Blocks

9-month-old: Offer soft, lightweight stacking blocks and help the child knock over a small tower we build.

15-month-old: Sit with the child and help them stack 2-3 large blocks.

24-month-old: Work together to build a small structure while asking open ended questions such as “Where should this block go?”

Music

9-month-old: Sing a simple song like “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” while gently clapping or tapping a small drum in rhythm with the child.

15-month-old: Give the child a shaker or small tambourine and play music.

24-month-old: Create a simple music game where you stop and start music, encouraging the child to dance when it plays and freeze when it stops.

9-month-old: Dance to music while moving their arms and legs, use stuffed animals to pretend I am taking care of them.
15-month-old: Pretend grocery shopping with a box and toys as food, create an obstacle course with pillows and blankets.
24-month-old: Play soccer by kicking the ball, pretend to cook using kitchen toys, prepare cookies or cake.

Art

9month old: you could get a canvas and put paint on it and put a ziplock bag over it and let the child use their hand and foot to create art.

15month old : the child could finger paint.

24month old: having the child create handprint art.

Music

9month old : put music on and have the child dance to the music in their bouncer

15month old: create music out of things around the classroom

24month old: on the Alexa you could play dance songs such as " shake your silly's out" " party freeze dance"

Art

9-month-old:
Offer large, easy-to-grasp crayons and help the child make marks on paper while sitting together. Focus on sensory exploration (scribbling and feeling the texture).

15-month-old:
I’d offer a set of chunky watercolor brushes and a small container of water to dip into. Together, we’d explore making big, broad strokes on the paper, experimenting with the way the water blends the colors. “Wow, look how the brush moves on the paper!”

24-month-old:
Set up a simple collage activity with paper scraps, stickers, and glue sticks. Talk about the colors and shapes as they choose pieces to stick on.

Music

9-month-old:
Sing simple songs with hand motions (like The Itsy Bitsy Spider) while making eye contact and encouraging clapping along.

15-month-old:
Offer a small drum or shaker and engage in call-and-response play — shake or tap, then encourage them to copy.

24-month-old:
Use scarves and play music with different tempos. Encourage dancing, twirling, and stopping when the music stops to build listening skills.

Gross Motor and pretend play

9-month-old:

Large motor play- dancing is a fun way to interact with the children, such as "if you're happy and you know it" and "Icky sticky bubblegum".

Pretend play- we could play doctor and I'm doing their check up or vice versa.

15-mounth-old:

Large motor play- Parachute games are fun and there are many games you can play. For example popcorn, making waves, and cat and mouse

Pretend play- We could play store someone rings up the groceries while the others are the costumers and they can take terns ringing.

24-month-old:

Large motor play- Simon says is another fun game to play with children and they can take terns being Simon.

Pretend play- Kids love to play cook so we can pretend to bake or cook food.

9 month old

Provide the child with safe paint and paper and allow the child to finger paint.

Provide the child with textured paint materials for sensory play or allowing them to run around on a large sheet of paper, with paint on their feet.

15 month old

Provide the child with a sheet of paper, it could have a tree without leaves. Then provide glue and colored paper or tissue paper for them to create a tree. They can rip the paper into little pieces and glue them onto their tree.

24 month old

provide pens, pencils, markers, crayons and chalk to allow them to write or draw as they please.