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Preparedness plan

Establish routines and emphasize the importance of being prepared.
Creativity & Life Skills Go to Preparedness plan Page
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What's a friend?

 Help your child think about what friendship is and why we choose the friends we have.
Personal & Social Skills Go to What's a friend? Page
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A stand-up performance

 Prepare your child to deal with peer pressure through positive role play.
Personal & Social Skills Go to A stand-up performance Page
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Supermarket storytelling

 Nurture logic and creativity in your child at the supermarket.
Creativity & Life Skills Go to Supermarket storytelling Page
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Brainstorming—it takes teamwork

 Stumped for a solution? Try brainstorming as a family.
Creativity & Life Skills Go to Brainstorming—it takes teamwork Page
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Design your own

 To nurture the creative spirit, encourage your child to solve problems by looking at them from a new point of view.
Creativity & Life Skills Go to Design your own Page
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Writing that informs

 Show your child how reading and writing are useful in everyday life.
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Happy as kings

Inspire your child’s active imagination to create new worlds with things around her room.
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Word fun

 Here are a couple of word games kids and grown-ups can play anywhere!
Creativity & Life Skills Go to Word fun Page
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Follow the money

Encourage budgeting by helping your child see where his money goes.
Mathematics Go to Follow the money Page
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Nuts and bolts

 Compare prices at a hardware store to teach money sense.
Mathematics Go to Nuts and bolts Page
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TV time

Allow your child to make some of the choices in his daily or weekly routine.
Creativity & Life Skills Go to TV time Page