Get Ready for Your Child’s First

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Your Child’s August Activity

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The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood

THIS MONTH’S PAGE TURNER BOOK:

AUGUST

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Child First and Last Name Parent/Guardian First and Last Name

We Completed the August

Activities Together!

All About MeMy Name:

My Favorite Book:

My Pets:

What I Look Like:

My Favorite Color:

My Age:

I Want to Learn:

My Favorite Food:

When I Grow Up, I want to be:

Act out the book The Little Mouse, The Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear by Audrey Wood together. Who will be the mouse? Who will be the bear? You can act out any book you like!

Play with magnetic letters together.

Have your child practice writing and spelling their name. A great way to do this is to write their name in yellow marker and they can trace over the letters!

From Birth to 3 Months, Your Child Should:• Begin to smile• Follow moving objects with their eyes• Discover hands and feet• Lift their head and turn to hear sounds• Be able to cry, but feel better when held

From 4 to 6 Months, Your Child Should:• Smile, laugh and imitate sounds• Sit up when propped• Roll over, scoot and bounce• Grasp objects in his/her hand

From 7 to 12 Months, Your Child Should:• Recognize familiar voices• Recognize himself or herself in a mirror• Understand his or her name• Say their first words• Explore his or her surroundings• Bang and shake objects• Sit up by him/herself• Pull themselves up to stand and toddle

From 1 to 2 Years, Your Child Should:• Imitate adults and help you with tasks• Talk and understand words and ideas• Enjoy stories and try new things• Walk, climb stairs, and run• Recognize objects that belong to him/her• Solve simple problems• Have friends and play make believe

From 2 to 3 1/2 Years, Your Child Should:• Like and learn new things• Learn new words quickly• Have lots of energy and be on the go• Have control of fingers and hands• Get frustrated easily• Be more independent, but still depend on you• Act out scenes when playing

From 3 1/2 to 5 Years, Your Child Should:• Have longer attention spans• Act silly, loud and use language that isn’t nice• Be interested in numbers and letters• Talk a lot and ask a lot of questions• Want real adult things• Want to keep his/her artwork• Test physical skills with caution• Reveal feelings to you in dramatic play• Like to play with friends, but not like to lose• Know how to take turns sharing toys, etc.

From 5 to 8 Years, Your Child Should:• Be curious about people and how things work• Be interested in reading and writing• Have more confidence in physical skills• Use words to express feelings• Like grown-up activities• Like to meet and play with more children

- Toys: Tools for Learning from the National Association for the Education of Young Children

How I Learn and Grow!

The Night Before Preschool by Natasha Wing The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn Froggy Goes To School by Jonathan London Pete the Cat: Rocking In My School Shoes by Eric Litwin A Place Called Kindergarten by Jessica Harper

August Activities

Read to Me

Count with Me

Talk to Me

With your child, count out loud three times a day - just like saying the “A, B, C’s” except count forward with numbers. Start at 1 and count to 5, then 10, 20, 30, and higher. Count while walking, count while brushing teeth, count while cooking – count, count, count!

Have your child sort laundry by color. Ask, “Which pile has the greatest amount?” “Which pile has the least amount?”

Go on a shape hunt around the house together. Find things that are in the shape of a circle. Then find other shapes like a square, rectangle, or triangle.

Let your child choose which clothes to wear and set them out the night before school. Talk with your child about what routine will happen in the morning while getting ready for school (for example: get dressed, eat breakfast, go to school).

Have your child draw a picture for the teachers and take it to them during first week of school.

Model sharing and taking turns at home. Use words to describe the actions. For example: “We have one apple. I am going to cut it into pieces so we can share it”. Or, “Let’s take turns telling one thing that made us laugh today. Would you like to go first?”

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