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Explore Nature
Exploring nature provides opportunities to develop balance and gross motor control, and visual skills.
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Playgrounds
Playing on playground equipment builds gross motor coordination, balance, and strength, fine motor strength, visual-motor coordination, and encourages motor planning and problem solving.
**Follow guidelines and CDC recommendations for safe playground use.**
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Chalk
Drawing with chalk uses gross motor, fine motor, and visual motor skills.
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Take turns tracing each other and create self-portraits
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Create obstacle courses with a variety of lines, shapes, letters, and numbers
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Hopscotch
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Create a bullseye to work on eye-hand coordination
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Draw "follow the line" mazes of squiggly lines, circles, and zig zags to walk, run, scooter, or drive cars through
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Create grids with letters, numbers, or sight words inside to practice reading skills
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Play sidewalk Twister with red, green, yellow, and blue circles
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Water Play
With warmer temperatures right around the corner, don't forget the wonderful opportunities water play provides.
Always provide supervision and needed assistance to maintain safety with water activities.
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Set up a sprinkler and jump from side to side, can you run or wheel through it without getting wet?
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Become a puddle jumper, who can make the biggest splash or jump the furthest?
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Have a body of water near by? Who can skip a rock? Throw a rock the furthest? Stand on one foot while only getting their big toe wet?
**Always remember water safety and supervision.**
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Community Resources
While opportunities to participate in community activities may be limited during this pandemic, the following are some resources for your child to explore when the time is appropriate!
**These are adaptive activities and may not be appropriate for all children. You will find more information on their indidivual websites.
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Online Community Resources
Many local facilities are providing suggestions for fun activities at home and outdoors during this difficult time. Check out some of the resources below.
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Virtual- Outdoorsy stories with the Lewiston Public Library- Check them out on Facebook for additional information
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Virtual- Tour Pineland Farms - check this out via Facebook for additional opportunties.
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Wolfe's Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment- Click the link to the right to check out the many virtual opportunities shared through this site!
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Family Staycation Kit- check out these indoor leisure activities to complete as a family.
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Educational Activities - Wolfe's Neck
Keep busy with the many resources from Wolfe's Neck Farm for activities to try outside or in your home.
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