Category: At Home
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Draw a Memory
Your Child Will Learn
To communicate their ideas with pictures and words.
Here’s What to Do
- At the end of the week, ask your child to remember one fun thing that happened that week.
- Ask them to draw or paint
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Our Word Wall
Your Child Will Learn
How to learn new vocabulary words and sort these words into groups
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a place in your home where you can display a collection of words with your child or children; make
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Draw a Story
Your Child Will Learn
About the elements of stories in books and how to re-tell stories
Here’s What to Do
- Read a picture book that your child is very familiar with. As you read, point out story elements like characters, settings,
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All the Parts of Books
Your Child Will Learn
Learn about the parts of books and where to find them
Here’s What to Do
- Use a book that your child is very familiar with as an example to explore. As you read, explain the parts
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Position Practice
Your Child Will Learn
Positional Words
Here’s What to Do
- As you go through your day, try to focus on using positional words when talking to your baby.
- Examples of positional words: above/below, in front/behind, between, next to, inside/outside, over/under,
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Kitchen Sorting
Your Child Will Learn
How to sort objects into different categories and describe characteristics of objects
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child for help putting away kitchen items like dishes, utensils, pots. (Before you begin, you can put away
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Grocery Grouping
Your Child Will Learn
Sorting objects into two groups that have shared characteristics
Here’s What to Do
- When you are unpacking groceries (or other items from shopping bags), ask your child to help sort the items.
- Choose two categories and
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Toy Patterns
Your Child Will Learn
Introduction to patterns
Here’s What to Do
- With your child, gather two different types of small toys (like blocks and toy cars, or balls and stuffed animals). Sort them into 2 piles based on their types.
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Shape Monsters
Your Child Will Learn
Drawing and combining shapes to make a new object
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to choose and draw a large shape on a piece of paper, and then to cut it out. This will
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Animal Face Shapes
Your Child Will Learn
Drawing shapes and noticing how objects can be broken down into smaller shapes
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to choose an animal’s face to draw (some ideas: dog, cat, pig, rabbit, koala).
- Have your