Category: Community
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Caring for My Make Believe Pet
Your Child Will Learn
How to be a helper
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to pick an animal they’d like to pretend to be. They’ll pretend to be the pet and you’ll be the owner.
- Ask your child
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Caring For My Family’s Pet
Your Child Will Learn
How to contribute to the family by caring for a pet
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child what kinds of things your pet needs to stay happy and healthy.
- With your child, brainstorm a list
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Make Believe Jobs
Your Child Will Learn
About community jobs and money
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child if they’d like to play bus driver, restaurant, or store.
- Set up your props. Examples:
- Bus: place chairs or pillows in a rectangle for
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Piggy Bank
Your Child Will Learn
About coins and saving money
Here’s What to Do
- Find an empty container that can be repurposed as a “Piggy Bank.” It could be an empty tissue box, a clean food container, a jar, etc.. Together
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Guess My Job
Your Child Will Learn
About jobs in the community and dramatic play
Here’s What to Do
- Tell your child you’re going to play a game called ‘Guess my Job.’ Explain how it works: you’ll take turns pretending to do a
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Neighborhood Walk and Talk
Your Child Will Learn
Varied vocabulary which is beneficial for language development.
Here’s What to Do
- Take your baby on a walk around your neighborhood or a shopping center.
- Talk about everything you see: people, buildings, animals, vehicles, and objects.
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Meet A Community Helper
Your Child Will Learn
The jobs of some people help and serve our community
Here’s What to Do
- Plan and arrange an experience for your child to meet a professional whose work helps or serves the community, like a police
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Neighborhood Walk and Talk
Your Child Will Learn
Different jobs people have in your community
Here’s What to Do
- Take your child on a walk around your neighborhood or a local shopping center. Stop in one or a few local establishments (post office, grocery
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Build A Community
Your Child Will Learn
Communities have a variety of places and spaces for different purposes
Here’s What to Do
- Talk to your child about the community you live in by listing and describing different places and spaces you frequent together
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Family Yard Sale
Your Child Will Learn
People earn money by selling goods
Here’s What to Do
- Work together as a family to plan and gather household items to sell at a family yard sale
- Have your children create price tags and design