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Number Toss Game

Here’s a great way to familiarize your little one with numbers and counting!

What you’ll need:

•Deck of cards
•Bean bags or socks rolled into balls (or something soft to toss)
•Laundry basket or box

Set up: You’ll need a deck of cards with the picture cards and jokers removed.
If your child is only ready for 1 or 2 #’s [...]

Odds and Ends Art

Encourage abstract thinking with this fun art project.

Go on an odds and ends hunt in the house and utility drawers. Collect empty thread spools, string, rubber bands, springs from broken pens or stray pen tops, paper clips, unknown hardware (screws, nails, etc.), buttons, those flat plastic bag closers that come on bread bags, old plastic [...]

Develop Reading Readiness

An easy way to develop reading readiness is to sprinkle magazines around your home. Leave magazines on a coffee table or out in plain sight where they are easy to reach and encourage your child to look through them.

Get a magazine subscription for your child such as:

Ladybug <http://www.homefires.com/click?ladybug>
Turtle <http://www.homefires.com/click?turtle>
ZooBooks <http://www.homefires.com/click?zoobooks>
Your Big Backyard <http://www.homefires.com/click?bigbackyard>
Highlights For Children [...]

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