Category: Mess Level

  • Kitchen Patterns

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to extend a 3-object pattern

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather a bunch of kitchen utensils (fork, spoon, butter knife). Ask your child to sort them.
    2. Place them in a simple pattern of 3 objects, repeating
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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.

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  • Snack Subtraction

    Your Child Will Learn

    Solving subtraction problems with 10 items or fewer.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Put 10 small pieces of food (like cereal) on a plate and ask your child to count them.
    2. Ask your child how many pieces
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  • Snack Subtraction

    Your Child Will Learn

    Introductory subtraction

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Put 5 small pieces of food (like cereal) on a plate and count them for your child (point as you count).
    2. Ask your child to remove 1 piece. Count how
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  • Snack Addition

    Check out Acelero Learning families trying this PEER activity at home!

    Snack Addition with Malikk

    Snack Addition with the Holloways

    Your Child Will Learn

    Solving addition problems that add up to 10

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Put 5 small pieces
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  • Snack Addition

    Check out Acelero Learning families trying this PEER activity at home!

    Snack Addition with Malikk

    Snack Addition with the Holloways

    Your Child Will Learn

    Introductory addition

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Put 6 small pieces of food (like cereal) on a
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  • It’s Book Time

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to explore books through the senses (looking, touching, and with their mouth)

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a book that will gain the interest of your infant (soft books, books with textures, board books, picture
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  • Book Exploration

    Your Child Will Learn

    About the important part of books (like the cover, pages, pictures, and words).

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Set out some books that will gain the interest of your child (soft books, books with textures, board books,
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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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  • Characters in Books

    Your Child Will Learn

    Describe main characters and their actions in books

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Staple a few sheets of paper together to create a journal for recording information about book characters
    2. Read a book that your child is
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