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A Jar Full of Feelings

You can support your preschooler’s developing brain and ability to self-regulate by doing this act

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Alert Attention

When your baby is awake, here's some fun ways to engage her.

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All About Me Poster

A fun activity to help you share what makes your child special.

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Aquarium

Encourage sensory exploration by making an aquarium.

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Baby Massage

A soothing activity for baby

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Beginning to Share

This activity helps your preschooler practice sharing with others.

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Berry Brainy Blizzard

Enjoy this brain boosting smoothie together!

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Biscuit ring

Make a tasty treat with your child and connect it to a familiar song.

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Boys’ Day Carp

Celebrate Boy's Day by making a carp, which is a Japanese tradition.

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Bubble Wrap Tapestry

Create a beautiful tapestry of colors.

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Buckle Up Teddy

Encourage good safety habits by having your child practice them.

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Calming Sensory Bottle

An activity for a child dealing with strong emotions.

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Caring for Teddy

Have your child follow simple instructions while playing with a teddy bear.

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Cereal Box Board Game

Try the following games as you model turn taking, listening, cooperating, negotiating, and conflict

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Cereal Spill

Help build your child's fine motor skills by doing this activity with him.

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Chocolate Banana Drink

Blended drink to enjoy with your keiki

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Clean Up Time Song

Introduce a song to make clean up time fun.

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Climb the Mountain

Create a raised surface for your infant to climb.

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Connect and Calm Together

Support your infant’s developing brain and ability to self-regulate with this activity

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Create a Story

Create your own story with your child.

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Cup Phones

Use cup phones to teach your child about communication.

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Dancing with Baby

Activity to help you have physical contact with your baby, helping soothe him/her.

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DIY Dole Whip

Make your own frozen sorbet for a cool, refreshing, and inexpensive treat.

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Doodling Together with Crayon

Toddlers are more active in exploring the world around them because of their increased mobility. Tog

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Drying Song

Make learning fun, even while taking a bath!

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Easy Cinnamon Applesauce Ornaments

Make custom ornaments with your child.

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Establishing a Bedtime Story Ritual

Include a story in your baby's bedtime routine from the day she is born.

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Face Time with Baby

infant thrive on positive interaction with adults. Here is a way to support your child's development

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Family Display

Create an area to display photos of families in your program.

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Family Rules

Come up with simple rules together that everyone in the family can follow.

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Father’s Day Card

Make a special card for special occasions, such as Father's Day.

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Feed the Monster

As preschoolers start to interact and play with others, you can introduce and reinforce the concepts

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Feeding Time is Bonding Time

When your baby is nursing, here's some ways to bond with him.

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Feeling Dice Game

Games are a great way to build up your brain muscle!

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Feelings Face Matching Game

Make feeling face cards to identify emotions

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Flashlight Search

Help your child learn new vocabulary with this engaging activity.

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Float Your Boat

Support your toddlers development with this activity.

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Flower and Candle Breathing

Teach your child to practice deep breathing to calm her nervous system, reducing anxiety.

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Following Directions

Make following directions fun by using games, music, and dancing.

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Food for Thought

Take your toddler along when you go grocery shopping.

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Foot Puppets

Use a puppet to express different emotions

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French Bread Pizza

As you make this recipe with your child, ask questions throughout the process to encourage her think

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Friendship Saimin

Try this recipe after reading Plenty Saimin by Feng Feng Hutchins

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Fruit Slush

Simple and refreshing snack recipe to do with your child.

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Garlands (Lei) and Chains

Make a wonderful lei or garland using household items.

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Getting Lost

Make a tent using a large sheet to create a sense of "disappearing" for your young child.

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Goodbye Ritual

Create a good-bye ritual to ease the separation and provide a sense of comfort and security.

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Goodnight Room

Try this activity to put your baby to bed.

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Gratitude Cookies

This recipe is a sweet way for children to show thanks.

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Hawaiian Papaya Salsa

Use local ingredients to make an easy and delicious snack

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I See You

Although babies cannot yet communicate with words, a large part of their early brain development occ

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If/Then Sorting Game

Give your preschooler opportunities to sort objects by different attributes.

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Is It the Same or Different?

Use objects to talk about how items are the same or different.

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Labeling Emotions

Strategies for establishing a secure, strong, loving relationship with your infant.

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Layered Yogurt Parfait

Use this delicious snack to introduce basic math skills such as patterning.

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Let’s Go Shopping

Set up a pretend grocery store.

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Let’s Pretend

The sky's the limit on what you and your child can pretend to be or do.

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Lullaby for Baby

When it is time for your baby to sleep, softly sing him a lullaby

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Make a Kiss Box

Teach your child about emotions by making this kiss box.

