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Learning at Home Activities

Illinois Early Learning has created a bank of learning at home activities. These simple activities take 15-30 minutes and can generally be done with items already found in your home or neighborhood.

The learning at home activity slides are now available in PDF format. Feel free to electronically share the full document.

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blocks

ABC Day

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soccer ball

Backyard Soccer!

little girl with teddy bear and blanket

Bathtub Animals

drawing of adult and two children

Bedroom Planetarium!

child watching clouds

Binoculars

child working on a project

Bird’s Nest of Sticks

children playing with blocks

Block Sorting!

child with toy

Bobsled Racers!

children working on project

Body Tracing

mom and daughter

Bowling!

chlid playing with box

Box Fort

drawing of children dancing

Bozo Buckets

child walking on sidewalk

Bubble Wrap Road

child with toy

Build a Boat

chlid playing with box

Build A Cardboard City

little girl with teddy bear and blanket

Build a Fort!

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drawing of parent touching child's head

Capture the Flag

two boys with bubbles

Car Wash!

girl writing at table with classmates

Cardboard Houses!

children playing with balls

Cardboard Tube Chute

children working on project

Cereal Box House

group of children

Cereal Necklaces

children on playground

Chalk Obstacle Course

drawing of children dancing

Charades!

girl drawing

Chores Bingo!

children with puppets

Clothespin Puppets

crayons

Color Run

child measuring a plant

Colored Flowers

mom and child drawing

Connect the Dots

mom and child baking

Cooking PB&J!

child with bowl of berries

Cooking Trail Mix!

child with broom and dust pan

Copycat!

child drawing

Create a Positivity Jar

Mother holding child’s hand

Cup Game

boys playing

Cup Stacking!

boys playing

Cup Tower

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children counting candy

Dancing Raisins

children in holiday hats

DIY Wrapping Paper

Draw a New Animal!

Draw a New Animal!

chlid playing with box

Drive-In Theater

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child with toy

Egg Drop!

children playing natural area

Exercise Dice!

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children working on project

Fairy Garden

boy with watering can

Fill the Bucket

girl writing at table with classmates

Flip Book

child walking on sidewalk

Follow the Masking Tape Road!

adult helping child write

Forky Family!

child playing in leaves

Fossil Feet!

drawing of children dancing

Freeze Dance!

two boys with bubbles

Fun With Bubbles!

children working on project

Fun with Sticks!

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dad in business suit walking with daughter in metro area

Go for a Walk!

child with magnifying glass

Go on a Safari!

mom and toddler at the beach

Go to the Beach! From Home…

children with instuments

Guess the Sound!

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dad and son working with tools

Hammer Tees

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drawing of parent and child reading

Jellyfish Watch!

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children playing with balls

Keep It Up!

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children playing with blocks

Lego Building Competition!

drawing of ABC

Letter Tracing!

drawing of child singing

Lip Sync Battle!

art drawing

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems

M
drawing of child standing on book

Make a Reading Nook!

alphabet

Make an ABC Collage!

children working on project

Make Origami!

Boy dressed in a cape holding a broom with cooking pot on his head and holding the pot’s lid in his other hand like a shield

Music Makers!

P
child painting

Painting with Nature!

Penny Stack!

Penny Stack!

Pet Rocks!

Pet Rocks!

chalk

Pictionary on the Driveway!

drawing of parent touching child's head

Play Memory!

children with crayons

Play-Doh Maze!

child in playhouse

Puppet Show

Puzzles From Boxes

Puzzles From Boxes

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girl writing at table with classmates

Rainbow Ice!

S
number toys

Sensory Rice Bin!

children counting candy

Sort It Out!

drawing of adult talking with child

Spoon Race!

Mother sitting on chair reading to two children on each side of her

Storytime With Astronauts!

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drawing of child with magnifying glass

Treasure Hunt!

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child with dog

Watch Puppies!

child watching clouds

Watch the Clouds!

boy with watering can

Will it Float?

drawing of ABC

Word Bingo!

children writing

Writing Letters!

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mom and child playing game

Yoga!

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