Category: Mess Level

  • Letter Blend Bingo

    Your Child Will Learn

    Words have letter blends in the beginning, middle, or end of them

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Use the Letter Blend Bingo page and word cards to play this game
    2. Explain to your child that you will
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  • Letter Hide & Seek

    Your Child Will Learn

    To identify letter sounds in the middle of words.

    Here’s What to Do

    1.  Think of familiar 3-letter words with a vowel in the middle. Examples: cup, kid, top, nap, bus, pen, fox, get, cat, dog, etc.
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  • My Alphabet Book

    Your Child Will Learn

    To recognize most letters and know the sounds they make.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Create a 27-page booklet with standard-size paper. Write “My Alphabet Book” on the cover, and write the capital and lowercase letters at
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  • My Voice Playlist

    Your Child Will Learn

    To vary tone and volume when communicating in different contexts.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to think of a song, nursery rhyme, or story they know really well. Tell them you’re going to record
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  • Make-Your-Own Concentration Game

    Your Child Will Learn

    Use working memory to match images that are the same

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to create multiple sets of 2 drawings that are the same image on small squares of paper (we suggest
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  • Child Friendly Yoga

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to calm and stretch their bodies 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Find an open space with room to move.
    2. Do the Spaghetti Test: wiggle your child’s arms and legs to make sure they’re relaxed, like
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  • Relax My Body

    Your Child Will Learn

    A relaxation technique to prepare for sleep

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to make their toes still, and say “Goodnight toes!”
    2. Continue naming body parts in order: toes, feet, legs and all the way
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  • Happiness Boost Cards

    Your Child Will Learn

    A way to add a little more joy into their daily routine

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Together with your child, brainstorm some very short activities that make them happy. Some examples:
      • Give a hug
      • Smile big
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  • Signs of Affirmation

    Your Child Will Learn

    A positive way to start or end their day

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Together with your child, brainstorm an affirmation to repeat each day. An affirmation is a short, positive phrase. Examples:
      • I have a big
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  • ABC (Apple, Beet, Carrot) Juice

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to prepare and enjoy a healthy food

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather and wash your ingredients (1 apple, 1 beet, 1 carrot, 1 lime, optional small piece of fresh ginger). 
    2. Peel the beet, carrot, and
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