Category: Some mess

  • Snipping with Scissors

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fine motor control and beginning scissor skills 

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Demonstrate how to snip paper with child-sized safety scissors. Exaggerate your finger movements and say “cut” with every snip.
    2. Let me practice holding and moving
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  • Drawing a Line

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to use writing utensils and draw a line.

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Tape a piece of paper to the table and let me explore making marks with crayons.
    2. Make a vertical line on the paper
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  • Playing with Peers

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to play with another child

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Set up play dates with another similarly-aged child. I probably will only want to play with a friend for about 30 minutes.
    2. Supply some toys that
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  • Dramatic Play with Dolls

    Your Child Will Learn

    To act out my own feelings and practice conversations with dolls

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather dolls, action figures, puppets, and stuffed animals to play with. Help me find simple pretend or real props to use
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  • Learning to Wash Hands

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to wash my hands with help

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Provide a sturdy step stool so I can reach the water by myself. I’ll probably need help turning the faucet on and off. Show me
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  • Learning to Sticker

    Your Child Will Learn

    Fine motor skills, how to use stickers, and creativity

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Gather things that are sticky on one side, like sticky notes, tape, or stickers.
    2. Help me peel a sticker or tear a piece
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  • Create A Board Game

    Your Child Will Learn

    The logic involved in making a board game, counting

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Have several simple board games set up around the room (like Candyland, Chutes and Ladders). Invite families to play the games for 10
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  • Accordion Paper Sculpture

    Your Child Will Learn

    How to make art with folded paper

    Here’s What to Do

    1. Cut 10 long strips of colored paper for your child.
    2. Show your child how to fold the strips back and forth like an accordion. Help
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