Clovis Unified School District

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December 2018			
1		you something Ask your child to
tell
he would like to make
an annual tradition.
Then start it!	

close her eyes and tell you everything she hears.	3 Write your child
encouraging
note and tuck it in a
schoolbook.	4 Many people celebrate holidays
in December. What holidays can your child name? Talk about why they are special.	5
that describe winter.
Then, ask him to draw
a picture of winter.	6
for one special activity
with you.	7 At the grocery store, have your
child compare two sizes of the same product. Which is the best buy?	8
white paper. Ask her to
draw or paint holiday
decorations.	

fill a tall container with water. Pour it into a shorter container. Does the quantity of water look different?	10
secret good deed for a
friend or neighbor this
week.	11
many bowls of cereal
he can pour from one
box. Keep track until
the box is empty.	12
the change in your
pocket or purse. Help
her practice making
change.	13
use a different voice for
each character.	14
Read or play games
as a family instead.	15
over. Pop popcorn
or create ice cream
sundaes.	

photos togeth- er. How many relatives can your child name?	17 plans involve travel, pack a goody
bag full of books and games to keep your child entertained.	18 and give your child three easy clues
to find it. Praise him for following directions when he finds it.	19 items on a table. Show them to
your child. Then, put them away. Can she name them?	20 family member make a list of his or
her strengths. Read them aloud. Add to one another’s lists.	21 with your child to look at the holiday
decorations and lights.	22 bubbles in freezing weather. How
does the cold affect them?	

game as a family this evening.	24	your child today.	25 all the things that make your family
members thankful.	26
Then say, “I love to
read!”	27
replaces some words
with pictures. Make a
rebus with your child.	28 the weather forecast together today.
Locate the hottest and the coolest locations on a map.	29
your child talk with
people about the jobs
they do.	

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December 2018 • January • February 2019

Ask your child
an	to think of words

Give your child a gift certificate good

Give your child a large piece of

Challenge your	Have your child	Ask your child	Read a story to	Turn off the	Let your child	
child to do a	estimate how	to add up all	your child and	TV tonight.	invite a friend	

If your holiday

Hide an object

Place three

Have each

Take a walk

Try blowing

Read a poem	Make a list of	Let your child	A rebus is	Watch or read	As you do	
with		see you reading.	a story that		errands, help	

30

Tell your child three things that
you love about him.

31

Talk about the best things that
happened this year.

Talk with your

Say a number and ask your child to

Have your child write a poem or

is

Have your child

Ask your

Teach your

Ask your child	Have your	Decide on	Allow a few		Fill a box with	
to	child predict	a location	minutes after	child have	cotton balls,	

Ask your child what

Always keep a

Practice division. Ask

At bedtime tonight, tell

Choose a recipe from another

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February 2019		
you and your child can both enjoy.	2 Learn how to
say “I love you” in
three other languages.
Then, teach your child.	

for something she did today. Make your praise as specific as possible.	4 Look at photos from a year ago.
Your child will be amazed at how much he has grown!	5 Have each family member write a
funny sentence. Put them together to make a story.	6 know whom to call in an emergency? Make
a list to post on your refrigerator. Practice what to say.	7 best and the worst parts of your day.
Everyone gets a turn to talk.	8 to
Teach a card game
your child. Play
it with the whole family
tonight.	9 media plan. Discuss ways everyone can
reduce screen time.	

in your child’s lunch every day this week. Write a special “I love you” message on each.	11 Ask your child to pick a letter. How
many items from the category begin with that letter?	12 of the Day. Challenge family
members to use it in a sentence. Make this a daily habit.	13 close her eyes. Make a sound, such as
jingling keys. Ask her to guess what you are doing.	14 store, have your child estimate how
many apples are in two pounds. Use the scales to check.	15 TV program on science or history.
Watch it with your child.	16 to check out some books to read.
Enjoy them together.	

the kitchen. See who can invent the greatest-tasting new pizza topping.	18	tell you about the nicest thing
a friend has ever done for him.	19 gallery. Frame your child’s artwork.
Rotate the work on display frequently.	20 number, then have your child list all
the things she can think of that come in that number.	21
say “hello” in two other
languages.	22
minutes later tonight to
read in bed.	23
to write, eat or do
other activities with the
hand they don’t favor.	

to involve your child in your hobbies. If you are a runner, take him for a short jog.	25 pick a word. Together, put its letters
in alphabetical order.	26 to describe the most beautiful place
she has ever seen.	27 gets headaches, squints or holds books
too close, have his vision checked.	28 both you and your child write a story.
Then switch and finish each other’s story.				

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Talk with your

Can your

Start a family

Talk about

Does your child

Talk about the

Make a family

Pick a category.

Have a Word

Have your child

At the grocery

Look for a

Visit the library

Ask your child	Create an art	Choose a	With your	Let your child	Challenge	
to			child, learn to	stay up a few	family members	

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January	
set a goal and write a plan to achieve it.	2 child about the importance of telling
an adult when a person being bullied.	3
list all the things she
can think of that come
in that number.	4 Plan
campout.
tent
Eat s’mores
scary	an indoor
Make a
from a blanket.
and read
stories.	5
story from the point of
view of a tree.	

about people he admires. Ask him why he admires them.	7
diar
year	Encourage your child to start a
y or journal this
.	8 When you watch TV, ask your child
questions: “Was what that person did a good idea?” “What would you have done?”	9 read to you as you’re cleaning up after
supper. Or read to your child as she cleans up!	10 child to name something he has done
in his life that he is proud of.	11 Have your child
draw a picture
for the author of a
book. Send it to the
author in care of the
book’s publisher.	12 child how to sew on a button today.	

word out of the dictionary. Everyone try to use that word at least three times today!	14	give you a news report about her
day. What’s the lead story?	15
the results of flipping
a coin 10 times. Try it
and see if he’s right.	16
anywhere in the world.
Take turns telling one
thing you would like to
see there.	17
the light is off at
bedtime for quiet
conversation with
your child.	18 Does your
homework to do over
the weekend? Make
sure she schedules time
to complete it.	19
rocks and tree bark.
Can your child guess
what he’s touching
without looking?	

word puzzle with your child to review her vocabulary words.	21	he would do if he were invisible
for a day.	22 bag of books
handy. Read with your
child while waiting
for the bus or at the
doctor’s office.	23
your child, “How many
of your lifetimes has
Grandma lived? What
about Aunt Sue?”	24
your child a story about
yourself when you were
her age.	25 Ha
wri
for making
Then follo
exactly. Di	ve your child te directions a sandwich. w them
d they work?	26
country or culture.
Prepare it with your
child.	

with your child instead of talking for part of the day.	28 child about mistakes. How can
people learn from their mistakes?	29 child think of a different ending to his
favorite story? What would he do if he met the characters?	30 savings jar. Everyone can decide
on what the goal will be and how they will contribute.	31 three ways you used math today. Ask
everyone in the family to say how they used math.			
2019	

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Let your child

Ask your child

If your child

For five minutes,