Category: Creativity

  • Sponge Painting

    Your Child Will Learn

    Make marks and patterns with a sponge on paper

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Put a few dots of paint on a plate or tray.
    2. Give your child sponges of different shapes and sizes.
    3. Optional: Cut the
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  • Finger Painting

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring creative expression with “paint”

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Make the baby-safe finger paint ahead of time (it needs time to cool). If possible, your baby can watch you make the paint. See below for the
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  • Surprise

    Your Child Will Learn

    Sounds different objects make

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather materials: an opaque cup or box with a lid, small objects that fit inside. When your baby’s not looking, put one object in the container and put
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  • Sounds Around Me

    Your Child Will Learn

    Different kinds of sounds and the objects that make them

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather some objects that make noise (like: rattle, bell, two blocks to bang together, crinkly paper, etc.)
    2. Hold an object out of
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  • Create A Song

    Your Child Will Learn

    Speaking words is different from singing sounds

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Think about all of your baby’s wonderful attributes!
    2. Create a short song of 3-5 lines about your baby, including their name
    3. Add harmonies and rhythms
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  • Explore A Museum

    Your Child Will Learn

    Museums are spaces where people can learn about the things they see and experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a trip to a child-friendly museum
    2. While inside the museum, tell your child to point to things
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  • Colors of the Seasons

    Your Child Will Learn

    Certain colors are associated with the different seasons

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Discuss the four seasons according to the regional climate you live in
    2. Ask your child to describe the colors of the sky and land
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  • The Clothes We Wear

    Your Child Will Learn

    Clothing is a creative form of expression

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut up some fabric scraps or old clothes with bright and interesting colors and designs
    2. Ask your child to draw a self-portrait and have them
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  • Kitchen Music

    Your Child Will Learn

    Different sounds can be created with kitchen objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. 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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  • Fast and Slow Music

    Your Child Will Learn

    Exploring movement and music

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Place your baby on a blanket on the floor. Play some music or sing to your baby.
    2. Hand your baby a scarf, tissue, or handkerchief, and hold one
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