Tracing Patterns!

Tracing Patterns!

About This Activity

Patterns are everywhere! Grab a pencil and see if you can trace all of the different patterns in this fun pre-handwriting activity.

Ages: 3+
Level:
Easy
Materials: Printed activity sheets; pencils; crayons or colored pencils
Instructions

1. Print out activity sheet.
2. Have fun tracing the different patterns with a crayon, pencil, or colored pencil.
3. Get creative tracing on new surfaces- on salt trays, a steamed window, in the air, on your palm, anywhere you can think of.
4. Try your superpower! Look for different patterns around you, in nature, art, buildings, everywhere!

How Your Kid Benefits

This activity engages fine motors skills, pattern recognition, pre-handwriting and eye hand coordination skills.

Bonus Benefit!

Bilingual children were found to have a higher aptitude for standardized tests and found in a study that followed children throughout their acquisition of a second language.

Note to Grown-Ups

Art time is a great opportunity to practice mindfulness. If your child is working on an art project independently, encourage them to do so mindfully by working in a quiet, calm, focused way. This activity works well as a supplement to the Art section of the Canticos app.

Activity Sheet

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Color with Benji and Pin Pon

Color with Benji and Pin Pon

About This Activity

Fun for all ages, this activity encourages kids to get creative while coloring their favorite bilingual buddies.

Ages: 3+
Level:
Easy
Materials: Printed activity sheets; pencils; crayons or colored pencils

Instructions

1. Print out activity sheet.
2. Get creative coloring in Benji and Pin Pon, see how many different colors you can use!
3. Try your superpower! Think of someone you know who would like to receive a letter from you and send them your drawing, try writing out your address on the letter.

How Your Kid Benefits

This activity engages hand eye coordination through imaginative coloring with your favorite bilingual buddies.

Bonus Benefit!

Bilingual children were found to have a higher aptitude for standardized tests and found in a study that followed children throughout their acquisition of a second language.

Note to Grown-Ups

Art time is a great opportunity to practice mindfulness. If your child is working on an art project independently, encourage them to do so mindfully by working in a quiet, calm, focused way. This activity works well as a supplement to the Art section of the Canticos app.

Activity Sheet

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Make a Heart Stamp

Make a Heart Stamp

About This Activity

Show some love with this fun and easy craft that repurposes old cardboard into an adorable heart stamp.

Ages: 3-5
Level: Medium
Materials: Cardboard paper towel or toilet paper tubes; paint; ink.
Instructions

1. It’s not necessary to print out this activity sheet, you can follow the instructions your computer.
2. Create your heart stamp using a cardboard tube as directed on the activity sheet.
3. Try your superpower! Use your heart stamp to create artwork, decorations, let your imagination run wild!

How Your Kid Benefits

This activity teaches kids how to reuse old cardboard in a fun craft that encourages shape recognition and open-ended creative play.

Bonus Benefit!

Speaking a second language is known to improve your child’s problem-solving, multitasking and decision-making abilities.

Note to Grown-Ups

Art time is a great opportunity to practice mindfulness. If your child is working on an art project independently, encourage them to do so mindfully by working in a quiet, calm, focused way. This activity works well as a supplement to the Art section of the Canticos App.

Activity Sheet

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