Category: Level 3: 19 – 36 months

  • Smiley Face Check In

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to express their emotions to an adult

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a time when you can do your Smiley Face Check In at the same time each day (like: breakfast, bath time, story time)
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  • Bath Time Book

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to make bath time more fun

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a book to be your “bath time book.” Bring it into the bathroom during bath time. 
    2. Read a page or two, and then
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  • Doll Routines

    Your Child Will Learn

    A game to help make them excited about personal hygiene routines 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to choose a favorite doll or stuffed animal
    2. As you go through your morning or evening routine, ask
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  • People Parts

    Your Child Will Learn

    Names of body parts

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tell your child you’re going to play a game called People Parts!
    2. One at a time, ask your child to point to different body parts on their body.
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  • Bubble Chase

    Your Child Will Learn

    To observe the effect wind has on bubbles

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside with a bottle of blowing bubbles. Pick a starting point and put something there to mark it (a ball, a water bottle, etc.).
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  • Simon Says Stretch

    Your Child Will Learn

    That stretching their muscles is a fun way to care for their body 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a few family members or friends together and choose a family member to be the first leader (aka
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  • Move Like an Animal

    Your Child Will Learn

    A fun way to move their body and build physical endurance

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather everyone in the family who wants to play. Ask a child to choose an animal whose movement you could copy.
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  • Freeze Dance

    Your Child Will Learn

    A fun way to engage in physical activity

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Play this game with as many children and adults as you’d like! Choose who is going to be the DJ (the music controller) to
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  • Kitchen Sensory Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to use all 5 senses to observe cooking ingredients

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose 3-5 ingredients in your kitchen that have different textures (examples: salt, sugar, rice, pasta, beans, lentils). Place each one in its
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  • Night Sky Noticing

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to observe and describe things in the world around them

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Before bedtime, head to a window with a view of the night sky (or head outside).
    2. Direct your child’s attention to
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