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πŸ“–Foundation

Cause and Effect Through the Senses

Agency & Critical ThinkingLesson
20 minutes5 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Choice-Making Games

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
10 minutes4 materials
✏️Foundation

Daily Autonomy Routines

Agency & Critical ThinkingPractice
5 minutes per routine (spread throughout the day)4 materials
πŸ’¬Foundation

Feelings and Wants

Agency & Critical ThinkingDiscussion
10 minutes3 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈFoundation

Observing and Choosing in Nature

Agency & Critical ThinkingField Plan
45 minutes4 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Problem-Solving with Blocks and Puzzles

Agency & Critical ThinkingActivity
15 minutes5 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Building Something Together

American DynamismActivity
30 minutes6 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

Community Helpers

American DynamismLesson
20 minutes4 materials
🀝Foundation

Helping Our Neighbors

American DynamismService
30 minutes4 materials
✏️Foundation

I Can Do It β€” Daily Independence Moments

American DynamismPractice
5 minutes per moment (spread throughout the day)3 materials
πŸ”οΈFoundation

Visit a Working Place

American DynamismAdventure
60 minutes (including travel)5 materials
πŸ’¬Foundation

What Do You Want to Build When You Grow Up?

American DynamismDiscussion
10 minutes2 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈFoundation

Watching Builders: A Trip to See Construction

Building & EngineeringField Plan
45 minutes6 materials
✏️Foundation

Tiny Hands, Big Work: Threading, Fitting, and Turning

Building & EngineeringPractice
15 minutes10 materials
πŸ”¬Foundation

Float or Sink? Discovering What the Water Holds Up

Building & EngineeringExperiment
20 minutes17 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Fort Builders: Making a Shelter from What You Have

Building & EngineeringActivity
30 minutes8 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Tower Power: Stacking, Building, and Watching Things Fall

Building & EngineeringActivity
20 minutes5 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

My First Toolbox: Learning What Tools Do

Building & EngineeringLesson
25 minutes9 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Caring for Living Things: Growing Empathy Through Nurturing

Character & PurposeActivity
10-15 minutes4 materials
✏️Foundation

Gratitude Rituals: What Are You Thankful For?

Character & PurposePractice
5 minutes3 materials
πŸ”οΈFoundation

Gratitude Walk: Noticing Beautiful Things in Nature

Character & PurposeAdventure
20-30 minutes5 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

Naming Feelings: The Emotions Lesson

Character & PurposeLesson
15 minutes4 materials
🀝Foundation

Sharing Toys and Food With Others

Character & PurposeService
15-20 minutes3 materials
πŸ’¬Foundation

What Makes You Brave? A Discussion About Courage

Character & PurposeDiscussion
10-15 minutes3 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

Counting With Real Objects

Core AcademicsLesson
10 minutes3 materials
✏️Foundation

Daily Read-Aloud and Book Handling

Core AcademicsPractice
10-15 minutes3 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Letter Sounds Through Songs and Rhymes

Core AcademicsActivity
10 minutes3 materials
πŸ”¬Foundation

Bigger, Heavier, Taller: Measuring and Comparing

Core AcademicsExperiment
15 minutes5 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Shape Hunt: Finding Circles, Squares, and Triangles

Core AcademicsActivity
15-20 minutes3 materials
πŸ’¬Foundation

Storytelling Together: Making Up Stories as a Family

Core AcademicsDiscussion
10-15 minutes4 materials
🍳Foundation

Ants on a Log and Friends

Food & FarmingRecipe
15 minutes7 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

Where Does Food Come From?

Food & FarmingLesson
15 minutes4 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈFoundation

The Farmers Market Adventure

Food & FarmingField Plan
60-90 minutes6 materials
✏️Foundation

Little Kitchen Helper

Food & FarmingPractice
10-15 minutes (integrated into regular meal prep)6 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Planting Seeds and Watching Them Grow

Food & FarmingActivity
30 minutes for initial planting; 5 minutes daily for ongoing care7 materials
πŸ”¬Foundation

What Do Plants Need to Grow?

Food & FarmingExperiment
20 minutes for setup; 5 minutes daily for 7-10 days of observation8 materials
πŸ”οΈFoundation

Backyard Basecamp: Your First Night Outside

Physical & SurvivalAdventure
Evening to morning (approximately 14 hours)12 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Wiggly Bodies: Crawling, Climbing, and Balancing

Physical & SurvivalActivity
20 minutes5 materials
✏️Foundation

Morning Movers: A Daily Physical Routine

Physical & SurvivalPractice
10 minutes2 materials
πŸ—ΊοΈFoundation

First Trail: Nature Walk Survival Basics

Physical & SurvivalField Plan
45 minutes7 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

Water World: Getting Comfortable and Staying Safe

Physical & SurvivalActivity
25 minutes8 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

What's the Sky Doing? Dressing for Weather

Physical & SurvivalLesson
20 minutes4 materials
πŸ”¬Foundation

Cause and Effect Machines

Software & AIExperiment
20 minutes6 materials
πŸ’¬Foundation

How Does That Work?

Software & AIDiscussion
10 minutes2 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

If-Then Adventures

Software & AIActivity
15 minutes4 materials
πŸ“–Foundation

Patterns All Around

Software & AILesson
20 minutes4 materials
✏️Foundation

Sequencing My Day

Software & AIPractice
10 minutes4 materials
πŸ”¨Foundation

The Sorting Game

Software & AIActivity
15 minutes3 materials
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