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Learn About Letter Sounds Together: Bag of Sounds (/l/)

Play a sound game to help children listen for and recognize the /l/ sound in the beginning of familiar words.

Let the Show Begin!

Encourage small groups of children to put on their own play of a scene from Oscar and the Bat

Let’s Laugh

Ask family members to share what makes their baby laugh. Make a book of “laughing baby” ideas and share it with families and colleagues.

Let’s Make Soup

Talk about the soup in The Ugly Vegetable. Have children create a make believe vegetable soup, set a table, and invite friends to taste their “soup.”

Mrs. McNosh Role Play

Invite children to act out the story Mrs. McNosh Hangs Up Her Wash with silly items children can pretend to wash and hang up to dry.

My Garden

Children act out planting and tending a garden. Encourage them to use props as they plant and care for their garden.

New Friends

Have children decorate a cardboard box and fill it with things they like to do and things their friends might like to do.

Off to the Library!

Role-play with children taking a trip to the library.

“Paint Splat” #2 (PEEP game)

Invite children to play an interactive game as they mix two colors of paint to make a new color.

“Paint Splat" #3 (PEEP game)

Invite children to play the interactive online game PEEP and the Big Wide World  “Paint Splat,” to reinforce their knowledge of color mixing.

Pass Through the Obstacles

Have children set up an obstacle course and construct a game in which players need to find a way to pass the obstacles to get through the course. 

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.

Percussion Band

Have children use sticks tap out different rhythms on various surfaces.

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 Family

Children set up a house play area and act out being different members of a family.  

Play "Hide and Peep" #2 (PEEP game)

Have children continue to play PEEP and the Big Wide World “Hide and Peep” and work together to find the hidden characters.  

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: “ABCD Watermelon” (BTL game)

Play a game matching letters of the alphabet.

Play Together: "Alphabet Hokey Pokey"

Have children review the letters “Oo,” “Ss,” “Nn,” and “Qq” as they sing “Alphabet Hokey Pokey” with you.

Play Together: Bear, Bear, Fish!

Play a game of Duck, Duck Goose, but change the words to Bear, Bear, Fish.

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