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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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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.

Beginning Sounds Picture Collage

Learning Area(s): Reading and WritingPhysical Development | Age Group: 3 years old4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: Your child will practice recognizing beginning sounds in words and create a collage of pictures that start with the same sound.

Body Part Puzzles

Learning Area(s): Physical Development | Age Group: 3 years old4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: The child will identify body parts as they fill in body outlines. (A login is required for your child to complete this online activity.)

Card Slot Drop

Learning Area(s): Physical Development | Age Group: 18-24 months24-36 months

Learning Objective: This activity strengthens fine motor skills as the child manipulates plastic cards with his fingers and inserts them into a slot. This activity also encourages hand-eye coordination and dexterity.

Chasing Bubbles

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationPhysical Development | Age Group: 18-24 months24-36 months

Learning Objective: Your child will practice chasing, popping, and blowing bubbles with you while learning vocabulary words to describe these experiences.

Climbing In and Out

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationPhysical Development | Age Group: 9-12 months12-18 months

Learning Objective: In this activity, your child will practice gross motor skills by climbing in and out of boxes, baskets, and tunnels.

Colored Ice

Learning Area(s): SciencePhysical Development | Age Group: 18-24 months24-36 months

Learning Objective: In this activity, you and your child will explore ice and water and their sensory properties.

Count and Match

Learning Area(s): MathPhysical Development | Age Group: 3 years old4 years old5 years old

Learning Objective: The child will recognize written numbers 1 to 9 and use one-to-one correspondence to count out the correct number of items

Crumple, Crinkle, and Smoosh!

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationPhysical Development | Age Group: 6-9 months9-12 months12-18 months

Learning Objective: Your child will practice crumpling different kinds of paper.

Dance Party

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

Learning Objective: Listening to a favorite song, you and your child will take turns copying each other’s dance moves.