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Learning Activities
Entertainment and Activities, Learning Activities
Entertainment and Activities, Learning Activities
By FamilyEducation Editorial Staff
Entertainment and Activities, Learning Activities
By Rachel Sokol
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    Learning Activities

    By recording the number of steps it takes to get to different places, your child will build his math skills and learn about the benefits of exercise.

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    Learning Activities

    This activity gives your child an opportunity to explore force and motion through balloons.

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    This project asks your child to scrape chocolate chips out of a cookie, to show her how much patience it takes to be a paleontologist or archeologist.

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    Challenge your child to sort boxes filled with newpapers, from lightest to heaviest.

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    This fun game will have you and your child working together to find everything red in the room.

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    Counting clips is a fun way to learn about numbers while making discriminating choices.

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    Using visual tools, help your child get a sense of how long it will be until a special day arrives.

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    Learning Activities

    This quiet activity can keep little fingers busy with magnets, while you are preparing dinner.

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    You can help eliminate temper tantrums by creating a wish list with your child.

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    Help your child grow out of difficult bedtime behaviors through an effective system of rewards and alternatives.

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    The triangle hunt activity will help your child learn about triangle shapes.

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    In this activity, you will create ocean sounds by listening to a glass that has water in it.

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    This activity can help children recognize the difference between feeling tense and feeling relaxed.

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    Your child's experience with gravity is challenged in this activity, which uses magnets to create shapes and sculptures.

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    In this activity, your child will have fun helping you match socks and fold the laundry.

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    If your child wonders why the drink disappeared so fast, this activity can provide the answer.

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    Your child will love passing cars through a long "magic" tube in this activity.

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    Children love to collect just about anything, and enjoy sharing their discoveries with others. Help your child create a mini-museum, where she can display her collection.

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