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Your Family Learning Fun Toddler At-Home Kit includes a sign language poster, balls, eye dropper, crayons, Pocket Cube, musical instrument, stacking cups, scoop, feelings pictures and a set of 12 double-sided activity cards designed to fit on a handy metal ring for quick and easy use.

It's easy to get started!

1. Take a few minutes to look through your kit and find the activity cards and other components. Once you become familiar with the contents of the Toddler At-Home Kit, you are ready to spend quality learning time with your little one.

2. Decide whether you want to offer an activity that will support your child's growth in language, physical, social-emotional, or cognitive skills. Each activity card features several choices in each domain. Choose one that you and your child will enjoy, or one that addresses an area in which your child would benefit from additional practice.

3. Find the activity card that has the age range of your child: 18?24 months or 24?36 months.

4. Gather the materials you need to implement the activity, either from your home or from the resources in the kit.

5. Follow the activity as described on the activity card. Activities can be repeated or modified depending on your child's engagement level.

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Your Toddler At-Home Kit grants you access to the digital Frog Street Portal. Through the portal, you will be able to find a library of music that is perfect for playtime. Children love music and as children grow, music may foster their communication skills by helping them learn to talk, read, and even make friends.

You also have access to helpful information about common early childhood topics, developmental progressions, and more! To access this information, go to portal2. toddlerathome.

Toddler At-Home Kit Contents

Welcome Letter

Activity Cards (12 double-sided cards

with Metal Ring)

Sign Language Poster

Large Crayons

Easy Grip Ball Beach Ball

Stacking Cups

2 Board Books, 2 Soft Cover Books

Eye Dropper Pocket Cube

Musical Instrument

Feeling Face Patterns

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Sturdy Scoop

4 Photo Activity Cards

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Eating Colors

Name the colors of the food you put on your little one's plate. Ask your child about the colors he is eating. Give your toddler an opportunity to make a colorful snack by inviting him to place some colorful fruit (blueberries, strawberries, peaches) on some vanilla yogurt. Always try to fill your child's plate with a variety of colorful foods.

Humpty Dumpty

Toddlers are quick to catch on to rhymes. They love the singsong rhythm of rhyming words and words with similar sounds. A rhyme's repetition can help your child become aware of the individual units of sound, known as phonemes, which make up words. After your child becomes familiar with a rhyme, pause at the end of a line to see if your child can name the missing rhyming word. For example, "Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great ____."

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's men Couldn't put Humpty together again.

Read to Me

Use the books provided in your kit or select books you may have that are colorful and interesting to your child. Be sure the illustrations are simple and there are not too many words. When you read a story, your child will likely ask to hear the same story again and again. Introduce new books as well as rereading old favorites. Keep your child engaged as long as possible to stretch his attention span and ability to use "listening ears." After reading one of the books in your kit, choose the photo card that corresponds to the book and talk about the picture on the card. Look on the backside of the photo card to see more vocabulary to introduce and additional questions and activities to do with your child.

? Grandpa's Farm--Cow Photo Activity Card ? Five Little Ducks--Duck Photo Activity Card ? Just Jasper and Me--Pets Photo Activity Card ? Backyard Bugs--Ant Photo Activity Card

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The Three Little Pigs

Tell your child the story of The Three Little Pigs. Show your child some examples of the materials the pigs used to build their homes (straw, stick, brick). Talk about how the materials feel as you compare them. Play "This Little Piggy" with your child. Wiggle each of your child's toes as you recite the rhyme.

This little piggy went to market. (wiggle big toe) This little piggy stayed home. (wiggle second toe) This little piggy ate roast beef. (wiggle middle toe) This little piggy had none. (wiggle fourth toe) And this little piggy went, (wiggle baby toe and then squeeze each toe moving back to the big toe) "Wah, wah, wah" all the way home.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Tell your child the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Help your child find small, medium, and large objects around the house (cups, plates, socks). Perform the rhyme "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear" with your child.

Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn around. Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch the ground. Teddy bear, teddy bear, touch your shoe. Teddy bear, teddy bear, say, "how-dee-do." Teddy bear, teddy bear, turn off the light. Teddy bear, teddy bear, say, "good night."

Copy This

Play a sound copycat game with your child. Make a verbal sound (click tongue, make a humming noise, smack lips), and challenge your little one to copy it. Use a drum and drumstick or another object to tap on the table and then ask your child to tap the same pattern. After some practice, invite your child to make a sound pattern for you to copy.

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Hey, Diddle, Diddle

After saying the rhyme to your child several

times, ask questions about what happens.

"Which animal jumped over the moon?

What ran away with the spoon?" Remind

your child how high the moon is and laugh

at the silliness of

thinking a cow could

make that big jump. Laugh at the thought of a dish and a spoon having legs.

