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A Windy Day
Go outside on a windy day. Help children become aware of things being moved around by the wind.
All About ME
Make each child a “Book About ME” with family photos and magazine pictures of favorite things. Encourage family members to read the book with their child.
Asking Questions
Give toddlers ongoing opportunities to ask questions. Tune into their signs and gestures of questioning and respond by giving them words for what they seem to be asking.
Babble Talk
Get up close and engage in babble talk conversations with babies. Babies practice sounds by lip-reading, so let them watch your mouth as you talk.
Back and Forth, Up and Down
Move a baby’s arms up and down and back and forth or count his fingers and toes as you use songs, chants, and nursery rhymes to introduce patterns and counting games.
Bigger and Bigger
Support babies as they figure out how to fit smaller boxes into larger ones or stack objects on top of one another.
Changing Textures
Explore how the texture and consistency of foods can change as you make a snack with children. Expand the exploration to include dry/wet sand or mud.
Count Your Fingers and Toes!
Use your baby’s fascination with fingers and toes to have fun counting.
Different Ways to Play
Help children master new skills, remember new ideas, and investigate the world. Find opportunities to include new concepts, ideas, and words in their play in different ways.
Draw and Write Together: Food Rhymes
Recite the rhyme “Oh, So Yummy.” Have children suggest foods to replace “Carrots, carrots” to make a new rhyme.
Draw and Write Together: Night Music
Reread the poem “Night Music,” and together then compose a new group poem based on city sounds.
Draw and Write Together: What Made That Sound?
Ask children to recall a sound they heard during the day and have them draw a picture of the source of the sound.
Draw and Write Together: “Worms” Chart
Have children draw and dictate or write a fact they learned about how worms help plants.
Everyday Objects Are Fun Toys
Plan and build with boxes, tubes, containers, and other everyday objects together to help children develop language, art, math, and engineering skills.
Face to Face
You and your baby have a lot to talk about! Sit face to face to start the conversation.
Figure It Out
Play games to help toddlers use and strengthen their reasoning skills and to help them put their reasoning into words.
Get "In Tune"
Engage in back-and-forth “talks” with a baby and get in tune with her voice, expressions, and body language as she communicates with you.
Greeting Song: “Hola Greeting Song” #1
Sing the greeting song, hold up three name cards and greet those children by name. Repeat until every child is included.
Greeting Song: “I Have a Good Friend” #1
Sit in a circle and recite the chant, “I Have a Good Friend.” Roll a ball to each child calling him/her by name.
Greeting Song: “I Have a Good Friend” #2
Have children recognize their name as they recite a greeting chant along with you.