https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0 en-us 2018-10-30 00:48:17 UTC 2026-01-11 15:03:14 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Apple.png ruthannmp https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298316559 *Have your child help you sort items according to color, size, and shape (laundry, blocks, silverware, toys, and other household items work well).
 o Teach your child to make various patterns (red, blue, red, blue).  Garage sale dot stickers or craft pom-poms are great for this purpose. 
o Practice counting aloud to 20 while driving in the car.
 
 o Teach your child numerals 1-10.  
o Count objects in your home.  Have your child point to each object as she counts.
 o Go on a shape hunt.  Point out circles, triangles, squares, and rectangles to your child while you are taking or walk or grocery shopping. 
 o Talk about positional and directional concepts like up/down, over/under, in/out, behind/in front of, top/bottom, beside/between, off/on, stop/go.
 o Talk about opposite words (big/little, empty/full, slow/fast). 


]]> 2018-10-30 00:54:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298316559 ruthannmp https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298317147  o Encourage your child to persist in tasks when encountering a problem by giving him tasks slightly above his current ability level.  When your child cannot find a solution on his own, encourage him to calmly ask for help. 

o Play board games to practice taking turns. o Set up several play dates with friends of various ages. 

o Allow your child to stay with other trusted adults for a few hours at a time prior to kindergarten (especially if she has rarely been in the care of someone other than mom and dad). ]]> 2018-10-30 00:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298317147 ruthannmp https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298317450  o Verbally give your child specific one-step and two-step directions and encourage him to follow through.

 o Read to your child for a combined total of at least 20 minutes each day.

 o While reading, point out how to hold a book (right-side up with the spine on the left) and the orientation in which we read the words and look at the pictures (left to right). 

o After reading, ask your child what happened in the beginning, middle, and end of the story.   

o Give your child plenty of opportunities to draw (without coloring books).  Ask her to draw the things she sees around her. o Teach your child the uppercase and lowercase letters and, most importantly, the sounds each letter makes through play and games.  

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 o Give your child plenty of opportunities for outdoor play: running, jumping, and climbing. 

o Play catch on a regular basis.

 o Practice skipping. 

o Stack blocks together. 

o Let your child use child-safe scissors to cut out a variety of shapes. 

o Teach your child to write his name (capital for the first letter and lowercase for the remaining letters).  To start, write his name using a highlighter and encourage him to trace over it.  Be sure that he forms the letters from the top to the bottom.

 o Ensure your child is holding her pencil correctly: 

o Play with playdough regularly.  Roll, squish, stamp, and even cut it! 

o Encourage your child to cut out various shapes using child-safe scissors. 

o String large beads to make a necklace.   

o Play with an interlocking puzzle together. 

]]> 2018-10-30 01:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298317660 ruthannmp https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298317990 o Always encourage pretend play…occasionally join your child in his fantasy world. 

o Teach your child to recognize the following colors:  red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, black, white, brown, and pink.  

o Use a variety of materials to let your child paint, draw and explore!  ]]> 2018-10-30 01:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298317990 ruthannmp https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298318233 2018-10-30 01:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298318233 ruthannmp https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298319338 2018-10-30 01:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298319338 ruthannmp https://padlet.com/ruthannmp/pxlxav7ei9i0/wish/298320838 This list was created based upon the following: 

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