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Loud and Quiet Book
Have children make their own books about things that are loud and things that are quiet. Children will share their book with the class on Day 5.
Make a Book about Mixing Colors
Invite children to make up stories about people or make-believe animals mixing paint.
Make a Book About Seeds
Have children draw pictures and dictate the steps of planting seeds to make their own information books. Display completed books in the Library Center.
Make a Book About Yellow
Have children make a book about yellow as they fill the pages with drawings of objects that are yellow.
Make a Color Card
Have children choose a favorite color and make a color card.
Make a Garden Book
Have children draw, dictate, or write their own books about vegetable gardens.
Make Another Color Card
Revisit the Color Card activity from Week 1 and help children make another Color Card.
Make Your Mark
Have babies explore different materials with their hands, feet, fingers, and toes to help them exercise their pre-writing muscles.
My Favorite Veggies
Have children draw, dictate, or write their own books about their favorite vegetables.
My Home
Have children draw pictures of the inside or outside of their homes. Let children draw, write, or dictate a caption to put under their drawings.
My Important People Tree
Create a family and friend tree to help your child recognize the most important people in her life.
Our Favorite Books
Have children draw and talk about a favorite book.
Our Ramp Stories
Have children dictate or write a ramp story about an observation they made while exploring ramps. Children illustrate their stories with magazine pictures.
Our Vegetable Soup
Brainstorm with children ingredients they would want in a vegetable soup. Gather to create a group recipe book.
Painting and Writing Fun
Give toddlers various tools to explore for drawing, painting, and writing to help them build pre-writing muscles and skills.
Plants Here and There
Point out different environments plants grow in when you are out and about—such as in the park, by a pond, or in the woods.
Play Write
Make writing part of your toddler’s pretend games, from make-believe shopping lists to party invitations.
Ramps at Home
Build ramps out of everyday objects with your child. Then together explore objects that roll or slide.
Ready, Set, Squeeze!
Holding objects in his hands and squeezing them is good practice for when your baby eventually holds crayons, markers, and pencils.
Sound Riddles
Have children draw something from the week’s reading that makes sound. Using a template, help them complete riddles describing the sound the object makes.