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Ideas To Do At Home To Help Your Child with Reading and Math
 Kindergarten Reading: Read a story with your child; have them draw a picture and tell you a story to go with it; practice their letters and sight words; have them practice writing their name and dictate simple words for them to try and write; cook with them - read the recipe together and have them help measure ingredients; do puzzles; play with play dough; play a board or card game (Go Fish, Old Maid, War, Memory, Monopoly, Sorry, Yahtzee, Scrabble Junior, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, HI HO Cherry O,).Kindergarten Math: Practice identifying and writing numbers 1-50; count to 100 by 1's, 2's, 5's and 10's; draw a plan to build a fort either inside or out; do puzzles; craft activities that require of coloring, cutting and drawing/writing; play a board or card game (Go Fish, Old Maid, War, Memory, Monopoly, Sorry, Yahtzee, Scrabble Junior, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, HI HO Cherry O). First Grade Reading: Find a quiet spot and do "you read, they read" together,; have them write notes, do some baking and have them read the directions; have them write and illustrate a story or give them materials to create a book; play a board or card game (Go Fish, Old Maid, War, Memory, Monopoly, Sorry, Yahtzee, Scrabble Junior, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land). First Grade Math: Play a board or card game, practice identifying and writing numbers 1-200; Count to 200 by 1's, 2's, 5's, and 10's; have them help you cook and read the directions and do the measuring; puzzles; modeling clay or play dough; craft activities that require cutting, measuring and following directions; play a board or card game (Go Fish, Old Maid, War, Memory, Monopoly, Sorry, Yahtzee, Scrabble Junior, Chutes and Ladders, Candy Land, Checkers). 2nd Grade Reading: Find a quiet spot and read together, encourage your child to write you notes and respond have them write and illustrate a story or give them materials to assemble a book; do some baking and have them read and follow the recipe; play a board or card game (Go Fish, Old Maid, War, Memory, Monopoly, Sorry, Yahtzee, Scrabble, Boggle, Trivia Pursuit Junior) 2nd Grade Math: Practice subtraction and addition math facts; play a board or card game, do some cooking and have them read and do the measuring; practice telling time, craft activities with directions to follow, play a board or card game (Go Fish, Old Maid, War, Memory, Monopoly, Sorry, Yahtzee, Dominoes, Chess, Checkers). |