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Neighborhood Houses and Buildings
Take a walk with your child and talk about different shapes, textures, and materials you notice on the houses and buildings.
New Flavors
Try a food your child has never had before. Talk about how it tastes and find out where and how it’s grown.
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.
Night Scenes
Look at and talk about some of the illustrations in Night in the Country. Ask children to draw a scene that includes soft and loud sounds.
Nighttime Sounds, Morning Sounds
Listen to and identify sounds with your child at bedtime and in the morning. Describe how they are the same or different.
Noisy Reading!
For active toddlers, find books that that they can touch-and-feel, scratch-and-sniff, and lift up flaps and windows.
Number Houses
Have children build a series of houses, each higher than the next.
Nuts and Bolts Count
Have children unscrew the nuts from the bolts. Then sort and count the nuts and bolts.
Observe and Explore Letters
Have children explore alphabet letters in book titles, name cards, and other materials.
Off to the Library!
Role-play with children taking a trip to the library.
One-on-One Reading: A Cool Drink of Water
Read aloud A Cool Drink of Water to individuals or small groups. Have children point out how people are using water.
One-on-One Reading: A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds
Read aloud A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds to individuals or small groups. Have children point out fruits or vegetables they like and identify how they travel.
One-on-One Reading: ABC Books
Encourage a child to select an ABC book to read with him or her.
One-on-One Reading: Abiyoyo #3
Read aloud Abiyoyo to individuals or small groups. Invite children to participate by repeating the word Zoop! and strumming their rubber-band guitars.
One-on-One Reading: Bear Snores On #2
Read aloud Bear Snores On to individuals or small groups. Use illustrations, gestures, and sounds to help children understand unfamiliar words.
One-on-One Reading: Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z #3
Read aloud Eating the Alphabet bt Lois Elhert and have children point to and name the fruits and vegetables.
One-on-One Reading: Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? #4
Read Is It Red? Is It Yellow? Is It Blue? to children and invite them to name and match colors.
One-on-One Reading: Jack’s Garden #2
Read aloud Jack’s Garden to individuals or small groups. Have children compare the plants in the story.
One-on-One Reading: Jazz Baby #3
Read aloud Jazz Baby to individuals or small groups. As you read, pause to encourage children to make connections between the story and their own lives.
One-on-One Reading: Lola at the Library #3
Read a book about going to the library and encourage children to make connections to their own experiences.