Category: Mess Level

  • Paint Your Letter

    Your Child Will Learn

    To write the first letter of their name.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Spread out newspaper or a tablecloth, and set up large pieces of paper to paint on. Put a small amount of non-toxic paint in
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  • Paint Play

    Your Child Will Learn

    To explore a sensory art experience

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Pour small amounts of paint into clear plastic bags that can be sealed; make sure the bags don’t have holes
    2. Release the air out of the
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  • Our Family Names

    Your Child Will Learn

    To write more uppercase letters of the alphabet.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to choose types of drawing and coloring materials for this activity; some examples include crayons, markers, color pencils, or paint.
    2. Ask
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  • Describing a Favorite Place

    Your Child Will Learn

    To use adjectives and other words to describe a familiar place.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Ask your child to think of their favorite place. If possible, go to that place or look at a picture of
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  • Community I Spy

    Your Child Will Learn

    To identify the beginning, middle, and end sounds of spoken words with help from adults.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Plan an outing in your community, like a visit to the park, a pond, or shopping center.
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  • Syllable Movement

    Your Child Will Learn

    Count 1-3 syllables in words with help from adults.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. With your child, choose 3 different movements you’ll do together. (For example, tapping your head, placing hands on your hips, touching your knees).
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  • Waves, Taps, & Claps

    Your Child Will Learn

    To pay attention to rhyming words in songs

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Choose a simple rhyme or rhyming song to say to your child. 
    2. Wave your hands, tap your child’s body, or clap to emphasize the
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  • Grocery Store Talk

    Your Child Will Learn

    To expand their vocabulary about the different types of food they eat

    Here’s What to Do

    1. While shopping at the grocery store, talk about the different sections of the store as you go through them.
    2. Ask
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  • Identify Photos of Family & Friends

    Your Child Will Learn

    Your child will learn the names of familiar people

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather 4-5 photos of family and friends that your child knows and has relationships with; avoid rare or special photos that you wouldn’t
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  • Rhyme Finds

    Your Child Will Learn

    To enjoy repeating rhyming words and knowing words that rhyme

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather objects with names that rhyme (like: a toy cat and a hat, a toy car and a jar, a rag and
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