Category: Store

  • Shopping Cart Addition

    Your Child Will Learn

    Introductory Addition (adding up to 5)

    Here’s What to Do

    1. At the grocery store, pick up one item and show it to your child before putting it in the cart/basket. Pick up one more item, and
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  • Shopping Cart Counting

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to count 0-10 objects and know that the last number they count equals the total amount

    Here’s What to Do

    1. When shopping, ask your child to count a number of items on a shelf (up
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  • Shopping Cart Counting

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to count 0-3 objects and know that the last number they count equals the total amount

    Here’s What to Do

    1. When shopping with a shopping cart or basket, ask your child to keep track of
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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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  • I Spy Shopping

    Your Child Will Learn

    Using positional words to locate an object

    Here’s What to Do

    1. In a store, ask your child to play a game of “I Spy” to help you find items on the shelves.
    2. When you see an
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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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  • 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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  • Community I Spy

    Your Child Will Learn

    To identify the beginning, middle, and end sounds of spoken words with help from adults.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan an outing in your community, like a visit to the park, a pond, or shopping center.
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