A r c h i v e d  I n f o r m a t i o n

 
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Cut out a food pyramid from theside of a cereal box or other food. Talk about the different food groups. Ask your child to name a favorite food and what food group it belongs to.
Story Time 
 
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Print the letters in your child's name. Ask him or her to name three words that begin with each letter of the name.
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Library Outing
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Fruity Fan
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Play "Peek-a-Boo" with your child, hiding behind a favorite book. Finish your game by reading the story. 
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 Rhyme 'N Play
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Help your child cut pictures of healthy foods out of a magazine. Have the child glue the pictures on paper plates. Make a mobile by hanging the plates with yarn to a clothes hanger.
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Help your child make a book for someone special, drawing pictures showing what your child likes about this person. Write down what the pictures are about. Share it with the special person.
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Flag Day 

Let your child draw a flag on a piece of paper. Attach a stick to one end, turn on the radio to lively music, and let your child march around the house carrying the flag. 

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Rhyme 'N Play
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Have your child look in a mirror and name the features on his or her face. Ask your child what each part does, and whether the child has one or two of each part named. 
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 Story Time 
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Story Time
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Father's Day

First Day of Summer 

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Have a pretend phone conversation with your child, asking what your child did yesterday, is doing today, and wants to do tomorrow.
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Story Time
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Plan a "TV Blackout" night. Instead of watching TV, read aloud or play games with your child.
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 Fruity Fan
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Take your child outside with a bucket of water and a paint brush to "paint" his or her name, and to draw shapes and letters on the sidewalk with the water.
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Story Time
June 1997 

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