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Bean Bag Balance

Learning Area(s): Language and Communication, Physical Development | Age Group: 24-36 months, 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 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 Writing, Physical Development | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 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 old, 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Objective: The child will identify body parts as they fill in body outlines.

Card Slot Drop

Learning Area(s): Physical Development | Age Group: 18-24 months, 24-36 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 Communication, Physical Development | Age Group: 18-24 months, 24-36 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 Communication, Physical Development | Age Group: 9-12 months, 12-18 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): Science, Physical Development | Age Group: 18-24 months, 24-36 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): Math, Physical Development | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 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 Communication, Physical Development | Age Group: 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months

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

Dance Party

Learning Area(s): Social and Emotional, Physical Development | Age Group: 24-36 months, 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old

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