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Play Together: Train Time
Have groups act out different characters (trains) from The Little Engine That Could. Find a hill or a low ramp to use as the mountain.
Play Together: Volume Control
Play a game with children where they raise and lower the volume of their voices. Use cardboard remote controls to adjust others’ volumes.
Play Together: Who Took the Potato?
Play this adaptation of “Doggie, Doggie, Your Bone is Gone” to help children build listening skills.
Play Together: “X” Marks the Spot
Have children play the letter card game to get to the “X” spot.
Preparing Dinner
Invite children to make their own version of bee-bim-bop to serve for dinner. Instruct them on how to set a table to serve the meal.
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!
Puppet Play, Unit 2, Week 3
Have children act out the story of Mouse Paint as you introduce concepts such as character and dialogue.
“Quack’s Apples” #3 (PEEP game)
Help children slant the sticks with Quack so that the apples roll down the hill and into the pond.
Read Together: A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds #2
Reread the story and focus children on different ways a seed can travel from one place to another.
Recite Together: “Ten Little Monkeys”
Together recite the familiar chant “Ten Little Monkeys” using finger actions to help the children count down from ten.
Retelling: Who Sank the Boat?
Encourage children to use the puppets they made in the Art Center to retell the story.
Road Obstacles
Have children construct a long winding highway. Challenge them to include various obstacles that the cars and trucks must go around.
Road Tunnels
Invite children to build a road and tunnels structure. Explain that some roads go through tunnels sometimes so the roads can go underwater.
Role Play “It’s Red! It’s Green!”
Invite children to act out the African folktale featured in the video Between the Lions “It’s Red! It’s Green!”
Role Play “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”
Provide props for children to recreate scenes from the book Row, Row, Row Your Boat.
Small Group: Find the Sound
Play a listening game with children to have them practice using their sense of hearing to find the source of sounds.
Small Group: Off to the Library
Have children take a trip to the pretend library.
Sound Box
Explore and create sounds with your child while using everyday objects.
Sound Detective Agency
Have children shake containers that contain different objects that make different sounds. Have them listen carefully and find a matching container with the same sound.
“Sounds Like Fun” (PEEP game) #2
Demonstrate how to play the PEEP online game “Sounds like Fun.” Show children how to click on the animals to hear the sounds they make.