Category: Approaches to Learning
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Where Is It?
Your Child Will Learn
Persistence (using problem-solving to master a new skill)
Here’s What to Do
- While I’m watching, hide a small toy or piece of food in your fist. Move your fist under a cloth, and leave the item
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Stop, Breathe, Focus, Hop
Your Child Will Learn
How to remember and follow a 4-step sequence
Here’s What to Do
- Tell your child(ren) you’re going to pretend to be a choo-choo train. You’ll be the engine and they’ll be the caboose.
- Practice the moves
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Repeat After Me
Your Child Will Learn
How to listen to and understand directions given out loud.
Here’s What to Do
- Tell your child you’re going to play a following game.
- Give your child a direction. Ask them to repeat the words out
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Listening Game
Your Child Will Learn
How to listen to, remember, and follow 2-step directions
Here’s What to Do
- Tell your child you’re going to play a listening game.
- Give your child a series of 2-step directions. Some examples:
- Clap your hands,
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Do This Then That!
Your Child Will Learn
To listen to, remember and follow 3-4 step directions.
Here’s What to Do
- Create three-step directions for your child to follow; get silly and have fun with this!
- Preface each command with “do this…then that…then that…”