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Games/Physical
Activities: Playing both active and quiet
games will encourage your child to use physical skills and thinking
skills and to enjoy learning in ways that are fun.
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Another reason to collect nature items when you walk in the woods, go
to the beach or play at the park, is that children can make a game of
sorting them different ways.
Age: 3 to 5 years
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Try a Body Tracing activity. This is a
wonderful opportunity to reinforce positive messages about body image
and to help children feel comfortable with their bodies and all the
amazing things they can do.
Age: 19 months to 5 years
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It’s easy to make picture cards by cutting up old magazines or grocery store flyers. Play the Food Groups Sorting Game
and learn about bread, meat, dairy products, fruits and vegetables. You
can talk to your child about the different kinds of foods as he sorts
these according to their group.
Age: 3 to 5 years
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Have fun role playing familiar nursery rhymes like Hickory Dickory
Dock, Jack be Nimble, Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star or Wee Willie
Winkie. Doing actions is a fun way to help children remember the words
to the different rhymes. Encourage children to invent their own actions
that match the words!
Age: 2 1/2 to 5 years
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If you have an inflatable beach ball, adults and children can play a
Beach Ball Balancing Game together. Partners can try to move the ball
from one place to another, without using hands. Balance the ball
between heads, tummies, hips or backs for fun!
Age: 2 1/2 to 5 years
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Using rectangles of cardboard and stickers from a
craft store, you can make your own Dino Dominoes and play a game that
encourages children to use matching and counting skills and to learn
the names of different kinds of dinosaurs.
Age: 3 to 5 years
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