Creative
Coloring
Directions: Give your child different color crayons. Have her color the birds below; encourage her to color inside the lines.
Physical
Let's Sit
Directions: Have your child get on his hands and knees. Explain to him that when he hears you say "sit", he should sit like the dog in the picture with his rear on the floor ...
Creative
Coloring
Directions: Give your child an orange and a green crayon. Have him color the fish below, praising him for using both orange and green, regardless of the end result.
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...
Cognitive
Circle
Directions: Point to the three circular life preservers on the page. Say "circle" to your child. Have her repeat the word circle after you. Have her color in the three life p...
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...
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
Rectangle And Heart
Directions: Say the name of the shape that is in the dog: "rectangle". Next say the name of the shape under the dog: "heart". Have your child trace the lines of the rectangle...
Creative
Coloring
Directions: Have your child color the mama cat and her kitten using crayons of different colors.
Creative
Pointillism Painting
Directions: Set out black and brown finger paint in small cups with two Q-tips. Have your child dab the Q-tip with the paint onto the picture.
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
Top And Bottom
Directions: Ask your child to color the cats on top of the carpet brown. Then have him draw a cat's face in the picture on the bottom.
Cognitive
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