Category: At Home

  • Bilingual Word Chart

    Your Child Will Learn

    Communication of words in different languages

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut-out 4-5 pictures from magazines and newspapers or print pictures from the internet (picture examples: water, foods, facial expressions, body parts, animals, etc.)
    2. Glue the pictures
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  • Picture Rhymes

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to identify two words that rhyme

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut out 4-8 picture examples of words that will rhyme from magazines, newspapers, and junk mail ads (or, find rhyming objects from around your home,
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  • Picture This!

    Your Child Will Learn

    Using pictures to spell words by sequencing the sounds of letters 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Select picture examples of words with 3-4 letters from the internet, magazines, or newspapers
    2. Hold up the pictures, slowly saying the
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  • Sentence Hunter

    Your Child Will Learn

    Use simple words to form sentences with words in the proper order

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create a variety of word strips by writing simple nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives on small strips of paper that
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  • Say and Make Drawings

    Your Child Will Learn

    To participate in shared storytelling.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather drawing and coloring materials and a large sheet of paper.
    2. Remember something that you did with your child recently. You’ll create a drawing about the event
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  • Writing About My Things

    Your Child Will Learn

    Write simple words to describe my things 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Have your child gather 2-3 things that belong to them, like small toys and or things they take to school everyday
    2. Work with your child
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  • I Spy a Clean Floor

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to help clean up after mealtimes

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child for help cleaning up the floor after a meal. Give your child a dustpan and brush, a child-sized broom, or a small
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  • I Can Serve Myself

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to serve themselves food during mealtime

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Talk about the food choices that are on the table.
    2. Show your child how you put food on your own plate, and talk about it
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  • Silly Salad Face

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to enjoy a fun and healthy snack

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Invite your child to make a Silly Salad Face. Ask them what fruits and vegetables they’d like to use to make a face. Choose
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  • Calm Your Body

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to calm their body before falling asleep

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a space where you can move. Invite your child to notice how their body feels.
    2. With your child, wiggle your arms and
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