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Make a Special Story Time Book

Make a special story book for your child based on the "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See" book

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Make It a Game

During clean up time or another challenging transition, bring in a little excitement by asking your

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Make Your Own Special Book

Make your own book about a special day or person.

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Make Your Own Tent

Play make-believe! Provide your child with simple toys and props that he can use in a variety of way

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Massage My Gums

Expose your child to gum cleaning, a precursor to brushing teeth.

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Mirror, MIrror, What Do I See?

Help your child identify different emotions and facial expressions.

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Mother’s Day Collage

Make a special collage for special occasions such as Mother's Day.

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My Favorite Scent

Your scent and the scent of favorite places are comforting to your baby. When leaving your baby wit

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My Feelings Book

Create a book that helps your child identify different feelings.

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My Turn, Your Turn

Use this game to model words and turn taking

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My Worry Monster

Giving anxiety a name can help children identify fears and learn to be the boss of it.

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Name It to Tame It with a DIY Emotions Flip Book

You can support your toddler’s developing brain and ability to self-regulate with this activity

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Nature Walk

Here is an activity to support your preschooler’s development.

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On the Go Ravioli Spinach Lasagna

Cooking teaches valuable lessons. This quick and delicious lasagna dish is something the whole fami

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Ooh La La Oobleck (aka “Goop”)

This sensory activity encourages little ones to feel new textures

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Pan Sushi

Cooking teaches valuable lessons. Enjoy this delicious sushi recipe with your child!

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Paper Cup Telephone

Have fun making a telephone with your child and help build listening and communication skills.

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Picture Frames

Have your child choose a special photo and make a frame for it.

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Picture Gallery

Help your infant recognize and identify friends and family members in his life by doing this activit

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Picture Gallery

Make a picture gallery with your child to develop language skills.

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Pizza Balls

Delicious recipe that will help your child learn how to sequence in a fun way!

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Placemats

Make your very own placemat.

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Play Time, Work Time

Engage your baby as you do household chores.

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Play with Sounds

During everyday routines, respond to the facial expressions and sounds that your baby makes.

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Pumpkin Pie Smoothie

A fall snack to make together

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Puppets

Make several puppets and perform a puppet show together.

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Read, Read, Read

Reading aloud to your baby is an important form of stimulation, exposing her to early ways of commun

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Reading to Baby

Allow baby to see other baby's faces by choosing books that feature little ones

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Red Light, Green Light, and Yellow Light Too!

Teach your child safety by playing this interactive game.

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Santa Hats

Have your little one help make this Christmas themed snack of strawberries, bananas and marshmallows

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Sensory Board

Create a board of various objects and talk to your infant about the items, using descriptive words t

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Simple Paper Bag Kite

Help your child decorate a paper bag kite by using embellishments she chooses.

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Sing While You Work

Sing songs during routine activities to make them fun.

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Singing and Movement

During everyday activities, sing to or play simple games with your baby.

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Singing in the Bath

Make the most of daily routines by creating a mural during bath time with this simple bath paint rec

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Sock Puppet

Puppets are a great way to build your child's oral language development.

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Soothing Your Infant

Calming techniques that you can try with your baby when he is anxious, upset, or sad.

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Stone Soup

Engage your keiki in adding ingredients to make a yummy soup

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Stop and Go

Increase your child's awareness of his body and listening skills through this fun activity

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Story time Questions

Make reading more interactive by asking your child questions about the story.

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Stuffed Portabella Mushrooms

This delicious meal idea is fun to make and eat!

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Swaying, Swaying

This is a calming activity that you and your child can do together.

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Tell Me a Story

With your family, share different stories from the past with your child.

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The Challenge Game

A fun word game to help preschoolers practice self-regulation strategies

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This is the Way We Brush Our Teeth

Develop cognitive skills by creating a toothbrushing chart and using words that teach the order of e

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Thumbprint People

Fun art activity to do with your child.

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Tofu Banana Pudding

Make this delicious and healthy pudding recipe with your child.

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Turkey Avocado Burritos

Cooking teaches valuable lessons. Enjoy making this burrito with your little one.

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Use of Tools

Make a child-safe work bench with a small hammer or rubber mallet, golf tees and foam.

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Valentine’s Day Card and Rhyme

Celebrate Valentine's Day by making a card and rhyme for your loved one.

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Virtual Field Trip

Even though some places are closed, explore the world through a virtual field trip.

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Waiting Hands

Add communication skills when teaching turn taking by adding gestures and words.

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Watching a Toy Go Out of Sight

This interactive activity is a great activity that you can do with your infant to encourage him/her

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Which Is Best?

Build your child's problem solving skills by helping him come up with solutions when problems occur.

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You Did Something New Today

A song to build an infant’s self-confidence.

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