Category: Car/Bus

  • Letters on the Road

    Your Child Will Learn

    To identify uppercase and lowercase letters

    Here’s What to Do

    1. While on a long drive or bus ride, ask your child to identify uppercase and lowercase letters on road and traffic signs throughout your journey. (Or,
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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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  • 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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  • Big and Small World

    Your Child Will Learn

    Using size vocabulary words to compare two different objects

    Here’s What to Do

    1. On a walk, choose an object to focus on. It should be something there are a lot of (buildings, trees, cars, etc.). Ask
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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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  • Navigation Numbers

    Your Child Will Learn

    Recognizing written numerals 0-9

    Here’s What to Do

    1. As you go about your day, point out numbers that help you travel from place to place (like: bus or train numbers, building numbers, or street names).
    2. Ask
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  • Number Names

    Your Child Will Learn

    Words we use to describe the number of things

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Throughout the day, use as many number words as possible.
    2. Ask your baby “how many” things there are.

    Put PEER Into Action

    PAUSE …

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  • Letters Around Us

    Your Child Will Learn

    Recognize letters in words that are seen in familiar places

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan a visit to a familiar place with letters and words in the environment, like a street in your neighborhood or a
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