scrabble tiles to help your child make words! Click here for a few ideas. Boggle is another great word games for families to play together.
Reading With Your Child - There is really nothing better than reading with and to your child. Click here for some titles that link Math into the story line as well as other activities.
The Sonoma County Library has developed an Early Literacy Calendar to provide suggestions of ways to engage your child with pre-reading skills. View this site to access the calendar in English or Spanish.
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Websites & Apps
Learning to “make 5” and “make 10” is a foundational skill in building students’ number sense. Click here for ways to use this app or website.Learning to “make 5” and “make 10” is a foundational skill in building students’ number sense. Click here for ways to use this app or website.
Dexteria Dots - Get in Touch with Math is a fun way to help children build skills by combining or separating dots for certain values.
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Explore The Learning In Your BackyardBird Watching 101 - One great way to develop and strengthen observation skills is dedicating time and setting a purpose. Bird watching is free and can be done right in your backyard. Click here to get ideas from Birding with Children!
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Projects, Problems & Challenges
Make a trip to the grocery store more enjoyable by putting your child to work! Click here for a Grocery Store Scavenger Hunt.
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