Hey, diddle, diddle. The cat and the fiddle. The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such a sight. And the dish ran away with the spoon.

Sentence Stretchers

Make conversations with your toddler last longer by adding on to what your little one says and asking more questions. For example, if your child says, "dog," stretch your child's thought by saying, "Yes, that is a dog. It's a big, brown dog." Then, ask more questions on the same topic, such as, "What is the dog doing?" Listen for words your little one says, noting what she finds interesting, and stretch her words to add new vocabulary.

Sing a Song

Singing plays an important role in learning language. Songs help children learn new vocabulary as they sing the lyrics again and again. And because songs get "stuck in our head," they are a great way to help little ones remember the new words they hear. Sing with your child often. Here are some fun songs available at portal2.toddlerathome:

? The Color Song

? Little Ducky Duddle

? Roly-Poly Caterpillar

? Open, Shut Them

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What's Inside?

Put your child's favorite toy in a box and wrap it with gift wrap. Tell your child that one of his favorite toys is inside the box. Offer clues and challenge your child to guess which toy it is. Invite him to ask questions and even shake the box for more clues. Give him clues, such as describing the toy's color or shape, one at a time, until he guesses what is inside. After he guesses, invite him to unwrap the gift. Each time you play this game, your little one will be improving his listening skills and learning new words.

Talk to Me

Engage in three to four short, meaningful conversations with your toddler each day. Always speak to your child at eye level and maintain eye contact throughout the conversation. You will know your toddler is using "listening ears" if the two-way conversation stays focused. Begin a conversation by asking a question, such as "What are you playing?" "Which foods do you like best?" or "Which book should we read? Why?"

Bedtime Story

Your child will understand an increasing number of words as you read consistently. Make reading bedtime stories a special time for your child:

? Let your child choose the story from 2?3 books in your kit or that you have selected.

? Pause to explain words your child may not know.

? Ask your child to point to pictures of objects you say. For example, "Where is the duck?" or "Point to the water." Then introduce the photo card that corresponds to the book. Talk about the picture and the vocabulary words and other ideas on the back of the card.

? Grandpa's Farm ? Cow Photo Activity Card

? Five Little Ducks ? Duck Photo Activity Card

? Just Jasper and Me ? Pets Photo Activity Card

? Backyard Bugs ? Ant Photo Activity Card

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Little Ant

Teach your child this fun finger play. Invite your child to name the body parts the ant walks on along his journey.

Little Ant (creep fingers up body as described), little ant walking on me, Up my leg and past my knee. To my tummy on he goes, past my chin and to my nose. Now he's creeping down my chin, To my tummy once again. Down my leg and past my knee, To my toe and gone...whoopee! (Wave goodbye)

Fingers First

Give your child the opportunity to make marks with her fingers before giving her a crayon or marker to hold. Using fingers as writing tools helps children gain familiarity with making marks without having to control a writing tool. Put finger paint or sand directly on a smooth surface (tray, baking sheet, tabletop) instead of on a sheet of paper. Invite your little one to make marks in the paint or sand.

Bubble Wrap Pop

If your toddler is not yet able to use his thumb and index finger together, encourage activities that strengthen these fingers individually. Colored dough provides opportunities to use these fingers individually and to strengthen the pincer grasp with a soft, pliable material. You can also encourage your toddler to pop the bubbles in large bubble wrap by pinching together his thumb and index finger. If he is not ready to pop the bubbles using these two fingers together, place the bubble wrap on a hard surface, such as the floor or a table. Invite your child to pop the bubbles by pressing down with his index finger or thumb separately.

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Drawing Fun

Most toddlers can only scribble. Their drawings will not be very recognizable. But the process of drawing is much more important than how the drawing looks when it is finished. Offer your child drawing supplies such as the large crayons in your kit or scrap paper, chalk, colored pencils and markers to use whenever she likes. Sit with your little one a few times each week to talk about what your child is drawing. Ask her to tell you about her picture.

Scooping

Fill a large mixing bowl with bird seed or rice. Challenge your toddler to scoop using the plastic scoop in your kit, a shovel or measuring cups and spoons and transfer the seeds or rice into small plastic bowls. (Empty food containers like margarine tubs work well.) On another day, give your child the plastic scoop, shovel, or cups to use in a sandbox. After some practice with outdoor scooping, invite your child to help in the kitchen. Invite your little one to help scoop flour as you prepare a recipe or scoop cereal into a bowl.

Spray Bottle Fun

Toddlers love to spray water however they can: from a hose or a spray bottle. Spraying water from something with a handle or trigger also allows children to practice developing fine motor skills in their hands and fingers. Fill a recycled spray bottle with water. Take your little one outdoors and invite him to spray away. Challenge your child to hit a target you identify, such as a flower, the fence, or the garage door. Invite your child to spray designs or shapes on the sidewalk or driveway.

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