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Developmentally Appropriate Play-Based Activities

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Children plant seeds in small pots and take care of them. This helps them learn about plants growing and what plants need to survive. Guideline: Science and Nature: 7.3 - "Children demonstrate an understanding of life cycles through activities like planting and caring for plants."
Children play with water using cups, sponges, and funnels. This helps them learn about how water moves and different ways it can be used. Guideline: Science and Nature: 7.1 - "Children explore the properties of natural elements, such as water, through sensory play."

Science and Nature

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Children paint with their fingers on large sheets of paper. This lets them explore colors and textures while expressing themselves through art. Guideline: Creative Arts: 6.1 - "Children express ideas and emotions through various art forms, including visual arts, music, and dance."
Children pretend to run a restaurant, taking on roles like chef, waiter, and customer. This activity lets them be creative and learn about different social roles. Guideline: Creative Arts: 6.3 - "Children use dramatic play to express creativity and imagination."

Creative Arts

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Children complete an obstacle course with activities like crawling, jumping, and balancing. This helps them develop their large muscles and coordination. Guideline: Physical Development: 5.2 - "Children demonstrate coordination of gross motor skills during active play."
Children use playdough to make different shapes and figures. This helps them practice using their hands and fingers, building strength and creativity. Guideline: Physical Development: 5.3 - "Children use fine motor skills to manipulate objects and tools during play."

Physical Development

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Children act out different emotions while others guess what they are. This helps them understand and talk about their feelings. Guideline: Social-Emotional Development: 4.4 - "Children develop self-awareness and emotional expression through dramatic play."
Children work together to build something with blocks. This helps them learn how to share, cooperate, and solve problems together. Guideline: Social-Emotional Development: 4.2 - "Children practice cooperation and sharing in group activities."

Social-Emotional Development

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Children sort and build with different shaped blocks. This activity helps them learn about shapes and patterns as they play. Guideline: Mathematics: 3.1 - "Children recognize and describe basic shapes and explore patterns through play."
Children collect things from nature, like leaves or rocks, and count them. This helps them practice counting and matching numbers to objects. Guideline: Mathematics: 3.3 - "Children demonstrate understanding of numbers through counting and grouping objects during play."

Mathematics

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Children go on a scavenger hunt to find objects that start with certain letter sounds. This helps them connect sounds to letters and words in a fun way. Guideline: Language and Literacy Development: 2.3 - "Children demonstrate understanding of letter-sound correspondence through play."
Children make their own puppets and use them to tell stories to each other. This helps kids practice talking, using new words, and telling their own stories while playing. Guideline: Language and Literacy Development: 1.2 - "Children express ideas, thoughts, and feelings through oral language and storytelling."

Language and Literacy Development

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