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Plan a "TV Blackout" night. Instead of watching TV, read aloud or play games, do a puzzle, or sing songs with your child. |
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Find several boxes of different sizes. Have your child line them up from smallest to largest. See if the child can stack the boxes without having them fall. |
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Read a story to your child. In the middle of the story, have the child pretend to be the author. Ask how he or she would end the story. |
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Columbus Day This is the day we celebrate the discovery of America. Talk with your child about an imaginary voyage the child would like to take. What would your child like to discover? How would your child get there? |
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Plan "TV Blackout" night. Instead of watching TV, read aloud, play games, do a puzzle or sing songs with your child. |
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Make a pumpkin face. Color a paper plate orange. Glue a green scrap of paper to the top for a stem. Let your child color a face on the "pumpkin." Print your child's name on the back of the plate. |
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Sing a song! Teach your child the songs or rhymes you loved as a child. Help your child make up a silly song. |
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Play "Peek-a-Boo" hiding behind your child's favorite book. |
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Halloween
Make up your own silly, funny, or scary story. Ask your child to tell how his or her story can end happily-ever-after. |
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