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All By Myself

Learning Area(s): Reading and Writing, Social and Emotional | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 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 Communication, Social and Emotional | Age Group: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 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 Communication, Social and Emotional | Age Group: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 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 Communication, Social and Emotional | Age Group: 9-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 24-36 months

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

Clean Up with Simon Says

Learning Area(s): Language and Communication, Social and Emotional | Age Group: 4 years old, 5 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.

Copycat

Learning Area(s): Language and Communication, Social and Emotional | Age Group: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months

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

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.

Encouraging Your Child to Cooperate

Learning Area(s): Social and Emotional, Children’s Development Resources | Age Group: 0-3 months, 3-6 months, 6-9 months, 9-12 months, 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 24-36 months, 3 years old, 4 years old

Learning Objective: Sometimes children do not want to help clean up or transition from playing to completing a daily routine, such as brushing their teeth. This PALS Spotlight shares different strategies parents can use when children are reluctant to cooperate.

Feeling Faces Masks

Learning Area(s): Social and Emotional, Sensory and Art | Age Group: 3 years old, 4 years old, 5 years old

Learning Objective: You and your child will discuss and describe situations in which both of you have experienced different emotions. Together, you will make “feeling face” masks to show these emotions. This activity will help your child understand and relate to his or her own feelings and those of others.

Fingers and Toes

Learning Area(s): Language and Communication, Social and Emotional | Age Group: 12-18 months, 18-24 months, 24-36 months

Learning Objective: In this activity, you and your child will use a song and rhyme to point to body parts.