Physical
Walking
Directions: Hold your infant's hands or place your hands under her arms and help her take steps around the room. While you are walking chant the rhyme below.
Health & Care
Fruit Car
Directions: Slice the apple and choose one slice. Cut the grapes in half. Push 2 toothpicks through the bottom of apple, front and back, then add half a grape to each end of ...
Social Emotional
Sign Language
Directions: With your child look at and point to the picture of the sign for toy. Say the word toy out loud while showing your child the sign.
Cognitive
Number One
Directions: Have your child use a pencil to circle one cat in each box. Ask her to trace and write the number 1 on the line below, following the arrows 1, 2, 3.
Creative
My Kittens
Directions: Read the rhyme below to your child. Have her color the cat picture with different color crayons.
Creative
Coloring
Directions: Give your child a brown and an orange crayon. Have her color the cats below. Praise her for how well she colors the entire picture regardless of whether she stays...
Social Emotional
The First Signs
Directions: When you anticipate that your baby is hungry, ask him, "Do you want some milk? Are you ready for some milk?" Sit your baby on your lap so that he is facing you an...
Cognitive
Rectangle, Square, Heart
Directions: Say the name of the shapes on the cat: "rectangle, square, and heart". Have your child trace the lines of the rectangle, square, and heart on the cat using a brow...
Physical
Windmills
Directions: Start with feet spread apart and arms extended out to the sides. Bend over at the waist and tap the left hand to the left foot. Stand back up again and then bend ...
Physical
Fish Hop
Directions: Using colored chalk draw three fish on the ground in a line. Have your child start at the first fish and hop to the next one, then the next one. Then have him hop...
Social Emotional
Angry
Directions: Explain to your child the cat at the top has an angry face. Talk about why he might be angry; maybe somebody pulled its tail. Have your child show you his angry f...
Creative
Red
Directions: Point to the red boat and say, "red boat". Have your child use a red crayon to color the boat below.
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