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My Child can:

I can teach my child by:

Things I may need to help me teach

Point to the correct picture in a books when I ask, "Where is the dog?" or "Show me the car." without my help.

Naming things my child plays with, holds or uses throughout the day.

ability to take child to new place, books and variety of toys

Say two or three words together in a phrase such as "Daddy work," or "What’s that?"

Talking, singing and playing with her.

Spending time with my child

Follow simple directions such as "put your baby in the crib," or "get your coat."

Telling your child what he is doing as he does it throughout the day and asking him to do simple tasks.

Songs or books about body parts.

Correctly name everyday items that I point to and ask, "What is that?"

Naming things my child plays with, holds or uses throughout the day.

Spending time with my child.

Point correctly to 7 body parts.

Naming body parts as child gets dressed or bathes.

Books, music or songs about the body

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My Child can:

I can teach my child by:

Things I may need to help me teach

Walk down stairs holding my hand.

helping her walk up and down stairs.

Take child to places where there are stairs to climb if there are none in the home

Walk up and down 2 or three steps alone.

helping her walk up and down stairs.

Take child to places where there are stairs to climb if there are none in the home

Run well and stop before running into things or falling down.

letting him have lots of opportunities to run and play.

Take your child to parks, playgrounds or gyms where they can run.

Jump with both feet at the same time.

Showing your child how to jump and let her practice.

Take your child to parks, playgrounds or gyms where they can jump.

Kick a ball.

Showing your child how to kick and kick a ball back and forth.

Play ball and room to kick safely

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My Child can:

I can teach my child by:

Things I may need to help me teach

Eat well with a spoon.

Showing your child how to use a spoon and be patient while he practices.

Child sized spoon.

Turn pages of a book by herself.

Reading to your child and let your child "read" to you.

Books

Try to unscrew and screw lids using wrist movements.

Showing your child how to screw off and on a lid.

Plastic bottles and jars with screw top lids

Flip switches on and off.

Showing your child how to switch.

Safe opportunities to help flip switches.

Stack 7 small blocks in one stack.

Showing your child how to stack blocks.

Small blocks, spools or boxes

Thread a shoelace through a bead or eyelet.

Showing your child how to string bead or lace shoes.

Safe sized beads and shoelaces. Monitor your child during this activity.

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My Child can:

I can teach my child by:

Things I may need to help me teach

Draw a line on a piece of paper.

Drawing a line from the top to bottom of a piece of paper.

Large paper, crayons, pencils and small table with chair.

Turn a bottle upside down to "pour" a crumb out of it.

Showing your child how to get the crumb out of the bottle by turning it upside down.

Plastic pop bottle or baby bottle, Cheerio or cubes of bread.

Pretend objects are something else such as a cup is a telephone or a pan is a hat.

Playing pretend with your child. Making everyday objects into toys.

Time to play with your child.

Put things away where they belong.

Showing your child where belongings go and help him pick up.

shelves, boxes, baskets, plastic crates to store toys and belongings

Line up for objects in a row after you show her how.

Lining up any like objects in a row such as small cars, crayons, apples, etc.

small toys or objects

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My Child can:

I can teach my child by:

Things I may need to help me teach

Letting your child drink from a cup and be patient

plastic cup only filled about ¼ of the way

Copy me doing everyday activities.

Letting your child be with you when you comb your hair or brush teeth. Let your child help with housework.

Child sized comb, dust cloth, broom, etc.

Pretend to care for a stuffed animal or doll like a baby.

Showing your child how to care for a baby.

Dolls, stuffed animals, small blanket and bowls to play with.

Steer push toys around without running into everything.

Letting your child play with small push toys and setting up obstacles such a large boxes or laundry baskets to steer around.

Small push toys.

Calls himself "I."

Talking, singing and readign to your child.

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