Category: Park

  • Nature Sensory Walk

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to observe living things in nature

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside to a park, backyard, or anywhere in your neighborhood or community there are trees or plants.
    2. Direct your child’s attention to animals and
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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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  • Playground Hide and Seek

    Your Child Will Learn

    Using positional words to understand the location of an object

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Bring a small toy to the playground.
    2. Ask your child to cover their eyes. Hide the toy somewhere on the playground. 
    3. Help
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  • Position Practice

    Your Child Will Learn

    Positional Words

    Here’s What to Do

    1. As you go through your day,  try to focus on using positional words when talking to your baby.
    2. Examples of positional words: above/below, in front/behind, between, next to, inside/outside, over/under,
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  • Playground Hide and Seek

    Your Child Will Learn

    Using positional words to describe the location of an object

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Bring a small toy to the playground.
    2. Ask your child to hide the toy somewhere on the playground. Cover your eyes while
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  • Shape Walk

    Your Child Will Learn

    Words we use to describe different shapes

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Head outside with your child for a walk.
    2. Look for differently-shaped objects at your child’s eye level.
    3. Point to the objects and talk about their
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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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  • Step Counting

    Check out Acelero Learning families trying this PEER activity at home!

    Step Counting with the Espinoza‘s

    Malikk’s Great Step Adventure

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to count 5 objects with one-to-one correspondence (counting each object in a set …

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  • Count on Me

    Your Child Will Learn

    Introduction to counting with one-to-one correspondence

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Count your baby’s fingers and toes, touching them one at a time while counting out loud.
    2. Kiss or tickle your baby’s ears, nose, bellybutton, elbows, etc.
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