DAILY CHALLENGE
The PTS teachers are issuing a daily challenge to all preschoolers! Look here for the details and post a picture of your preschoolers work to our private Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/598859537335982/
Friday, April 10, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY!
You will need- -Paint brush -Bowl or Bucket -Water Put water in the bowl. Find an outdoor area to paint with water. Challenge- How many boards on the fence can you paint? Can you paint a big area on the side of your house? What happens to the area you are painting - does it change? How? What happens over time – does it change? Ready? Have fun! Development- gross motor, observation, sensory, cause and effect, hand-eye coordination |
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Thursday, April 9, 2020 - Happy Passover!
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY!
You will need- -pencil -paper -blindfold (optional) Drawing from memory Challenge-This challenge can be played a couple different ways: 1. Choose a simple object and take a good look at it. Feel it to understand the shape. Put the object out of sight and draw it from memory. Decorate your drawing. 2. For a silly challenge, put on the blindfold and try to draw the object. Two people can try to draw the object at the same time. Take off your blindfold and decorate your drawing. Ready? Have fun! Development- fine motor, social/emotional development, memory, problem solving |
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Wednesday, April 8, 2020
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PTS Challenge of the Day
You will need... - a piece of paper - things you have collected from outside - glue (optional) Go outside and collect... 10 sticks 5 leaves 3 flowers 3 small rocks Anything else you can find Challenge- Create a picture on the paper with all the things you collected outside. Use the found objects as loose parts and rearrange your items to create many different pictures. Tell a story about the picture you created. If you find an arrangement you really want to save, glue it to the paper. Development- fine motor, gross motor, imagination, sensory experience, spatial awareness, language and vocabulary building, social/emotional development |
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Tuesday, April 7, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY!
You will need- - A walk around your neighborhood or in your own backyard to find spring flowers - A bowl or a pot - A soup ladle, whisk, or measuring spoons set. SPRING FLOWER SOUP Fill a bowl with water add the flowers you found. You can also tear the flowers into parts. Stir with your favorite kitchen tool and ta- dah! You made your own spring flower soup!! Challenge- How many flowers did you find? How many colors can you see in your flower soup? Try to make it as colorful as you can. Ready? Have fun!!! Development- fine motor, gross motor, color recognition, sensory experience, language and vocabulary building |
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Monday, April 6, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY! (Make a Cheerio tower)
You will need- -cheerios (Try Fruit loops to add color to your challenge) -dry spaghetti -play-dough or clay Make a ball out of the play-dough or clay and carefully stick the piece of spaghetti in the middle. Challenge- Put the Cheerios on the spaghetti one at a time being careful to not break the spaghetti. I I know it’s going to be tempting to want to eat them while you’re putting them on but wait until the Cheerios reach the top to have a snack. Once you reach the top take the Cheerios off one at a time. Now its ok to eat them if if your parents say it’s OK . Count each one as you take it off. Ready? Good Luck & Have fun! Development- fine motor, mathematical thinking, self-regulation, problem solving, color recognition |
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Friday, April 3, 2020
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PTS challenge of the day!
You will need- -Large popsicle Sticks or pieces of cardboard -Plastic cups Challenge- Build the tallest tower possible! Ready? Have fun! Development- engineering, problem solving, mathematical thinking, fine motor, concentration |
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Thursday, April 2, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY! (STEM activity)
You will need- - Toothpicks - Marshmallows or play dough Challenge-Help build Pharaoh’s cities. Try to make a structure with the toothpicks and marshmallows. Can you make shapes? A triangle? A square? A cube? A pyramid? Development - fine motor, engineering, problem solving, creativity, hand-eye coordination |
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020
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PTS challenge of the day!
You will need- -Chalk Draw a hopscotch design and write the numbers inside. Challenge-Today we are going to challenge our bodies by playing hopscotch. Let’s see how well you can balance while hopping. You can also time yourself to see how fast it takes you to hop through it :) Development- gross and fine motor skills, math, balance, spatial awareness |
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Tuesday, March 31, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY!
You will need- -Large Baking Pan -Shaving Cream -Food Coloring Challenge- Squirt shaving cream into baking pan. Play with shaving cream. Squirt one color into shaving cream, then add another. Mix colors with hands. Ready? Have fun! Development- color mixing, cause and effect, creativity, experimentation, observation |
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Monday, March 30, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY! (STEM activity)
You will need- -Painters tape (masking tape will do) -Straw -cotton ball(s) Make a tape road on the floor by creating a lane with borders on each side. Add turns for higher degree(s) of difficulty. Add a START and FINISH line. Challenge- Place the cotton ball at the start and move it forward by blowing into the straw, being careful to stay between the borders. If the cotton ball blows outside the borders, either agree to start over or place it back on the road. Invite a sibling to have a race. Ready, set, go! Development- fine motor, gross motor, engineering, problem solving |
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Friday, March 27, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY! (STEM activity)
You will need- -Foil -A Baby Moses - a wooden piece, lego, or any small figure you have in the house -A tub of water -Some coins Make a foil basket to float Baby Moses down the Nile River. Challenge- See if you can keep Baby Moses dry. Want more of a challenge? Test how strong your basket is by seeing how many coins it can hold. Ready? Have fun! Development- creativity, logic, fine motor, engineering, problem solving |
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Thursday, March 26, 2020
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PTS CHALLENGE OF THE DAY! (STEM activity)
You will need- -Painters tape (masking tape will do) -Building blocks Make a tape square on the floor. Challenge- How many blocks can you fit within your square? Try not to touch the tape or go outside the square. Ready? Have fun! Development- fine motor, math, engineering, problem solving. (Just to name a few.) |
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