Explore the Night with Tia
While Playing:
- Sit with your child while playing Explore the Night with Tia
- Take turns finding the different stickers
- Take turns choosing which tool to use to find each item
- Talk to your child about where he/she would see the night time items, for example: "Where do you think the owls will be?" or "Would we use the magnifying glass to see the moon?"
Ontario Curriculum Connections:
Playing Explore the Night with Tia helps your child meet many expectations of the Ontario Kindergarten Program including the following:
Science and Technology
Demonstrate an understanding of the natural world and the need to care for and respect the environment
At-Home Activities:
Go exploring with your child! He/she will love it, and so will you!
- Find a magnifying glass (you can find them at the dollar store), bring a camera if you have one, and a notebook.
- Go on a nature hike and take photos and notes of the animals and insects you see around you.
- Go on the same nature hike on a different day, but at a different time of day, and jot down the different animals and insects you see in the same notebook.
There are many wonderful places to explore!
- Dig in the sand with your child, going as deep as you can, and talk about how the sand looks different the deeper you go.
- Turn over a big rock in a garden, park, or conservation area, and look at all the wonderful insects that live under the rock.
- Take an empty plastic container with you to an area with a pond or stream and take a scoopful of the water. Talk about what you see in the water.
Go star gazing!
- Get a blanket and lay outside with your child at night in a park, your yard, or your balcony.
- Talk about the different sounds you hear.
- Try to count the stars you see!
