Important Facts
With the start of the New Year, show your child how to do the following household chores and then include them into their weekly routine of life. Have you considered adding in a small amount for an allowance to cover their work? It may give them a beginning foundation of money management.
Dust furniture
Set table
Feed a pet
Clean plates from table
Fold washcloths and small towels
Water house plants and spray with a sprayer
Help put canned groceries away
Games that reinforce math Concepts
Candyland
Chutes and Ladders
Dominoes
Legos (patterns)
Monopoly Jr.
Playing Cards
Uno
Hi Ho Cherry Oh
Trouble
10 Preschool Book Ideas
Are You My Mother? PD Eastman
The Cat in the Hat, and other books by Dr. Seuss
Courduroy, Don Freeman
Curious George, Hans Rey
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
Harry the Dirty Dog, Gene Zion
The Little Engine That Could, Waltty Piper
The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats
The very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne
Reading Aloud Stimulates Child Development
*Reading aloud to children helps stimulate brain development, yet only 50% of infants and toddlers are routinely read to by their parents.
Working Memory Stores Seven Digits
*It’s no accident that telephone numbers in the United States are seven digits long. Our working memory, a very short-term form of memory which stores ideas just long enough for us to understand them, can hold on average a maximum of seven digits. This allows you to look up a phone number and remember it just long enough to dial.
*Quotes from Brainconnection.com Library
Dust furniture
Set table
Feed a pet
Clean plates from table
Fold washcloths and small towels
Water house plants and spray with a sprayer
Help put canned groceries away
Games that reinforce math Concepts
Candyland
Chutes and Ladders
Dominoes
Legos (patterns)
Monopoly Jr.
Playing Cards
Uno
Hi Ho Cherry Oh
Trouble
10 Preschool Book Ideas
Are You My Mother? PD Eastman
The Cat in the Hat, and other books by Dr. Seuss
Courduroy, Don Freeman
Curious George, Hans Rey
Goodnight Moon, Margaret Wise Brown
Harry the Dirty Dog, Gene Zion
The Little Engine That Could, Waltty Piper
The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats
The very Hungry Caterpillar, Eric Carle
Winnie-the-Pooh, A.A. Milne
Reading Aloud Stimulates Child Development
*Reading aloud to children helps stimulate brain development, yet only 50% of infants and toddlers are routinely read to by their parents.
Working Memory Stores Seven Digits
*It’s no accident that telephone numbers in the United States are seven digits long. Our working memory, a very short-term form of memory which stores ideas just long enough for us to understand them, can hold on average a maximum of seven digits. This allows you to look up a phone number and remember it just long enough to dial.
*Quotes from Brainconnection.com Library
Pre-Reading Words for Activity
1st 100 Words to Know:
a, about, after, again, all, an, and, any, are, as, at, be, been, before, boy, but, by, can, come, day, did, do, down, eat, for, from, get, give, go, good, had, has, have, he, her, here, him, his, how, I, if, in, is, it, just, know, good, little, long, make, man, many, me, much, my, new, no, not, of, old, on, one, or, other, our, out, put, said, see, she, so, some, take, that, the, their, them, then, there, they, this, three, to, put, said, us, very, was, we, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, work, would, you, your, two, up.
1st 100 Words to Know:
a, about, after, again, all, an, and, any, are, as, at, be, been, before, boy, but, by, can, come, day, did, do, down, eat, for, from, get, give, go, good, had, has, have, he, her, here, him, his, how, I, if, in, is, it, just, know, good, little, long, make, man, many, me, much, my, new, no, not, of, old, on, one, or, other, our, out, put, said, see, she, so, some, take, that, the, their, them, then, there, they, this, three, to, put, said, us, very, was, we, were, what, when, which, who, will, with, work, would, you, your, two, up.
Pre-Writing
According to the “Child Development Chart” under the category of Fine Motor, here are some "milesontes" to look for in your child's development:
(Remember these tend to be general but remember all children develop at their own pace.)
6 months Picks up a toy with one hand. Looks at and reaches for faces and toys
9 months Transfers toy from one hand to the other. Uses two hands to pick up large objects.
12 months Picks up small objects- precise thumb and finger grasp.
18 months Stacks two or more blocks. Picks up two small toys in one hand. Scribbles with crayon.
2 years Builds towers of four or more blocks. Turns pages of picture books, one at a time.
2 years 6 months Scribbles with circular motion. Draws or copies vertical lines.
3 years Cuts with small scissors.
3 years 6 months Draws or copies a complete circle. Cuts across paper with small scissors.
4 years Draws recognizable pictures.
4 years 6 months Draws a person that has at least three parts – head, eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
5 years Prints first name (four letters).
According to the “Child Development Chart” under the category of Fine Motor, here are some "milesontes" to look for in your child's development:
(Remember these tend to be general but remember all children develop at their own pace.)
6 months Picks up a toy with one hand. Looks at and reaches for faces and toys
9 months Transfers toy from one hand to the other. Uses two hands to pick up large objects.
12 months Picks up small objects- precise thumb and finger grasp.
18 months Stacks two or more blocks. Picks up two small toys in one hand. Scribbles with crayon.
2 years Builds towers of four or more blocks. Turns pages of picture books, one at a time.
2 years 6 months Scribbles with circular motion. Draws or copies vertical lines.
3 years Cuts with small scissors.
3 years 6 months Draws or copies a complete circle. Cuts across paper with small scissors.
4 years Draws recognizable pictures.
4 years 6 months Draws a person that has at least three parts – head, eyes, nose, mouth, etc.
5 years Prints first name (four letters).