Recıpes for Success
Refrigerator Poster
Honey Creek Elementary School
SEPTEMBER 2016
MUSIC
to a variety
Introduce your child
musical chairs
of music with this
air per player.
game. Set out one ch
hile players circle
Turn on the radio w
the music.
the chairs in time to
and turn off the
Remove one chair,
s down. The permusic. Everyone sit
out. Play again,
son left standing is
tion (classical,
trying a different sta
rock, country)
for each
round.
LANGUAGE
ARTS
Look through
a magazine
article together
for words w h
it
prefixes (word be
ginnings) and
suffixes
(word
en
di
ng
s)
. For example,
rewrap is wrap
wit
and careful is ca h the prefix re-,
re with the suff
ix
-ful. Can
yo
ur
youngster find three
prefixes and three
suffixes?
Practical Activities to Help Your Child Succeed
Just hang your Recipes poster on
the refrigerator and sneak in an
activity when you have a few
READING
lots of them
M
er
A
v
T
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minutes. These fun activities will
ur child disco
reading
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lace — let yo
e
Boxes of
help develop school success and
asure and g
all over the p
rap
ings to read
h
positive behavior. Check off each
There are th
Measure up som
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e math fun with
aterials
box as you complete the “recipe.”
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w
ro
with this idea
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th
is
ny, reading m
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p
tivity for family
grid with fiv
a
pencil, paper,
or friends.
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Ingredients:
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Have
rd. Ask
daily n
s:
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ur
yo
un
gs
box, a postca
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r list everyone’
utes. Example
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dow
in a square.
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n
em
th
it
e
le
ch
ft
ea
si
de
book, the bac
of a piece of pa
the name of
the to
to
per. Across
p,
he
sh
child to write
ou
ld
g a penny on
write several m
ments
e turns tossin
easured and
n
to
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,
ta
er
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fo
Each day, tak
r
ea
ch person (hei
mes. Togeth
ti
al
of
ght, length
le
ft
le
g, diameter of
the grid sever named in the boxes that
right wrist).
s
read the item s on. When you have
Help him measu
nd
re each person
the penny la
rid, make a
re
su
lt
s
on
th
ing on the g
e chart as he go , writing the
read everyth
es. (You can
measure him.)
Then, he can
new one.
gr
ap
hs
co
mparing each se make bar
t of measurements. Let him
use th
e
gr
ap
hs
to report his
findings. Who
SCIENCE
has the longest
leg?
W
hi
ch
tw
o
people are the
tallest?
Pinecone su
rprise
Your youngster
will be fascinat
ed
experiment.
to
se
e
a
pi
necone open an
d close in this
Ingredients: pi
necone,
bo
w
l,
w
at
er
,
ca
n of soup, pape
Together, find
r towel
a pinecone on
the grou
cove
r
nd
it
.
w
Le
it
h
t
yo
w
at
ur
er, and weigh it
child place it in
After
dow
a bowl,
15
–2
0
m
in
ut
es, the cone will n with the soup can so it do
your
esn’t float.
be
gi
yo
n
un
to
gs
cl
te
os
r
e
ca
up. Once it’s co
n lay it on a pa
mpletely shut,
per
to
w
el
to
dr
y
overnigh he
t.
T
see the cone w
next day, she’ll
ill be open agai
n!
Why
do
es
sh
e
th
ink this happen
s? (You can
expl
ai
n
th
at
a
pi
ne
cone holds the
pine
seeds of a
tr
ee
.
W
he
n
it rains, the co
ne’s scales
soak
up
w
at
er
an
d bend un
ti
l
th
ey close.
The closed co
ne
protects the se
eds by
keeping them
dry.)
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Practical Activities to Help Your Child Succeed
Recıpes for Success
WRITING
Story scroll
Your child
can have fun
ry on
writing a short sto
d
a scroll to roll up an
read.
pencil, crayons,
Ingredients: paper,
tubes
tape, 2 paper towel
r to think of a
Ask your youngste
a
t, such as a pet or
topic to write abou
each senp. Have him write
family camping tri
t of
on a separate shee
tence or paragraph
it.
picture to illustrate
paper and draw a
ed, he can make
When he has finish
e pages together,
a scroll by taping th
long vertical strip.
in order, into one
and the
st page to one tube
pe the top of the fir
e pages
Then, he should ta
be. Help him roll th
d,
page to the other tu
bottom of the last
reads his story alou
be. Now listen as he
onto the bottom tu
e at a time.
unrolling one scen
Signed (child)
activities together on this poster.
Congratulations!
We finished
Signed (parent or adult family member)
SEPTEMBER 2016
FOLLOWING
DIRECTIONS
Give your youn
gster a chance
to
you what to do
tell
. Ask her to ex
pl
ain,
step by step, ho
w to complete
a simple task. Exam
ples: putting on
a coat,
preparing an ic
e cream
cone. Fol
lo
w
he
r instructions exac
tly
.
Sh
e’ll
learn how impo
rtant it is to be
precise!
OBSERVATION
ild’s powers
Challenge your ch
w a silly face. Let
of observation. Dra
seconds, and put
him look at it for 10
try to copy your
it away. Have him
pospicture as closely as
and
sible. Switch roles,
he can make a draw
.
ing for you to copy
COORDINATION
Make a “tightrope” (about 6 feet
long) outside using sidewalk chalk or
inside with tape. Ask your youngster to
walk the line while reciting a tongue
twister over and over (“Six thick thistle
sticks,” “She sells seashells by the seashore”). Can she make it
across without falling
off laughing?
Character
Corner
■ GRATITUDE
Encourage your youngster to make
thank-you bags to practice expressing
gratitude. Have family members write
thank-you notes to put in each other’s
bags throughout the week. (“Thank you for
taking me to the ball game!”) Choose a night
to read your notes aloud.
■ TEAMWORK
Show your child how much fun
teamwork can be by playing “Beat the Clock.”
Pick a job you can work on together, such as
putting away the groceries. Set a timer for five
minutes, and cooperate to finish the job before
time’s up.
■ TRUSTWORTHINESS
Read a few newspaper advertisements with
your youngster. Are they accurate? Or do they
stretch the truth (“The best deal ever!”) or
leave out important details? Talk about ads
that are misleading—and why it’s
important to tell the whole truth.
MATH
B
u
il
d
y
o
u
r
ch
ild’s mental
math skills
having her
fi
g
u
re
o
u
t
sale prices. If by
costs $15.9
an item
5
an
d
th
e
sign says, “B
another on
uy one, get
e
h
al
gest that she f price,” sugro
to the neare und the price
st
d
ollar ($16).
Then, she
ca
n
d
($8) and add ivide by 2
$1
the total price 6 + $8 to get
($24 for both
items, or $1
2 each).
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