educ 2220 home activities for infants

HOME ACTIVITIES FOR INFANTS

NAME: MONTH: YEAR:

MON: TUES: WED: THUR: FRI:

FINE MOTOR: COTTON BALL DROP

Get different sized containers

Allow your child to explore the materials

Sit with your child and talk to them about what they are doing.

Cotton balls Fill and dump containers

scoops Practice scooping Help them gain fine motor skills by challenging them

Small cups

GROSS MOTOR: PASSING BALLS

Get different sized balls

Allow your child to pick up the balls and explore them

Explain texture to them

Help them to throw the balls

Talk about throwing and catching

Containers Help them to catch the balls

Talk about sharing and passing the ball

Pass the ball with your child

LITERACY: BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS

Get a book appropriate for your child’s age

Let your child explore the book

Encourage them to turn the pages

Let them mouth the book if they want

Point to words as you read it together

Let them turn the pages

Show them that you read from left to right

Talk about the story and characters

MATH/SCIENCE: SINK AND FLOAT

Get a bucket of water

Allow your child to explore the water, and the items

Talk with the child about sink and float

Bath tub Let them drop the items into the water

Encourage them to help find objects

Items that sink and float

Let them splash and have fun

LANGUAGE: PICTURE TALK

Get different pictures Allow your child to look at the books

Talk with your child about what is happening in pictures

Magazines

Family photos Ask them to point to things

Newspapers Use lots of description

Other pictures

ART: WHIPPED CRÈME AND FOOD COLORING

Get food coloring Allow your child to explore the mixture

Mix colors

Whipped creme Talk about the textures

Allow them to have fun with this

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