Here’s what you need for Week 1: Pet Care:
Books (find at your local library or order below on Amazon):
- Caring for Your Pets: A Book About Veterinarians by Ann Owen (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- Doctor Nice by Valeri Gorbachev (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- Pet This Book by Jessica Young and Daniel Wiseman
- Rescue and Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes (or listen to this read aloud)
- Don’t Let Them Disappear by Chelsea Clinton (or listen to this read aloud)
- The Girl Who Thought in Pictures: The Story of Dr. Temple Grandin by Julia Finley Mosca (or listen to this read aloud)
Supplies (use what you have, but here are links to shop if you need anything):
- Melissa & Doug Turn and Tell Clock (or something similar)
- farm animal figurines
- zoo animal figurines
- paper towel tube
- two funnels
- masking tape
- paper + access to a printer (don’t have one? we like this model)
- laminator + laminating sheets
- paper plates
- paint
- googly eyes
- pom poms
- pipe cleaners
- cardstock
- Velcro dots
- dry erase markers (optional)
- popsicle sticks
- clothespins
- 2 small paper cups
- hole punch
- string
- paper clips
- dried beans, corn kernels, or other small objects for weighing
- sensory bin or aluminum baking tray (or something similar)
- foaming shaving cream
- food coloring
Here’s what you need for Week 2: Up in the Air:
Books (find at your local library or order below on Amazon):
- Airplanes: Soaring! Diving! Turning! by Patricia Hubbell (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
- Wood, Wire, Wings: Emma Lilian Todd Invents an Airplane by Kirsten W. Larson (or listen to this read aloud)
- Hot Air: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Hot-Air Balloon Ride by Marjorie Priceman (or read it here on OpenLibrary)
Optional additional reading (especially if your child *loves* paper airplanes):
Supplies (use what you have, but here are links to shop if you need anything):
- paper + access to a printer (don’t have one? we like this model)
- construction paper
- black crayon or permanent marker
- large plastic container, box, or basket
- pipe cleaners
- coffee filter
- straws
- cardstock
- tape
- tissue paper
- glue
- a hair dryer
- paper plates
- ping pong balls
- 2 aluminum cans (like a seltzer can)
- 2 balloons
- string or twine
- cellophane
- Modge Podge (you can also use watered down glue)
- craft sticks
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