At-Home Learning Activities and Resources

Holiday Resources:

• Pom-Pom Christmas Tree Challenge: Children strengthen fine motor skills and color recognition as they decorate a festive tree with bright pom-poms, turning simple sorting into holiday creativity.
• Kwanzaa & Kindness Unity Bracelet: A hands-on beading activity that teaches the colors and meaning of Kwanzaa while encouraging conversations about unity, heritage, and community.
• Holidays Around the World: Little learners explore winter celebrations across cultures, building empathy and awareness as they discover how families around the globe share light, joy, and tradition.
• Dreidel Drip & Spin Art: Inspired by Hanukkah, this playful spin-art activity lets children experiment with motion, color, and cause-and-effect as they create swirling winter masterpieces.
• Winter Wiggle & Giggle Fitness Fun: A joyful movement circuit filled with snowman stretches, reindeer jumps, and jolly laughs to help children stay active and regulate big wintertime energy.
• Winter Wonders Scavenger Hunt: Children search for seasonal sights indoors or outdoors, boosting observation, vocabulary, and curiosity as they explore the magic of winter around them.
• My Little Snow Globe Keepsake: Kids design their own tiny winter world inside a clear ornament, creating a special keepsake that celebrates imagination and fine motor creativity.
• Snowy Sensory Dough Play: This calming, hands-on activity invites children to squish, roll, and mold snow-like sensory dough while strengthening fine motor skills and language.
• Little Moments of Joy Jar: A simple daily ritual where children choose joyful prompts or affirmations that build emotional literacy, gratitude, and family connection throughout the season.
• Warm Winter Well Wishes: Children create heartfelt cards filled with winter cheer, learning kindness and empathy as they spread encouragement to community helpers, seniors, or those in need.
• My Warm & Cozy Cocoa Mug: A sweet winter craft where children design a cozy cocoa mug and bring home a kid-safe hot cocoa mix to blend creativity, sensory fun, and warm family moments.
• Santa’s Reindeer Snack Mix (with Wildlife Care Tips): Kids mix their own festive trail mix while learning why real deer and wildlife should never be fed people food to build empathy, environmental awareness, and early math skills.

Kindness & Gratitude Resources:

• Acts of Kindness Calendar: A month-long challenge encouraging children to practice daily gratitude and compassion through simple acts like helping a friend, thanking a teacher, or sharing a toy.
• Little Leaves of Gratitude Crown: While exploring textures and colors, children learn to express gratitude and connect with the natural world through hands-on sensory play.
• Feathers of Thanks Turkey: This creative art activity builds emotional awareness and helps children reflect on gratitude in a fun, festive way.

Chapter by Chapter: Inspiring Daily Literacy Fun

Financial Literacy Resources:

• Financial Literacy Bingo: A playful board with 24 money-themed tasks like pretend play, sorting coins, and setting savings goals. Use throughout April to teach core money concepts in daily life.

• Understanding Money Sheet: Children color coins and bills while answering guided questions about size, color, value, and historical figures. Builds visual and critical thinking skills about currency.

• Take the Financial Literacy Pledge: Kids commit to simple money habits like saving, sharing, and helping others. Promotes accountability and introduces personal finance values at an early age.

Building Bonds: Creative Ways to Learn Friendship

Friendship Resources: 

• Draw Your Best Friend: Kids draw themselves with a best friend, showing what makes that friend special. Encourages emotional expression and appreciation of others.

• Friendship Scavenger Hunt: Children find or complete 7 tasks tied to friendship values like sharing, teamwork, and compliments. Promotes social learning through play and discussion.

• Acts of Kindness Tracker: A 7-day challenge where children complete daily kindness tasks and track their progress by coloring symbols. Reinforces consistent, positive behavior.

• Create a Superhero Who Saves Friendships: Children design and draw a superhero who spreads kindness and helps others. Builds empathy and imagination through creative storytelling.