I See My Mouth Move!
This activity will let your little one see how her mouth moves as she names objects. Moving parts of her face and seeing it happening in the mirror can be quite fascinating.
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Listen for the Super Word
Listening activities help children attune to sounds and lay the groundwork for hearing and identifying the more subtle sounds that make up words. In this fun activity, your child will be asked to listen for and act upon a super word.
Big and Small Shapes
Recognizing similarities and differences is an important pre-reading skill. This activity will help your child develop observation skills she will need to distinguish between alphabet letters.
Is It a Shape or a Letter?
Your child will need to be able to discriminate between different shapes and letters in order to eventually be able to read and write words. This activity will help your child distinguish between shapes and letters.
Fun With Sponge Blocks
You can foster your baby’s development of more precise hand movements by encouraging her to feed herself with her fingers and play with objects that require her to use her thumb and forefinger grasp. Sponge blocks are easy to make and can provide your baby with exploration fun, while nurturing coordinated hand movements.
My Personal Cereal Book
This activity uses environmental print (words in our environment) to expose your child to print awareness. Add paper, crayons and imagination and extend this into a fun writing activity.
Where, Oh Where is Baby?
With this homemade game, your toddler will love using her pincer grasp (thumb and forefinger) to open the flaps and find her very own photo!
Air Writing
Air Writing is a process that gives your child a whole body experience when writing uppercase and lowercase letters in the air.
Show Me
Three-year-olds are growing rapidly in their language use. In this enjoyable game, you will be able to see your child’s progress in her understanding of spoken language.
Letters Are Just Sticks and Curves
Many children benefit from a multisensory approach to learning letters. In this activity, your child will have the chance to see letters, hear letter names and sounds, make letters and explore letters using textures.
