June 6th-10th Family Activities Newsletter

Welcome to the WMHT Family Activities Newsletter.
This weekly family newsletter is providing resources for children’s growing and learning throughout the spring and summer months.
The theme for this week is Camouflage.
I hope you find this helpful!
Barbara Lukas, Family Learning Coordinator
Theme: Camouflage
Welcome to family activities with PBS Kids!  Camouflage is when animals blend in with their surroundings so they are not seen by other living things. Learn about animals using camouflage, and create butterfly wings below. 
Two age level areas are available – PreK-K and Grades 1-2. 
PreK-K
Join the Kratt brothers and watch this short video about monarch butterflies. Learn why eating milkweed helps protect Monarch butterflies from other animals. Have you seen monarch butterflies during the summer months?
       Butterfly Costume Craft 
In this activity, explore the different parts of a butterfly, then make a costume to pretend you are an insect! Dig out your craft supplies, and be sure to have cardboard with glue and tape. What colors did you put on the butterfly wings? 

Grades 1-2
This video segment from NOVA: Animal Impostors explores the world of camouflage, including some of the methods and benefits of this important evolutionary strategy. Watch how caterpillars, turtles, fish and snakes seem to be invisible at first glance.

    Hide & Seek with Animals
Learn how animals use camouflage to blend in easily in their surroundings. With these directions create paper plate animal faces in different colors, patterns, and types. Then play your own game of camouflage hide and seek to notice how your crafted animals blend in.


America’s Test Kitchen Young Chefs’ Club
Throughout the month of June, strawberries are ripening at local farms and gardens. Test your culinary skills with a different recipe each week. 
Strawberry Sauce
You will be berry pleased with this sweet sauce that’s studded with chunks of fresh strawberries. Pour it over ice cream, waffles, pancakes, and more! Visit your grocery store or local fresh farm market to find local strawberries.

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