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Week 5 Story time

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This story time is brought to you by Ms Kat. Today’s stories are “Five Little Ducks” and “Moo Bird” Both of theses great books are Scholastic Books.

Five Little Ducks is for children 2 yrs and younger. It has beautiful illustration to keep your child’s attention, and focuses on counting and rhyme, bringing in sound effects for a well rounded story.

Moo Bird is for children 3 years and older. This story also has beautiful illustration with fun pictures to keep your child’s attention and allows for the reader to ask questions of what sound each animal makes. Provides for some back and forth dialogue between the reader and those being read to. Parents will be happy to see there is some letter recognition and word recognition also. The end makes for a happy ending and demonstrates friendship and shows how two very different beings can be friends.

Week 5 Centers

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Play is the work of children. Here are some activities that can encourage play and focus on fine motor skills, and gross motor skills. 

Some easy to set up activities that will entertain young children and can be adapted to challenge older kids.

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Week 5 Resources Coping with Stress and Anxiety

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Hi Fun Van Families we hope you are finding ways to cope with stress and anxiety. These ideas can help with the added stress in our lives today.

Check out the resources mentioned below

First Things First       https://www.firstthingsfirst.org/

Birth to five helpline        877.705.KIDS(5437)

At-home lesson plans for parents and caregivers to use with their young children

School Meal sites

https://www.azhealthzone.org/summerfood

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1whTQcN8jk2jtdHwQ3iDTSans8rbiOc1vi5esMBB6gto/edit – gid=0

Sensory Bottle/Calming Jar

  • Water bottle
  • Clear glitter glue from dollar store or other generic brand (entire bottle)
  • Water {hot/warm is best for mixing with the glue} ¾ full
  • Glitter
  • Food Coloring( one or two drops)
  • Add more clear gel glue to make it go slower or more water to make it settle faster. 

Week 5 S.T.E.P Lesson 3

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Building self esteem in the early years.

Week 4 Craft

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Miss A.J. shares another awesome process art idea from Fun Van. Grab your supplies and join us creating unique and beautiful marbled artwork with your kids.

Week 4 Centers

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Check out these adorable Easter themed centers with Miss Felicia for some ideas to try at home.

Week 4 Resources

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In this mini Fun Van lesson Miss Kat shares some great in-home resources for families with young children from Pinal Early Childhood Coalition.

Week 4 S.T.E.P. Lesson 2

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Watch our latest Fun Van lesson with Ms. Ryanne. In this lesson she dives into understanding young children’s behavior. In this video she addresses how children form their beliefs about the world and themselves, as well as the topic of misbehavior and the goals of misbehavior in young children.

Week 3 S.T.E.P. Lesson 1 Understanding Young Children

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Check out a great lesson about understanding young children with Ms Ryanne. In this lesson we talk about the rate of development, stages of development, power of expectations, power of play, and parenting styles.

Week 3 Rain Process Art Activity

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Process art is a great way to engage your little one’s creativity, especially while everyone is cooped up. Process are encourages play and exploration of materials and techniques rather than a focus on the final product. Follow along as we explore this fun process art activity making a rainy day scene with blue paint, a pipette, and a slanted surface.