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TODDLER ACTIVITY CALENDAR FOR OCTOBER
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1

Read a favorite cat story to your toddler.
(Language)
2

Go to a pet store and name the kittens you see.
(Language)
3

Cut a cat shape out of one of your toddler’s paintings.
(Art)
4

5

Make a happy and a sad face on the two sides of a paper plate. (Feelings/ Opposites)
6

Discuss why winter clothes are heavier than summer clothes.
(Science)
7

Costumes made from sleeper blankets are great for keeping toddlers warm.)
(Safety Tip)
8

Encourage your toddler to fly like a friendly ghost.
(Movement)
9

10

Read your child the rhyme “We Willie Winken”.
(Rhyme)
11

Make spiders for snacks, using prunes with small pretzel sticks for legs.
(Cooking)
12

Show your child a cracked egg and a cooked egg. Discuss liquid vs. solid. (Opposites/ Science)
13

Columbus Day
14

Show your child how to make a circle with their thumb and their pointer finger.
(Coordination)
15

Save spray can lids for your toddler to use for stacking.
(Coordination)
16

Do “This Little Piggy Went To Market” with your child, touching toes as you go.
(Rhymes)
17

Set out some textured carpet squares for your child to walk on.
(Sensory Exploration)
18

Give your child a pile of shoes to sort by size.
(Size Discrimination)
19

How many things can you think of to do with a real orange?
(Problem Solving)
20

Mix red and yellow paint to make orange paint.
(Art/Science)
21

Plan oranges for a snack.
(Color Snack)
22

23

Put orange toys in a basket.
(Color Recognition)
24

Make some orange play dough for your toddler to play with.
(Color/Art)
25

Consider giving out plastic spider rings instead of candy this year.
(Tip)
26

Take things in and out of a plastic pumpkin candy holder. (Opposites/ Coordination)
27

Make a pumpkin puppet by attaching a large craft stick to an orange pumpkin shape.
(Art)
28

Sponge paint orange paint onto a white pumpkin shape.
(Art)

29

Sing a song about “Do You Know The Pumpkin Man” to the tune of the “Muffin Man.
(Music)
30

Sort Halloween candy by type of package; or chocolate vs. not chocolate.
(Sorting)
31

Happy Halloween