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Materials Sort

Have children place objects in the correct category: materials that are good for building a house and materials that are not good for building a house.

Music Patterns

Play a musical pattern on toy instruments and have children say the pattern aloud with you as well as on their own.

Nature Walk

Taking a walk together outside—in the city or the country—offers so many ways to explore, learn, discover, and investigate!

Nature's Music

Sit quietly outside with one or two toddlers and listen to sounds together. Talk and sing about the sounds you hear.  

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.

New Flavors

Try a food your child has never had before. Talk about how it tastes and find out where and how it’s grown.

Nighttime Sounds, Morning Sounds

Listen to and identify sounds with your child at bedtime and in the morning. Describe how they are the same or different. 

One-on-One Reading: A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds

Read aloud A Fruit is a Suitcase for Seeds to individuals or small groups. Have children point out fruits or vegetables they like and identify how they travel.

One-on-One Reading: Eating the Alphabet: Fruits & Vegetables from A to Z #3

Read aloud Eating the Alphabet bt Lois Elhert and have children point to and name the fruits and vegetables. 

One-on-One Reading: Spicy Hot Colors

Read Spicy Hot Colors aloud, inviting children to participate by saying the words that imitate sounds.

One-on-One Reading: Vegetable Garden #4

Read aloud Vegetable Garden to individuals or small groups. Discuss how the garden changes in the different seasons.

Peek-a-Boo!

Playing Peek-a-Boo is not only fun, but helps your baby make an exciting discovery: things are still there when she can’t see them!

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.

Ramps at Home

Build ramps out of everyday objects with your child. Then together explore objects that roll or slide.

Review the Week Together: Unit 7, Week 1

Revisit the charts, objects, and pictures from the week. 

Review the Week Together: Unit 7, Week 2

Say some words and have children repeat back the /g/ sound at the beginning of the words.

Roll, Slide, or Both

Set up a few ramps of different heights on the end of the sand table.  Have children try sending different objects down the ramps.

“Round and Round” (PEEP game)

Invite children to play PEEP and the Big Wide World “Round and Round” game.

Same or Different?

Have children compare stuffed animals and describe what is the same and different about them.

Sand Chutes

Supply tube chute ramps made of different materials. Have children explore and discuss how sand moves down the different ramps.

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