Let’s get started
Today we will explore how places change through play. Grown-ups can model it first; children can respond by pointing, moving, speaking, or drawing. There is no speed test.
Learn together
- Watch together: Compare a familiar street picture from yesterday and today.
- Try it as a team: Listen to the other person. Pause, repeat and let the child lead.
- Try once more in a new way: Say how it made someone feel. Celebrate the attempt, not perfect results.
Watch and try an example
Compare a familiar street picture from yesterday and today.
Show what you noticed
- Show or tell a grown-up what you noticed while we explored how places change. An adult may enter the child's words.
- Try it again: Compare a familiar street picture from yesterday and today. Tell your grown-up which part was fun or surprising.
- Draw, point, move, or talk to show what you learned about how places change. Adults can record an observation instead of requiring writing.
Five optional ways to revisit this week
Choose a few minutes on any days that suit your child; these are ideas, not mandatory daily assignments.
- Day 1 · Discover: Compare a familiar street picture from yesterday and today. What did the child notice about how places change? A parent may record their spoken answer.
- Day 2 · Repeat: Repeat how places change together slowly. Encourage the child to choose the materials or lead the play. Describe how the child participated in how places change today.
- Day 3 · Change it: Explore how places change again in a different place or with another set of safe materials. What changed when you tried the activity differently?
- Day 4 · Pretend: Invite the child to explain or act out how places change for a toy animal or family member. Which part could the child explain, show, or imitate?
- Day 5 · Celebrate: Let the child choose one favorite part of how places change to repeat, draw or talk about. What is one skill, observation, or question to remember next time?
Family play extension
Family play extension: Compare a familiar street picture from yesterday and today. Take a picture or save a drawing if your family wishes. This week's theme is many places.
Reflect and grow
What did you enjoy or notice about how places change? Let your grown-up write down your answer if you prefer to speak.