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Measuring Plants
Have children continue to measure their plants. Provide various nonstandard measurement tools.
Measuring Tools
Introduce math tools to toddlers and let them explore measuring, pouring, filling, and emptying one material into another.
More . . . More . . . Too Many
Hand a baby more objects than she can hold to help a baby develop a strong sense of numbers. Play the game as you use lots of math vocabulary—here’s one toy, here’s one more, let’s count how many, and so on.
Music Around the World
Listen to music from around the world together. Help your child compare the music to his favorite music or song.
Music Patterns
Play a musical pattern on toy instruments and have children say the pattern aloud with you as well as on their own.
Musical Murals
Play different types of music and have children paint to the music. Display the paintings and the names of the artists.
My Family Book
Create a book of favorite people for each baby. Use photos of their families and friends. “Read” the book together by talking about the pictures.
My Favorite Sound
Have children draw a picture that features their favorite sound and then dictate or write a description.
My Favorite Veggies
Have children draw, dictate, or write their own books about their favorite vegetables.
My Garden
Children act out planting and tending a garden. Encourage them to use props as they plant and care for their garden.
My Important People Tree
Create a family and friend tree to help your child recognize the most important people in her life.
My Kind of House
Invite children to draw the house they would like to build. Have them dictate or write labels or captions.
My River Story
Help children draw, dictate, or write their own books about a river.
Nature's Music
Sit quietly outside with one or two toddlers and listen to sounds together. Talk and sing about the sounds you hear.
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.
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.
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.