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Puppets can be made out of small paper bags or socks with buttons, string, yarn and other art supplies around the house. Create puppets based on a couple...

Give your child opportunities to discover new scents with common cooking spices. Open the tops of all the different spices in the kitchen and spend some time...

When your toddler is helping you cook talk about what the ingredients look like, then smell and taste each ingredient and use descriptive words to help teach how...

Place some seeds in an environment that nurtures them to grow and the rest of the seeds in an environment that prohibits growth. Create a chart to write...

Have a bell, song, timer or something similar-and give a verbal cue that it's time to clean up. Use the cue specifically for clean up so when the...

Have different areas around the house be designated for certain types of toys. Having a quiet area for books and puzzles and a loud area for blocks, trains,...

Use the Internet to search for various songs with a "tidy up" theme to help your child to recognize when it is time to clean up and how...

If you incorporate a new object or toy into your child's play space, use language to discuss how it is typically used. If she chooses to use...

To help your child feel comfortable around larger groups of people, take her to the library for story time, to church for Sunday school or to the park...

For the recipes that you make often, make a recipe card with pictures of the measurements (cups, teaspoons, tables spoons etc) and then a picture of the item...