Category: Learning Throughout the Day
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Bathtime Fun
Your Child Will Learn
Exploring the characteristics of water
Here’s What to Do
- While the tub is filling, gather plastic cups, bowls and containers in different sizes. Poke holes in the bottom of a few so water can trickle through
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Making Connections
Your Child Will Learn
To focus on a book and begin to make connections between books and the real world
Here’s What to Do
- Pick out a board book and settle into your reading spot.
- Before opening the book, read
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On the Floor
Your Child Will Learn
How to play with toys and interact with people
Here’s What to Do
- Find a time when your baby is calm, alert, and ready to play.
- Lay your baby on a blanket with toys (baby toys,
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Create A Song
Your Child Will Learn
Speaking words is different from singing sounds
Here’s What to Do
- Think about all of your baby’s wonderful attributes!
- Create a short song of 3-5 lines about your baby, including their name
- Add harmonies and rhythms
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Kitchen Music
Your Child Will Learn
Different sounds can be created with kitchen objects
Here’s What to Do
- Give your baby safe and shatter-proof kitchen objects like light-weight pots, pans, wooden spoons, plastic spoons, plastic spatulas, plastic bowls, and etc. (avoid objects
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Let’s Cook Together
Your Child Will Learn
Food and cooking vocabulary
Here’s What to Do
- Describe to your baby what you’re going to cook. Talk about each step as you complete it.
- Show your baby different ingredients and kitchen tools. Name the items
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Talk and Change
Your Child Will Learn
How to have a “conversation”
Here’s What to Do
- As you go through the diapering routine, describe each step to your baby as you do them.
- Keep eye contact with your baby, asking and answering your
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Picture Walk
Your Child Will Learn
To look at pictures and words in a book, and that reading is fun!
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a board book to read that has only pictures or just a few words.
- Read the title