Recommended Age: 4y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Materials A large tray with a towel/cloth to cover it A collection of 8 small familiar objects Steps As you place the objects on the tray, ask your child to name each one, helping her if necessary – this ensures that both of you will be referring […]
Recommended Age: 2.5y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Prerequisites An obvious curiosity about and interest in nature, which is visible to your child and that he will naturally choose to imitate. Materials Appropriate clothing. For example, a waterproof jacket, beanie, gum boots, etc. (“There’s nosuch thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing!”) Adult and child […]
Recommended Age: 3.5y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Materials None Steps Invite your child to play a counting game. Ask your child, “How many hands do you have?” If necessary, help your child to count his hands. Repeat with your child’s other body parts. For example, ears, legs, tummies, feet, fingers – on one hand […]
Recommended Age: 2.5y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High – until your child has had more practice Materials A child’s comb/brush An adult’s comb/brush A basket or drawer to store the combs/brushes in A mirror Steps Place yourself in front of the mirror and explain to your child that you are going to comb/brush your hair. […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High – mostly supervision Prerequisites Understands the concept of things being “the same” Can match objects/pictures that are the same Materials A sheet of paper Coloured pencils or crayons Preparation Choose 3 to 5 colours from those found in Colour Box 2 – red, […]
Recommended Age: 3y+ Level of Parent Involvement: High Preparation To become effective readers and writers, children need a strong awareness of the sounds that make up words. These skills of hearing, identifying, and working with the sounds in words are called phonemic awareness. We do lots of games and activities in the classroom […]
