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FOR FAMILIES:
Explore the following programs and websites that provide your family with the resources and knowledge to make informed choices for your child's education.
Early Childhood
(3 - 8 years old)
"Young children don't need highly specialized or expensive equipment to learn how to explore the natural world scientifically. They do need the companionship of at least one adult who can share it." - Rachel Carson
Items Around the House
Cotton Balls
Popsicle Sticks
Rubber Bands
Marshmallows
Paper Towel Tubes
Loose Change
Painter Tape
Muffin Tins
Clothes Pins
Dry Beans
Tooth Picks
Paper Plates
Old Socks
Tissue Box
Ice Cube Trays
Hex Nuts
Spoons
Solo Cups
Paper Clips
Sticks
Poker Chips
Q-Tips
Cardboard
Rubber Bands
Dry Pasta
Pool Noodles
Rubber Bands
Play Dough
Tissue Paper
Old Keys
Washers
Rubber Bands
Logical and Mathematical

Spinning Tops
Explore motion

Balls
Explore how size and weight affect motion

Tools
tools have purpose

Eye Droppers
Learn how liquid behaves

Mirrors
Reflection and properties of light

Unifix Cubes
counting, sorting (concrete math)

Bubbles
Geometry and air movement

Magnets
Nature of materials
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Blocks
Length, Measurement, balance, creative
Verbal and Linguistic

Journals
recording thoughts and ideas

Word Games
exposure to letters and sounds

Books
choose a big variety

Labels
environmental print

Story Telling
Oral stories from the heart

Conversation
meaningful back and forth with eye contact
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