"Activities" Notes

"Activities" Notes


The activities were adapted in part from the following
sources:

Bananas Guide, written by staff of BANANAS Child Care
Information and Referral Service for Families in Alameda County
(1982).

Becoming a Nation of Readers: What Parents Can Do.

Early Learning Fun Pre-School Readiness Kit by the E.L.F. Task
Force (1976). West Aurora Public Schools, Aurora, IL.

Encouraging the Artist in Your Child by Sally Warner (1989). St.
Martin's Press, New York.

Growing to Love Books by the New York Public Library's Early
Childhood Project.

Helping Children Learn About Reading by Judith A. Schickedanz,
a brochure from the National Association for the Education of
Young Children.

Middle of the Night Baby Book.

More Than 1, 2, 3--The Real Basics of Mathematics by Janet
Brown McCracker (1987).

More Things to Do With Toddlers and Twos.

101 Amusing Ways to Develop Your Child's Thinking Skills and
Creativity by Sarina Simon (1989).

1001 Things to Do With Your Kids by Caryl Waller Krueger
(1988). Abingdon Press, Nashville, TN.

Parent/Child Activities (when baby's three months old or
younger).

Playtime Learning Games for Young Children by Alice S. Honig
(1982). Syracuse University Press, Syracuse, NY.

Small Wonder! 1, Small Wonder! 2.

The New Read-Aloud Handbook by Jim Trelease (1989). Penguin
Books, New York.

Things to Do With Toddlers and Twos.


What We Can Do
To Help Our Children Learn:


Listen to them and pay attention to their problems.

Read with them.

Tell family stories.

Limit their television watching.

Have books and other reading materials in the house.

Look up words in the dictionary with them.

Encourage them to use an encyclopedia.

Share favorite poems and songs with them.

Take them to the library--and get them their own library cards.

Take them to museums and historical sites, when possible.

Discuss the daily news with them.

Go exploring with them and learn about plants, animals, and
geography.

Find a quiet place for them to study.

Review their homework.

Meet with their teachers.