Category: At Home

  • Dressing Myself

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to get dressed with minimal assistance

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Help me be as independent as possible in dressing. Choose clothing that is easier for me to put on (like pants with elastic waistbands and
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  • Learning to Put on Shoes

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to get shoes on my feet

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Help me practice with your shoes first. It’s easier for me to get big shoes on my feet.
    2. Before I try to put the shoes
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  • Helping You Dress Me

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to be helpful when you’re getting me dressed; names of body parts and clothing items

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Dress or undress me slowly when you’re not in a hurry. Give me opportunities for me
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  • Playing with a Spoon

    Your Child Will Learn

    An introduction to using a spoon

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Give me an extra spoon to hold and explore while you’re feeding me with a spoon. If I seem interested, let me put my hand on
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  • Playing with Peers

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to play with another child

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Set up play dates with another similarly-aged child. I probably will only want to play with a friend for about 30 minutes.
    2. Supply some toys that
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  • Dramatic Play with Dolls

    Your Child Will Learn

    To act out my own feelings and practice conversations with dolls

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather dolls, action figures, puppets, and stuffed animals to play with. Help me find simple pretend or real props to use
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  • Learning to Wash Hands

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to wash my hands with help

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Provide a sturdy step stool so I can reach the water by myself. I’ll probably need help turning the faucet on and off. Show me
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  • Hide and Seek Rooms

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to respond to spoken information, and vocabulary words for rooms in our house

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Throughout the day, talk about the names of the rooms we’re in. Ask me to find things or
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  • Learning the Concept of One

    Your Child Will Learn

    That the word “one” is talking about “how many” items there are (one!)

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Throughout the day, point out when there’s one of something.
    2. Play a quick body part game, talking about which
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