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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.
Color Games
Colors are everywhere. Play simple games to help your child recognize the colors she sees around her every day.
Color “I Spy”
Have children listen to and guess the color of an object based on clues.
Colors and Clothes
As your child gets dressed in the morning, talk about the colors in his clothes and let him choose a color to wear.
Figure It Out
Play games to help toddlers use and strengthen their reasoning skills and to help them put their reasoning into words.
Flashlight Games
Play flashlight games with toddlers to help them build language skills. Spotlight and name an object in the room and then talk about it.
"Flower Power" #2 (PEEP game)
Invite children to play PEEP and the Big Wide World “Flower Power” game.
Hide and Seek
Play hide-and-seek games with babies to help them learn that things and people exist even when they can’t be seen.
Let’s Pretend
Playing pretend games is a great way to learn and practice new words with your toddler.
Light Show
Go outside and explore light on a sunny day. Play shadow games and explore what happens when light passes through colored water.
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.
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 Together: “ABCD Watermelon” (BTL game)
Play a game matching letters of the alphabet.
Play Together: “Dub Cubs” #1 (BTL game)
Play the computer rhyming game Between The Lions “Dub Cubs.”
Play Together: “Flower Power” #1 (PEEP game)
Guide children on how to play the interactive game about sharing flowers.
Play Together: “Hide and Peep” #1 (PEEP game)
Play the game Peep and the Big Wide World “Hide and Peep” and have children remember where the characters hid.
Play Together: Pig, Pig, Wolf!
Play the game “Duck, Duck, Goose” using words pig and wolf.
“Quack’s Apples” #2 (PEEP game)
For this game, guide children in helping Quack slant the sticks so apples roll down the hill and into the pond.
“Round and Round” (PEEP game)
Invite children to play PEEP and the Big Wide World “Round and Round” game.