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New Year’s Day
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Let your toddler beat
on pots and pans with a wooden spoon.
(Music) |
Show your child how to make a snow angel, if you have snow.
(Movement) |
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Set out bird seed. Let your child watch winter birds through the window.
(Science) |
Give your child some pie tins and cake pans to make snow pies and cakes.
(Pretend) |
Make a snowman snack using cottage cheese and pieces of vegetables. (Snack) |
Sit outside in the snow and read your toddler a book about snow.
(Literature/ Science) |
Let your child help you make up a story about a favorite
stuffed animal.
(Language) |
Do some simple exercises with your child, such as toe touches or jumping jacks. (Movement) |
Spread a blanket on the floor. Pretend it’s summer and have a picnic lunch.
(Pretend) |
Build a blanket fort, using a card table
and blankets.
(Construction/ Pretend) |
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Sing “Where Is Blankie?” to the tune of “Where Is Thumbkin?”
(Music) |
Say the words “in” and “out” when your child goes in and out of her blanket fort.
(Opposites) |
Lay a small blanket down on the kitchen floor and give your toddler a blanket ride.
(Coordination) |
Practice shaking hands with your toddler. (Manners) |
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Let your child help you decide what to make for dinner tonight.
(Decision Making) |
Let your child draw on a piece of dark paper with white chalk.
(Color) |
Serve white milkshakes.
(Snack/Color) |
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Place 3-5 cotton balls on the table and help your child count the balls.
(Math) |
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Encourage
your child to make a large circle with
his arms.
(Shapes) |
Serve banana (circle) slices
for snack. (Snack/
Shapes) |
Draw around different circular lids
on paper. Have your child match each lid to its circle.
(Shapes) |
Let your child tear white paper doilies into pieces
and glue on paper.
(Art/Color) |
Go on a hunt in your house looking for white objects.
(Color) |
Make your child a puppet using an
old sock.
(Lang. Dev.) |
