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Play Together: Train Time
Have groups act out different characters (trains) from The Little Engine That Could. Find a hill or a low ramp to use as the mountain.
Play Together: Volume Control
Play a game with children where they raise and lower the volume of their voices. Use cardboard remote controls to adjust others’ volumes.
Play Together: Who Took the Potato?
Play this adaptation of “Doggie, Doggie, Your Bone is Gone” to help children build listening skills.
Play Together: “X” Marks the Spot
Have children play the letter card game to get to the “X” spot.
Play Write
Make writing part of your toddler’s pretend games, from make-believe shopping lists to party invitations.
Poetry in Motion
Nursery rhymes and poetry for little ones offer rich language, new words, and patterns of language.
Pop-Up Plants
Invite children to make a pop-up flower. Encourage children to tell a story about their plant as it “grows.”
Preparing Dinner
Invite children to make their own version of bee-bim-bop to serve for dinner. Instruct them on how to set a table to serve the meal.
Puppet Play
Puppets are wonderful toys for building your toddler’s talking and listening skills—and playing with puppets is a great excuse to get silly!
Puppet Play, Unit 2, Week 3
Have children act out the story of Mouse Paint as you introduce concepts such as character and dialogue.
Puppet Talk
Help children make puppets of the characters from Who Sank the Boat
Putting the Pieces Together
Help your baby figure out how things fit together with toys that nest or stack.
“Quack’s Apples” #2 (PEEP game)
For this game, guide children in helping Quack slant the sticks so apples roll down the hill and into the pond.
“Quack’s Apples” #3 (PEEP game)
Help children slant the sticks with Quack so that the apples roll down the hill and into the pond.
Ramp Drawings
Have children draw a picture of a slide or ramp that they have seen. Then have them identify and include pictures of objects they would like to move down ramps.
Ramp Paintings
Children dip marbles in paint and roll them down ramps to make ramp paintings. Use vocabulary such as roll, slant, and slide to discuss ramps.
Ramp Races!
Have children work with partners to build a ramp, and then “race” objects down it. Encourage cooperation to develop children’s social skills.
Ramps at Home
Build ramps out of everyday objects with your child. Then together explore objects that roll or slide.
Read About Feelings
Read books to toddlers that capture feelings and worries. Use the stories as opportunities to talk with toddlers about their own experiences and feelings.
Read Together: A Cool Drink of Water #1
Review how all living things need water and then read the book with children.