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    • Brain Building In Progress
    • Strengthening Families
    • Contact Us
  • COVID-19 Resources
  • Programs and More
    • MONDAYS: "FIRST FRIENDS STORY TIME"
    • TUESDAYS: "STORY TIME YOGA" & "PROCESS ART"
    • WEDNESDAYS: "PRE-K HOORAY" & "WIND-DOWN WEDNESDAYS"
    • THURSDAYS: "LITTLE LEARNERS" & "WENDY'S STORY ART"
    • FRIDAYS: "STORIES&SONGS", "SCIENCE FRIDAYS", & "M IS FOR MUSEUM"
    • SEASIDE SATURDAYS
    • SPECIAL EVENTS
    • PARENT WORKSHOPS
    • Registration
  • Countdown To Kindergarten
    • CTK Calendar
  • Learning At Home
    • Supplies, Recipes, & Suggestions
    • Songs, Rhymes, & Bounces for LapBabies
    • Play! Play! Play!
    • Early Literacy
    • STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
    • Fine Motor Skills
    • Speech & Language Development
    • Social-Emotional Learning
    • Self-Help Skills
    • Antiracism
    • Local Events Calendars & Things To Do
    • Self Care For Parents/Caregivers
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​EDUCATIONAL GAMES 
  • Play “I Spy” 
  • Go on shape or color scavenger hunt
  • Play school! You know all our songs and routines, can you teach them to your family?
  • Play a board game or a card game
  • Play “Red Light Green Light”
  • Set up hopscotch on the floor with painters tape
  • Build a fort or obstacle course
  • Count to 10 while exercising (jumps, toe touches, etc)
  • Move like animals (frog jump, crab walk, etc)
  • Play Freeze Dance
  • Pretend that the floor is hot lava.  Move around the room without touching the floor.
  • Play “What’s Missing?” Put several items on a tray and have your child name each item. Cover tray and then remove one item. Can they see what’s missing?​
  • Play games like Simon Says. Try and incorporate 2-step directions.  (i.e. “Simon Says tap your head then sit down”) 
  • Get outside!  Here are some fun Outdoor Winter Games & Activities 
  • Learn The Benefits of Unstructured Play
  • ASQ Activities​
  • 100 Ways to Play - Boston Children's Museum
  • Zero to Three
  • The Basics - Brain Boosts

Sensory Play​​:
Please be mindful of choking hazards.  Some items may be safer for older children.
Filler:
  • Oatmeal
  • Rice
  • Dried pasta
  • Potato flakes
  • Popcorn kernels
  • Water​​​
  • Cloud Dough​
  • Aquarium Rocks
  • Beads
  • Bird Seed
  • Bottle Caps
  • Buttons
  • Cardboard Tubes
  • Cotton Balls
  • Cut Straws
  • Fake Grass
  • Feathers
  • Gift Wrapping Paper
  • Ice
  • Magnetic Letters
  • Packing Peanuts
  • Pea Gravel
  • Plastic Gems or Vase Filler
  • Play Dough
  • Pom-Poms
  • Potting Soil
  • Puzzle Pieces
  • Sand
  • Scrap Paper
  • Shaving Cream
  • Shredded Paper
  • Silk Flowers
  • Silk Leaves
  • Snow (fake or real)
  • Water Beads
Tools:
  • Measuring cups
  • Funnels
  • Measuring spoons
  • Ladles
  • Tongs
  • Scoops
  • Tongs
  • Tweezers
  • Turkey basters
  • Spice containers
  • Coffee scoops
  • Rubber ducks
  • Magnifying glass
  • Plastic Easter eggs
  • Empty dish soap containers (with squeeze top)
  • Empty ketchup containers (plastic with squeeze top)
  • Figures
  • Cars
  • Straws

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Early Childhood Partners programs are funded by the Massachusetts Coordinated Family & Community Engagement (CFCE) grant awarded to Hamilton-Wenham Regional School District by the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (EEC) serving Hamilton, Wenham, Manchester, and Essex.  All educational and non-academic programs, activities and employment opportunities at Hamilton-Wenham RSD are offered without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, homelessness, age and/or, disability, and any other class or characteristic
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You are your child's first and most important teacher.  We are here to support you in that journey. 

Contact

E. Paige Menchini, MSW, LICSW
Early Childhood Partners
​Program Coordinator
978-468-5489
​e.menchini@hwschools.net