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Find fun, simple activities you can do with your child to support learning and school readiness.

Spending time together through play, reading, and everyday moments helps build your child’s language, confidence, and curiosity. These activities are designed to be easy to follow and enjoyable for both you and your child.

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A Home for a Bug

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationScience | Age Group: 3 years old4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: In this activity, you and your child will make a home for a bug that takes care of all of its needs. Then you will go on a neighborhood or backyard walk and find a bug for your bug home.

Baby Massages

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationSocial and Emotional | Age Group: 0-3 months3-6 months6-9 months

Learning Objective: After bath time, give your baby a massage on her arms and legs while talking in a calm, loving voice and naming parts of her body.

Be a Book Critic

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationReading and Writing | Age Group: 6 years old7 years old8 years old

Learning Objective: Your child will read a book and write a review that includes a short summary, their thoughts on the book, and a rating.

Be a Storyteller

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationReading and Writing | Age Group: 4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: In this activity, your child will use pictures from a book to retell a story.

Bean Bag Balance

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationPhysical Development | Age Group: 24-36 months3 years old4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: Toddlers and preschoolers enjoy using physical skills such as walking, running, and crawling to play games. This activity encourages children to combine two skills by balancing a bean bag on different body parts as they move.

Blindfolded Tasting

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationSensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old4 years old5 years old6 years old7 years old8 years old9 years old10 years old

Learning Objective: This mindfulness activity encourages your child to experience their food by touch, smell, and taste.

Body Part Rhyme

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationSocial and Emotional | Age Group: 0-3 months3-6 months6-9 months9-12 months12-18 months18-24 months

Learning Objective: Babies naturally love to hear rhyming chants, and this chant helps babies become familiar with common body parts. Face-to-face play also promotes bonding with a baby’s parent or primary caregiver.

Body Part Rock

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationSocial and Emotional | Age Group: 9-12 months12-18 months18-24 months24-36 months

Learning Objective: Your child will become familiar with her body parts by hearing a rhyme paired with gestures.

Bug Photo Hunt

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationScience | Age Group: 3 years old4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: In this activity, you and your child will walk around a park, your neighborhood, or your backyard, talking about and taking pictures of bugs you find.

Build a Bridge

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationScience | Age Group: 4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: In this activity, you and your child will work together to build a bridge using household items that are strong enough to hold up a toy animal.