Category: At Home

  • Making Connections

    Your Child Will Learn

    To focus on a book and begin to make connections between books and the real world

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Pick out a board book and settle into your reading spot.
    2. Before opening the book, read
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  • On the Floor

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to play with toys and interact with people

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a time when your baby is calm, alert, and ready to play.
    2. Lay your baby on a blanket with toys (baby toys,
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  • My Cultural Traditions

    Your Child Will Learn

    A cultural group is a set of people who do similar things called customs and traditions 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Identify the cultural groups that your child belongs to 
    2. Explain to your child that a cultural
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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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  • Let’s Cook Together

    Your Child Will Learn

    Food and cooking vocabulary

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Describe to your baby what you’re going to cook. Talk about each step as you complete it.
    2. Show your baby different ingredients and kitchen tools. Name the items
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  • Talk and Change

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to have a “conversation”

    Here’s What to Do

    1. As you go through the diapering routine, describe each step to your baby as you do them.
    2. Keep eye contact with your baby, asking and answering your
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