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Family Types

What to do:

  1. Ads or pictures showing different types of families of the world can be torn out of old magazines—two parent, single parent, grandparent, foster, multiple children, single child, different cultures, etc.
  2. Children can sort into like and different types of families or glue onto a backing of some sort.

  • Category icon Preschool-age (3-5 years), School-age (6+ years), Large Motor Skills, Self-Awareness, Small Motor Skills, Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor, Movement and Physical Activity, Social-Emotional

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Type of Activity

  • Art
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  • Eye-Hand Coordination and Small Motor
  • Health and Safety
  • Holidays and Celebrations
  • Language and Literacy
  • Movement and Physical Activity
  • Music
  • Nutrition and Cooking
  • Outdoor Play
  • Science and Nature
  • Sensory
  • Social-Emotional
  • Social/Group

Skills Learned

  • Creativity
  • Language Skills
  • Large Motor Skills
  • Math
  • Music Appreciation
  • Reading
  • Science and Nature
  • Self-Awareness
  • Small Motor Skills
  • Social Skills
  • Thinking Skills
  • Writing

Age Group

  • Infants (0-12 months)
  • Toddlers (13-35 months)
  • Preschool-age (3-5 years)
  • School-age (6+ years)

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