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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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Video Demonstrations

All By Myself

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

Learning Objective: You will read a picture book with your child about doing things independently, and then make an “all by myself” train out of paper.

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.

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.

Body Scan

Learning Area(s): Social and EmotionalSensory and Art | Age Group: 4 years old5 years old6 years old7 years old8 years old9 years old10 years old

Learning Objective: Family members build body awareness by taking turns describing how a part of their body feels.

Building Trust and Cooperation

Learning Area(s): Language and CommunicationSocial and Emotional | Age Group: 3 years old4 years old5 years old6 years old7 years old8 years old

Learning Objective: In this video, we discuss strategies you can use to build trust and cooperation with your child. We highlight the importance of understanding your child’s signals and how to respond to them in a warm and sensitive way.

Chapter Book Selfies

Learning Area(s): Reading and WritingSocial and Emotional | Age Group: 6 years old7 years old8 years old

Learning Objective: Your child will make facial expressions representing a character's emotions in a chapter book, take a selfie, label it, and talk about how the character was feeling.

Clean Up with Simon Says

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

Learning Objective: In this activity, you will play a Simon Says game to help your child practice self-control and follow verbal instructions with two or three steps.

Cooing Conversations

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

Learning Objective: Engage in a one-on-one conversation with your baby by responding to facial expressions and noises.

Copycat

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

Learning Objective: In this face-to-face activity, you will encourage your baby to imitate your actions, facial expressions, and vocal sounds.