Category: Level 1: 0 – 9 months

  • Responding to Music

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to notice and react to music

    Here’s What to Do

    1. 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

    1. 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

    1. Look into a mirror with me. Smile and say hello to help me learn that the baby in the mirror is me.
    2. Make a
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  • Exploring My Feet

    Your Child Will Learn

    To become interested in their feet, and eventually bring their feet to their mouth or hands. This action helps develop muscle control and strength.

    Here’s What to Do

    Help me become interested in my feet! Here …

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  • Peek-a-boo!

    Your Child Will Learn

    That people still exist even when they’re not visible, and that playing games is fun.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play quick games of “peek-a-boo” throughout our daily routines. Some ideas:
      • When my head reappears from under
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  • Where Is It?

    Your Child Will Learn

    Object permanence: objects still exist even when they are hidden

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Move your face or a favorite toy behind a cover (like: your hands, a blanket, a box).
    2. Uncover your face or the
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  • My Favorite Place

    Your Child Will Learn

    To explore a place in their community

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Take your child to a favorite place in your community.
    2. Give them a tour and describe all the things you like about that place. If
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  • Public Transport Adventure

    Your Child Will Learn

    Vocabulary about transportation and their community

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a trip for your child to experience riding public transportation, like a bus, train, tram, light rail, or ferry.
    2. Describe all parts of the trip
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  • Make Your Own Sound Shaker

    Your Child Will Learn

    Shaking a hollow object with many small parts inside can make sounds 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Halfway fill 3-4 small clear plastic bottles with different smaller objects like rice, corn kernels, dry beans, dry seeds, nuts,
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  • Tummy Time Art

    Your Child Will Learn

    Strength, coordination, and sensory development through creative stimulation

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Fill a ziploc bag with shaving cream and a few drops of one food coloring; the bag should be zipped tight and leak-proof
    2. If
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