Category: No Mess

  • Map Our House

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to make a map and visual-spatial skills

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Draw the shape of your home’s perimeter on a piece of paper (if your home has more than one level, pick one floor to
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  • My Favorite Place

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to explore their environment and learn about a place in their community.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Take your child to a favorite place in your community. Bring snacks and drawing materials.
    2. Give them a tour
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  • World Dance Party

    Your Child Will Learn

    People around the world enjoy special music from their cultures, and dancing to that music is fun!

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Using the internet, find music from all around the world. Search songs from your family’s
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  • Dance Together

    Your Child Will Learn

    Moving your body to music is called dancing

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Clear an open space for you and your child to dance together
    2. Play lively music that your child will enjoy 
    3. Perform simple movements and
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  • Make Your Own Sound Shaker

    Your Child Will Learn

    Shaking a hollow object with many small parts inside can make sounds 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Halfway fill 3-4 small clear plastic bottles with different smaller objects like rice, corn kernels, dry beans, dry seeds, nuts,
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  • Tummy Time Art

    Your Child Will Learn

    Strength, coordination, and sensory development through creative stimulation

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Fill a ziploc bag with shaving cream and a few drops of one food coloring; the bag should be zipped tight and leak-proof
    2. If
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  • Beat Your Feet

    Your Child Will Learn

    Creative stimulation for touch and sound sensory experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Lay your baby on their back and hold a baking pan in front of their feet for them to kick

    Put PEER Into Action

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  • Contrast Pictures

    Your Child Will Learn

    Perception of contrasting pictures

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create contrasting pairs of simple shapes on white paper with a black marker 
    2. For one shape, only draw the outline
    3. For the matching shape, color the inside 
    4. Hold
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  • Photo Puzzle

    Your Child Will Learn

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Print a photo of your child in as a 5×7 or 8x 10
    2. Cut the photo into strips or geometric shapes to create a puzzle of no more than 10 pieces
    3. Work
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  • Ribbon Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    Creative stimulation for touch and sight sensory experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather some colorful ribbons that are 5-7 inches in length
    2. Loosely tie 2-3 ribbons to the tips of your fingers
    3. Sit your baby in
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