Hide Anything Materials needed: Different toys/materials from your house, Blanket or sheet. Babies like to find things. Hide something underneath the sheet or blanket. When baby pulls the sheet or blanket, you can say “You found the _____!”. You can also do similar activity around your house, behind different furniture. Recommended Age: Birth-2 year olds
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Spatial Relationships, Classification, Cause & Effect Standards: COG 2, COG 3, COG 1, COG 8 Rock Puzzle Materials needed: Rocks or some kind of pebbles from outside; Paper; Pen/Marker Go on a nature walk together with your child. Collect some “treasures” that you find (rocks) and bring it back home. Set your rocks on the paper and (adult) will trace around the rock using the pen or marker. Put the rocks back in a different place and invite your child to find the rock that matches with the tracing. Recommended Age: Birth-2 year olds
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Spatial Awareness, Attention Maintenance, Classification, Fine Motor Development Standards: PD-HLTH 4, COG 1, COG 3, ATL-REG 1, COG 2 Baby FortSource: Cognitive ToyBox Materials needed: Materials from around your house to build your own fort/tent. Build a fort using different materials from around your house. Items can include: Boxes, yarn, bed sheet, furniture, pillows, etc. Invite your baby to crawl through, and crawl over the different materials you selected. This gives them a fun, challenging way to strengthen those muscles! A demonstration from an adult may be needed to help encourage baby to crawl through. Recommended Age: Birth-2 year olds
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Gross Motor, Imitation, Adult Interaction, Spatial Awareness Standards: PD-HLTH 2/IT-PMP 3, IT-PMP 4, IT-PMP 5, ALT-REG 4/IT-C 11, ALT-REG 3, IT-SE 1+2+3, PD-HLTH 3, COG 1/IT-C 9, SED 3 Moon Sand Sensory Play Source: Cognitive ToyBox Ingredients: 8 cups of flour, 1 cup of baby oil. Mix ingredients together well until there are no clumps. Add into a shallow clear container and allow the child to explore. Feel free to add different tools from around your house. Such as: plastic cup, spoons, paper towel tubes, etc. Recommended Age: Birth-2 year olds
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Curiosity & Initiative in Learning, Spatial Awareness, Attention Maintenance Standards: ATL-REG 4, COG 1, COG 3, COG 8, PD-HLTH 3 Pouring Activity Source: Cognitive ToyBox Setup multiple bottles, cups, handheld containers, etc. and fill them with various materials (wet or dry) you don’t mind having spilled. Encourage the child to practice pouring the materials back and forth between the different bottles, cups, containers, etc. A fun way to practice hand-eye coordination. Recommended Age: 2-3 year olds
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Fine Motor, Spatial Relations, Classification Alignment: IT-PMP 6, IT-PMP 7, IT-PMP 8, IT-C 9, IT-C 10 Pouring Activity Source: Cognitive ToyBox Setup multiple bottles, cups, handheld containers, etc. and fill them with various materials (wet or dry) you don’t mind having spilled. Encourage the child to practice pouring the materials back and forth between the different bottles, cups, containers, etc. A fun way to practice hand-eye coordination. Recommended Age: Birth-2 year old
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Fine Motor, Spatial Relations, Classification Alignment: IT-PMP 6, IT-PMP 7, IT-PMP 8, IT-C 9, IT-C 10 A FlashLight Scavenger HuntSource: Cognitive ToyBox Turn off the lights and hide some objects around the house for everyone to go find with a flashlight. Recommended Age: 2-3 year olds
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Communication, Spatial Relations Alignment: IT-LC 3, IT-LC 4, IT-LC 5, IT-LC 6, IT-C 9 Pom Pom PushPractice fine motor skills by taking a plastic container and cut holes in the top (can use any item with holes in it) and let them push the pom poms (or any small item) through the holes. Use cardboard tubes taped to the wall for a vertical challenge. Encourage the children to count the number of pom poms used. Use different sized items with holes in them and/or different sized pom poms. Recommended Age: Birth-2 year old
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Fine Motor, Spatial Relations, Classification Alignment: IT-PMP 6, IT-PMP 7, IT-PMP 8, IT-C 9, IT-C 10 A FlashLight Scavenger HuntSource: Cognitive ToyBox Turn off the lights and hide some objects around the house for everyone to go find with a flashlight. Recommended Age: Birth-2 year old
Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Communication, Spatial Relations Alignment: IT-LC 3, IT-LC 4, IT-LC 5, IT-LC 6, IT-C 9 Filling the BackpackSource: Cognitive ToyBox
Pick as many items as you want from different rooms around the house. Call out each item for your child to find and have them grab it, bring it back, and put it in the backpack. Variations can include increasing the number of steps and/or items before placing items in the backpack. Recommended Age: 2-3 years olds Activity Type: Offline Activity Key Concepts: Spatial Relations, Classification, Quantity Alignment: IT-C 9, IT-C 10, IT-C 8 |
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