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Music Makers
Hum, sing, whistle—what other ways can you make music? Try simple, homemade instruments, too!
Nature Walk
Taking a walk together outside—in the city or the country—offers so many ways to explore, learn, discover, and investigate!
Noisy Reading!
For active toddlers, find books that that they can touch-and-feel, scratch-and-sniff, and lift up flaps and windows.
Painting and Writing Fun
Give toddlers various tools to explore for drawing, painting, and writing to help them build pre-writing muscles and skills.
Path Games, Board Games
Build a child’s strong sense of numbers and a foundation for math learning in later years by playing simple board games together.
Peek-a-Boo!
Playing Peek-a-Boo is not only fun, but helps your baby make an exciting discovery: things are still there when she can’t see them!
Play and Explore
Guide a baby’s exploration—or just follow her lead—as she learns about her world with her eyes, ears, hands, mouths, and actions.
Play Pretend
Offer a collection of used clothes and props so children can pretend to be a family member, a favorite story character, and more.
Play Together: Clap Jazz Baby Rhythms
Read aloud a few spreads of Jazz Baby to children, emphasizing the rhythm of the words. Help children notice the rhythm and clap along.
Play Together: Flower, Fruit, Vegetable
Play a game of Duck, Duck Goose, but change the words to Flower, Fruit, Vegetable.
Play Together: I Have a New Friend Toss
Toss a stuffed animal around in a circle while singing a chant about new friends.
Play Together: Samantha Says (“Hh”)
Play “Simon Says.” as children repeat an action only when they hear a word beginning with the letter /h/ sound.
Play Together: Say It with Dance
Show children pictures of faces showing different emotions. Ask children to move in a way that shows that emotion.
Play Together: “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do”
Gather children with their rubber-band instruments. Sing the song, “Show Us What Your Instrument Can Do” and have children demonstrate making sounds.
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.
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!
Putting the Pieces Together
Help your baby figure out how things fit together with toys that nest or stack.
Read Together: Educator’s Choice, Unit 9, Week 3
Read aloud a nonfiction or fiction book about floating and sinking.
Read Together: Houses and Homes
Read Houses and Homes by Ann Morris. Focus on the materials used to build houses and how the materials vary because of where people live in the world.