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Show baby their face in the mirror, try to get them smiling or cooing at themselves. Baby can learn about their body & build social skills.
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Babies like to open and close books, hand them to you, or stack them like blocks. This makes books fun & trains baby’s eyes & muscles to work together. (link to booklist)
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Put on a concert with your toddler. Invite all the stuffed animals. Use spoons as your microphones & sing your favorite songs.
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Use spatial words to build a toddler's math skills! Use words like behind, above, around, between. Say "The red block is behind the green block."
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As your child washes up ask: "What sound does sss-oap start with? What else starts with the sss sound?" Work together to list words like sock and silly.
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Make a grocery list with your child. Write down the items they believe you need to buy. While you shop, allow your child to cross the items off this list.
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Help your toddler make a card for someone you know. Scribbles are ok! You can help your child sign it, showing the letters in their name.
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Read an alphabet book and talk about words that start with each letter sound so your toddler learns that letters and sounds go together. (link to booklist)
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Play Simon Says with your toddler to make learning to follow directions fun. (link to instructions)
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Make a sensory board for your baby. Use things you have at home. Babies learn a lot through feeling different textures. (link to instructions)
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Help your child make streamers out of paper strips and have a parade through your home. Sing THE ANTS GO MARCHING. (link to lyrics)
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WRITE: your child's name on paper with an uppercase letter followed by lowercase letters. Let your child roll play dough into snakes + form each letter.
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Put couch cushions & pillows on the floor in a line. Have your preK-er get from one end to the other & use movement words like "jump, balance, walk, etc."
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As you feed your baby, use words to describe what foods taste, feel and look like. "This yogurt is smooth," "that yellow banana is sweet."
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Try the action rhyme ACKA BACKA SODA CRACKER with your little one. Put baby on your lap and bounce baby as you sing the lyrics. (link to lyrics)