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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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  • 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 Bingo

    Your Child Will Learn

    Recognizing simple shapes in the real world

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Print out the bingo card PDF or draw the bingo card on a piece of paper. If playing with an older sibling, either make them
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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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  • 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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