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  • Baby Sign Language

    Your Child Will Learn

    To use simple sign language to communicate needs

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Think about 2-4 needs your child has on a daily basis.
    2. Practice teaching your child basic sign language for these needs and emotions by
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  • Tell Me a Story About Me

    Your Child Will Learn

    They will learn about story sequence through a personal story

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Think of a story about your child’s life that you’d like to share.  It can be something funny or special that captures
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  • Do You Hear What I Hear

    Your Child Will Learn

    To separate the beginning sounds of spoken words with help from adults

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Visit a public place where your child will hear different sounds of things in the surrounding environment; examples of places
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  • Frustrated Freeze!

    Your Child Will Learn

    What it feels like to be frustrated and how to respond 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child about frustration:
      • Ask if they know what “frustrated” means. 
      • Talk with them about how it makes their body
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  • Naming My Feelings

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to identify the emotions they feel

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to talk about different kinds of feelings they know about. Examples:
      • Happy
      • Sad
      • Scared
      • Mad
      • Surprised
      • Excited
      • Worried
      • Frustrated
    2. Invite your child
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  • Rose, Thorn, Bud

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to tell an adult about their emotions

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a time when you can do your Rose, Thorn, Bud reflections at the end of every day (like: commute home from school, dinner
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  • Parts of My Body

    Your Child Will Learn

    Names of body parts

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Use diaper or bath time to teach your child the parts of their body.  Make it a game!
    2. Point to one of your child’s body parts and say
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  • Position Practice

    Your Child Will Learn

    Positional Words

    Here’s What to Do

    1. As you go through your day,  try to focus on using positional words when talking to your baby.
    2. Examples of positional words: above/below, in front/behind, between, next to, inside/outside, over/under,
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  • Shape Hunt

    Your Child Will Learn

    Drawing and recognizing complex shapes

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Before you head outside, print out or draw a shape chart that looks like the example chart. Ask your child to practice drawing each of the shapes
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  • Shape Walk

    Your Child Will Learn

    Shape names and characteristics

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside with your child for a walk.
    2. Point out some objects and ask your child to name what shape they are. Start with things that are squares,
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