Category: Other

  • Speak Up For Yourself

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to communicate their needs to others

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk about times when you want to use a strong, respectful voice:
      • When someone treats you in a mean or unsafe way
      • When someone treats
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  • The Solution Game

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to identify solutions to problems

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child you’re going to play “The Solution Game.”
    2. Describe some problems for your child. Here are some to try, or make up your own!
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  • What’s the Problem?

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to identify and describe a problem

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child you’re going to play “What’s the Problem?”
    2. Act out some problems. Make up your own ideas, or try these:
      • Put water in
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  • Tell Me a Story About Me

    Your Child Will Learn

    They will learn about story sequence through a personal story

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Think of a story about your child’s life that you’d like to share.  It can be something funny or special that captures
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  • Animal Sounds

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to make different sounds of speech

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather some visual examples of animals; these visual examples can be animal toys, animal flashcards, a book with different pictures of animals, homemade drawings of
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  • Vehicle Sounds

    Your Child Will Learn

    To imitate changes in voice tone and volume by making vehicle sounds

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather some visual examples of vehicles like trains, cars, trucks, airplanes, or boats. These visual examples can be vehicle toys,
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  • Frustrated Freeze!

    Your Child Will Learn

    What it feels like to be frustrated and how to respond 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child about frustration:
      • Ask if they know what “frustrated” means. 
      • Talk with them about how it makes their body
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  • Joining in with Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to begin playing with a friend

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child what they usually do when they want to start playing with a friend.
    2. Share three steps they can try:
      • Step 1: Wait
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  • Naming My Feelings

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to identify the emotions they feel

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to talk about different kinds of feelings they know about. Examples:
      • Happy
      • Sad
      • Scared
      • Mad
      • Surprised
      • Excited
      • Worried
      • Frustrated
    2. Invite your child
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  • Uh Oh! It Was An Accident!

    Your Child Will Learn

    • How their actions affect others and how to apologize

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk with your child about what an accident means, and some examples of recent accidents (like: this morning I spilled the milk on
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