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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.
Act Out a Ramp Story
Read a book about ramps and help your child make connections to ramps found in your neighborhood.
Animal Homes
Explore the different types of homes animals live in. Then help your child plan and build a house for a favorite animal.
Building Site
Visit a construction site and talk with your child about the tools and machines used by construction workers.
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.
Color Games
Colors are everywhere. Play simple games to help your child recognize the colors she sees around her every day.
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.
Explore Together (indoors): Rolling Around
Challenge children to build a tube trackway and send a marble down the entire length of the trackway. Encourage children to draw or write to record their observations.
Explore Together (indoors): Voice Volume
Have children focus on exploring volume and timbre with their voices, and then create patterns of sounds for others to repeat.
Explore Together (outdoors): Measuring Up
Have children check and measure their sprouts. Then observe and measure the plants they repotted outside.
Explore Together (outdoors): Sort the Travelers
Have children sort seeds by how they travel.
Face to Face
You and your baby have a lot to talk about! Sit face to face to start the conversation.
How Does It Feel?
Introduce babies to new and different textures as you explore natural and man-made materials and objects together.
Let’s Pretend
Playing pretend games is a great way to learn and practice new words with your toddler.
Living Under Water
Help your child learn about animals that live in or around water by looking at pictures and imagining life under water.
Music Around the World
Listen to music from around the world together. Help your child compare the music to his favorite music or song.
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.
Packing for a Picnic
Planning a picnic together involves lots of early math concepts.
Plant Collage
Have children create collages using drawing materials and plant objects they collected from outside.