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Play echo: Make sounds and ask your youngster to imitate you.
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2
Plan a home fire drill. Check batteries in your smoke detector.
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3
Watvch a television show with your child...ask questions about what's happening...who are the characters?
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4
Include some fresh fruit for breakfast: bananas, strawberries, or grapes.
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5
Gather up some kids for a game of "Mother, May I?"
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6
Is it warm today? Look at a thermometer: What's the temperature?
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7
Fix some lemon-tea: one-half iced tea, one-half lemonade. Put some graham crackers on a pretty plate and have a snack under a tree.
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8
Silent Dinner. Make a chart with motions to indicate actions: raise left hand for potatoes; blink twice for milk; thumbs up for more meat loaf.
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9
Construct a boat from an empty egg carton. Give it a name. Float it in the bathtub.
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10
Takre off baby's shoes and socks and count toes; then count fingers.
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11
Read a book and look for letters: A, B, C, D.
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12
Soup for dinner. Make lots, freeze what's left.
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13
Take a walk around the block after dinner. Count all the dogs you see.
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14
Flag Day. Use crayons to draw a picture of a flag.
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15
Pretend play: Going to the dentist. Practice brushing teeth.
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16
Put together a treat jar- slips of paper with your child's favorite activities. Pull one out on a special occasion or as a reward.
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17
Go out for frozen yogurt.
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18
Eat a new vegetable for dinner.
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19
Wear something red today.
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20
Father's Day. Give somebody's father two bear hugs.
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21
Summer begins. Celebrate with a nap.
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22
Play with a push toy.
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23
Go outside and leave a trail with small pebbles. Show toddlers and preschoolers how to follow the trail.
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24
Walk barefoot outside in an area safe for feet.
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25
Play with a toy boat in a wading pool. (Children must be supervised by an adult)
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26
Find four red items in the kitchen. Hint: labels on cans.
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27
Count all the stairs in your house.
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28
Sing a favorite lullaby before bedtime.
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29
Stack some empty plastic containers. Practice bowling with a large ball.
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30
Make a fresh fruit salad for dinner. Youngster can help serve.
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