Snipping with Scissors
Your Child Will Learn
Fine motor control and beginning scissor skills
Here’s What to Do
- Demonstrate how to snip paper with child-sized safety scissors. Exaggerate your finger movements and say “cut” with every snip.
- Let me practice holding and moving
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Drawing a Line
Your Child Will Learn
How to use writing utensils and draw a line.
Here’s What to Do
- Tape a piece of paper to the table and let me explore making marks with crayons.
- Make a vertical line on the paper
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Snacks in a Bottle
Your Child Will Learn
Problem solving and fine motor skills
Here’s What to Do
- Let me watch you put a piece of cereal or other small snack into a small clear container with a narrow opening (like a spice bottle).
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What, Where, When?
Your Child Will Learn
How to ask questions using “What,” “Where,” and “When.”
Here’s What to Do
- Throughout the day, try giving me lots of examples of questions that start with “What,” “Where,” and “When.”
- If I ask a question
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Opposite Words
Your Child Will Learn
How to compare things using opposite words
Here’s What to Do
- Throughout the day, help give me examples of two opposite words.
- Some ideas for Up/Down:
- Say “Up” with each step we take while walking upstairs,
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Saying More and More Words
Your Child Will Learn
How to add more words to their spoken vocabulary
Here’s What to Do
- Throughout the day, name lots of objects, actions, foods, and people. Give me a chance to imitate you.
- Talk out loud during everyday
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Naming Objects
Your Child Will Learn
How to answer a question with a word they know
Here’s What to Do
- Think of a word I can say. Point to that object and ask “What’s that?”
- If I’m learning a new word, ask
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Responding to Music
Your Child Will Learn
How to notice and react to music
Here’s What to Do
- Play lots of different types of music for me throughout the day. Help me feel the rhythm of the music by moving to the beat
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Laughs and Chuckles
Your Child Will Learn
To communicate feelings of pleasure and delight
Here’s What to Do
- Let’s discover games that make me laugh. Here are some ideas to try:
- Nuzzling my tummy with your face
- Playing ‘pat-a-cake’ with my hands or
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Who’s That in the Mirror?
Your Child Will Learn
That the person in the mirror is themselves!
Here’s What to Do
- Look into a mirror with me. Smile and say hello to help me learn that the baby in the mirror is me.
- Make a
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