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Teach your child the rhyme “Star Light, Star Bright”.
(Rhyme)
2

Let your child stamp stars on a piece of paper, with a star stamp.
(Art)
3

Pretend to be airplanes and fly around the room.
(Imagination)
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5

Read a story about an airplane.
(Literature)
6

Set out 3 planes and 3 sheets of paper (same colors). Have child match planes to paper.
(Matching)
7

Give your child a star headband and tell them, to you they are a “star”.
(Self-Esteem)
8

Let your child sponge paint using small sponge pieces, paint and paper.
(Art)
9

Discuss friends who live “near” and those that live “far” away.
(Opposites)
10

Make raspberry tarts, or have toast and jam today.
(Cooking)
11

Teach your child the rhyme, “To Market, To Market”.
(Rhymes)
12

Take your child to the market and have him look for items you need.
(Problem Solving)
13

Let your child help you put away some items from the market.
(Responsibility)
14

Give your child some sponges and a pan of water. Fill and squeeze water out.
(Sm. Musc. Dev.)
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Toss sponges with water in them, then without into a bucket.
(Coordination)
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18

Let your child help make berry shakes.
(Cooking)
 
19

Use kitchen mitten to make simple hand puppets for your child.
(Language)
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21

Grow sunflowers for your child to watch grow taller than she is.
(Science)
22

Frost sugar cookies with yellow frosting to make sun cookies.
(Cooking)
23

Pound golf tees into pans filled with play dough.
(Coordination)
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25

Give your child a large cardboard tube to use as a car tunnel (shoot). (Problem Solving)
26

Dampen sand and make sand tunnels for small trucks in a sandbox.
(Construction)
27

Make a tunnel with blankets and chairs to crawl through.
(Construction)
28

Look for items in your house that are gray.
(Color)
29

Finger paint with white and black paint. When dry, cut gray painting into an elephant shape.
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