Social Emotional
Social Network
Directions: Network with other parents in your neighborhood or join a parents' group. Invite them over for a baby day, take a stroll in the park, or have a parent-baby outing.
Cognitive
Puzzle Time
Directions: Place your baby on the floor and then give him a shape sorter "puzzle" to play with. Watch how your baby picks up and explores each shape as he begins to understa...
Physical
Throwing
Directions: Give your child a ball and ask her to throw it to you, and then throw it back. Start off a foot away from her, and then gradually increase the space up to three f...
Cognitive
Short And Long
Directions: Have your child look at the pictures in each section below to determine if the boats are short or long. Have him use a pencil to circle all the short colored boat...
Physical
Tossing Paper
Directions: Look at the picture below together. Cats love balled up paper. Place a basket a few feet away from your child. Give your child balled up paper and have him toss i...
Creative
Coloring
Directions: Have your child color the mama cat and her kitten using crayons of different colors.
Social Emotional
Sign Language
Directions: With your child point to and look at the picture of the sign for please. Say the word please out loud while showing your child the sign.
Creative
Finger Paint
Directions: Give your child two different colors of finger paint. Ask him to paint the car scene.
Cognitive
Rectangle
Directions: Point to the rectangle inside the dog and say "rectangle" to your child. Have her repeat the word rectangle after you. Have her use a black crayon to color in the...
Health & Care
Monthly Development Log
Directions: Every month use the chart below to record your child's height, weight, and hairstyle. Don't forget his favorite color and song as well as any new words he has dis...
Cognitive
Rectanges And Hearts
Directions: Have your child use blue, yellow, and red crayons to color the rectangles and hearts according to the color of the fish to the left.
Cognitive
Rectangle And Heart
Directions: Ask your child what shape she sees on the fish: rectangle. Then ask what shape she sees under the fish: heart. Starting at the black dot have her trace both recta...
Cognitive
Social Emotional
Language
Creative
Physical
Health & Care