Reading & Writing

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Read it again

 Toddlers love to hear the same story over and over again, and they learn from repetition.
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Don't put that book away!

 Show your child that books and reading are important.
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Build comprehension strategies

 Discuss story characters and their actions to help your child comprehend and interpret what has just been heard.
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Math

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Name that shape

 Help your child recognize and name basic shapes.
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Nuts and bolts

 Compare prices at a hardware store to teach money sense.
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A taste of geometry

 Turn snack time into shape learning fun by cutting snacks into cool shapes.
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Logic & Problem Solving

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Toy classification

 Ask your child to sort his toys into different groups.
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Challenge your tot

 Kindle your toddler's problem-solving skills by letting him think things through.
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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.
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Science

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Animals everywhere

 Go on a neighborhood safari to teach your child about the wild world of animals.
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What's the weather?

 Use the daily weather as an opportunity to explore science.
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Ask me another

 What questions and success have in common.
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Creativity & Life Skills

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Visual thinking

 Enrich your baby's observation skills with rotating visual experiences.
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Make scissors kid's play

 Let your child practice cutting with scissors by cutting play dough.
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Socrates and the six-year-old

Allow your child to realize that answers are not always simple or final.
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Personal & Social Skills

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Sensory learning

 How do infants learn? By stimulation of the five senses.
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Lost tooth lesson

 Put a lost tooth in soda to bring home a lesson in health and hygiene.
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Leaps and bounds

 Play games with a ball to help build gross motor skills.
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