Since opening the first Primrose school in 1982, the health and safety of children and staff has always been the priority. Click here for important health and safety information for Primrose families and staff.

Washy Wash Song

Keeping your hands clean is an important healthy habit. Play the Washy Wash song by Sesame Street. You can make up your own handwashing song and create a video singing the song as you wash your hands. 

Food Rainbow

Using images of a variety of healthy foods (fruits, vegetables, grains, etc.) and the rainbow template, create a rainbow by drawing foods of the same color on each line of the rainbow.  

Billy's Playlist

Billy® the duck has added an all-new playlist about healthy habits, including "Eating Healthy" and "This is the Way We Wash Our Hands!"

Five Food Groups

Introduce your child to the five food groups using the US Department of Agriculture’s free, downloadable emergent reader series: Fruits, Vegetables, Protein Foods, Grains, Dairy, A MyPlate Meal. 

Curious World: Yucky Soup

What yucky things are in this Monster's soup? Look at the picture on the can and use the letters in the soup to spell that word. 

Five Food Groups

Introduce your child to the five food groups using the US Department of Agriculture’s free, downloadable emergent reader series:
Fruits, Vegetables, Protein Foods, Grains,
Dairy, A MyPlate Meal. 

Detective Veggie Dice

Using the Detective Veggie Dice from the US Department of Agriculture, roll the dice and identify each vegetable. Count how many vegetables are green, orange, red, etc.

Curious World: Sweet Tweets: Garden Song

Sing along with the Sweet Tweets family as they celebrate growing vegetables! 

Row Your Boat

Gather a pretend “boat” (such as a cardboard box made into a boat). Exercise your upper body by rowing forward and backward as you sing the song, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”

Curious World: A Rhino Named Paul: Food is Fuel

Watch as Paul discovers why it is important to eat healthy foods. 

Watermelon Seed Math

Using the watermelon template, add black paint to your fingers and put them onto the watermelon to represent seeds. Count each “seed” as you add it and then count the total number of seeds. (Modify the activity by using the number dot cards and encouraging your child to represent the number of seeds that match the dot card. Make the activity more challenging by adding higher numbers to the game).

Curious World: 1, 2, 3, Trace!

Cavemen, alligators, and robots are popping out of barrels! Put them back where they belong as you learn to count and trace the numbers 1-10. 

Og's Story Time

This week, actor and comedian Chris O’Dowd is reading "Arnie the Doughnut" by Laurie Keller (from Storyline Online). As you read along, think about whether Arnie the Doughnut is a healthy choice and why. Next, pretend you are Mr. Bing and write a letter to Arnie letting him know why he is such a good friend. 

Og's Story Time Playlist

Read some of Og's favorite books together with Og's Story Time playlist.
 

Curious World: Cocoland: Everyone Needs Someone

Nana's kite has got stuck on her house’s roof. As she goes looking for help from her friends, she ends up helping them instead. As she's feeling down, Gugu makes her understand that helping others is a way to help ourselves, too. 

Checking the Weather with Benjamin^®

Benjamin the bear is happiest when he is playing outdoors! Have your child look out the window and give a weather report for the day with Benjamin. Sing along here!

#PaperPercyChallenge

Each week we'll be giving a new challenge to take on with your very own Paper Percy. Percy knows vegetables are healthy and simply loves to eat as many as he can! Cook your favorite vegetable side dish and take a photo of Percy helping make and eat it, or, if you are growing fresh vegetables in your back yard garden, take a photo of Percy standing next to your vegetable plants. Be sure to tag @PrimroseSchools with #PaperPercyChallenge on Instagram. 

Pledge of Allegiance

Each morning, we start our day with the Pledge of Allegiance. Say the Pledge with Percy^®!

Community Helper Card

Part of being a good citizen is caring for others. Create a card for a community helper (US armed forces, police officer, health care worker, etc.) and let them know how much you appreciate what they do to help the community. Add paint to your child’s hand and make a handprint to give a “high five” to a community helper!      

Curious World

Last week, we announce a new partnership with Curious World, an early learning app that will give your children access to a world of curiosity-building fun. Each week, Primrose early education experts curate Curious World’s games, videos, and activities that align with our weekly Online with Og theme. As a reminder, there’s no cost to play the games for Online with Og users.

• Catch the Thief: Misho and Robin are going to plant some vegetables in the garden. They have planted carrots, tomatoes, peppers, and chocolate! After a while, the vegetables start to grow. Misho and Robin are delighted and want to pick their plants. But, somebody has stolen their vegetables! Who do you think has stolen them?

• I'm Curious: Fruit Snacks: Follow four simple steps to make a delicious fruit smoothie. YUM! And have some fun with the leftover fruit when you're done. 

These additional resources provide even more activities to continue the learning for this week's theme!

Parent Resource: Healthy Eating Habits to Start and Avoid 

This article from Zero to Three addresses fun ways to help your infant or toddler develop life-long healthy eating habits.