Category: No Mess

  • 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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  • 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 Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to follow directions with position words

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find a toy and a box big enough to fit the toy inside
    2. Ask your child to place the toy in and out of the
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  • Let’s Get Dressed

    Your Child Will Learn

    Clothing vocabulary words

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Put out some of your child’s clothing on their bed, a table, or flat surface.
    2. Pick up each clothing item and say its name as your child gets dressed.
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  • Words in Books

    Your Child Will Learn

    Written words in books have meanings that correspond with the pictures

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a book with short sentences and lots of pictures.
    2. While reading the book to your child, ask them questions about
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  • Toy Talk

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to focus attention on someone talking to them

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Select one of your child’s favorite toys, like a stuffed animal or doll.
    2. Move the toy around and narrate what the toy’s doing.
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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

    1. Choose a place in your home where you can display a collection of words with your child or children; make
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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

    1. 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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