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July 24, 2021 7 Kids Learning Buddies: Spell your child’s first name, using the lines to write large letters. Use an uppercase letter for the first letter in the name and lowercase letters to spell the rest. Have your child trace the letters with a finger, Vol. 20 No. 24 © 2021 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Designer/Illustrator crayon or pencil. Look at both pictures. Do they look the same? Not quite! There are 8 things in the top picture that are missing from the picture on the bottom. D is for Dinosaur d is for dinosaur Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter D. Say the letter as you trace it. How many pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound that the letter D makes in the word dinosaur? How many ? Hey Diddle Diddle, The cat and the fiddle, How many ? The cow jumped over the moon; Learning Buddies: The little dog laughed Trace and say the number. Read the To see such sport, How many ? questions. Touch and And the dish ran away with the spoon. count to find the answers. Learning Buddies: Read the first part of the sentence aloud. Ask your child to think of a way to finish the sentence. Write your child’s words in the lines. Read the entire sentence to your child while pointing out that reading is done from left to right. Older children may want to trace all or some of the letters in the sentence. Letter Identification Math Play Shape Search Sorting Eight Eyes Lost and Found How Big Was It? With your child, look Point to the number 8 Look through the Cut out pictures of Find and cut out four Read an advertisement Look in a book or on the through the newspaper in the newspaper. Have newspaper for these animals, people and pairs of eyes, so that to your child about a lost Web for information on to find pictures of things your child say the shapes: circle, square, things from the you have 8 eyes. pet. Ask your child to the size of different that start with the same number and, if it’s large triangle, rectangle and newspaper. Have Show your pretend to be that animal dinosaurs. Cut strips of sound as the letter enough, have your diamond. Trace and your child sort these into child how pairs can and tell how you got lost. newspaper, measure them D in dinosaur. child trace the color the shapes that the three groups. be counted by 2s. Ask how it feels to be and lay them out to show number. can be found. lost. Talk about how how tall or long an to prevent from apatosaurus or a Learning Buddy Sign Here becoming lost. tyrannosaurus or any I have completed ______ activities with my other dinosaur was. Learning Buddy. Kid Scoop Junior comes out once a week, but you can use the newspaper every day to prepare your child for success in school. Each daily activity focuses on a specific learning readiness skill. Step by Step Success 1. Read the activity instruction aloud. 2. Show how to do the activity by doing it yourself first. 3. Ask your child to Learning Buddy’s signature Date copy what you do. Make Snack Time Fun and Simple FAMILY FEATURES ong days of learning and L adventure often lead to hunger for little ones, but many snacks don’t fit the bill or require already busy parents to spend precious time in the kit­ chen. Instead, make snack time simple – yet still fun and delicious – with a treat that’s ready to eat. For example, a single­serve snack pack is perfect for kids to enjoy while crunching the numbers on their homework or taking a mid­ afternoon break from playtime. Dippable options like Sabra Kids Snack Kits are snack duos made with plant­based ingredients in flavors kids crave to satisfy hunger while making it easy on mom and dad. This line of plant­based snacks made without genetically engineered ingredients are ideal for families looking to feel good about foods their kids enjoy. Visit Sabra.com to find more snack time solutions. Photo courtesy of Getty Images A Sweet Brownie Bite Taco Time Meets Perfect as an afternoon snack to Easy-to-Serve Snacking reward kids for a job well done at school or for helping around When tacos aren’t on the menu, turn to the house, the Brownie Batter this tasty snack. With the Taco Dip and Dip and Graham Cracker Sticks Rolled Tortilla Chips variety, snack variety pairs smooth, chocolatey time can have the excitement of Taco dip with crispy, crunchy graham Tuesday any day of the week. When cracker sticks for decadent dip­ snack time comes calling, this smooth ping fun. Or you can save it for taco-flavored dip paired with crunchy dessert after your little ones have tortilla chips is perfect for satisfying finished dinner. cravings in a pinch.