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Our Vegetable Soup

Brainstorm with children ingredients they would want in a vegetable soup. Gather to create a group recipe book.

Our Word Morphs (“Nn” and “Qq”)

Have children dictate or write on an index card the name of something that begins with “Nn” to make new word morphs. Repeat with the letter “Qq.”

Packing for a Picnic

Planning a picnic together involves lots of early math concepts.

“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.

Painting and Writing Fun

Give toddlers various tools to explore for drawing, painting, and writing to help them build pre-writing muscles and skills.

Paper Bag Vests

Help children make paper bag construction-worker vests and safety signs to create “construction sites” for when they are building structures.

Parking Garage

Ask children to make a parking garage big enough to park some toy cars of various sizes.

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. 

Pasta-Wheel Pictures

Invite children to draw something that has wheels and have them use wheel-shaped pasta to represent the wheels.

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.

Patterns

Introduce patterns by using colored cubes.

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!

"Peep Plants a Seed" #5 (PEEP show)

Children watch the video Peep and the Big Wide World “Peep Plants a Seed” and discuss steps Peep takes in planting his seed.

Percussion Band

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

Plant Collage

Have children create collages using drawing materials and plant objects they collected from outside.

Plant Graph

Revisit children’s plant graphs and have them measure their plants again and record the measurements on the graph.

Plants are Different

Have each child draw a flower. Then have children measure the flowers and place them in order from shortest to tallest. 

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.  

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