Block 6: EXPO Expert!

Context: after playtime​

Setting: play area​

Materials: any toys​

Action:​

1. Ask your child to help clean up. “First, find the toy container, then let’s put the toys in.”​

2. After the toys are in the container, prompt “Now, put the container back where it belongs.”

Context: playtime​

Setting: play area​

Materials: 2 sets of 4 different colored blocks​

Action:​

1. Build a tower with two blocks of different colors​

2. Ask your child to build the same tower using the same colors you used

Context: bedtime​

Setting: anywhere​

Materials: 2 – 3 plush stuffed animals, dolls, or action figures​

Action:​

1. Say, “We’re going to say goodnight to our friends! I’ll go first, then it’s your turn!” ​

2. Pick up stuffy #1, give it a hug, and say, “First I say good night to <name of stuffy #1>.” ​

3. Pick up stuffy #2, give it a hug, and say, “Then I say good night to <name of stuffy #2>.” ​

4. Say, “Your turn.”

5. Line up the stuffies and say, “Which goes first?”

Context: any time​

Setting: any location​

Materials: none​

Action:​

1. Ask your child to move (e.g., wiggle their body in place) when you give one hand signal (e.g., clapping hands) and to stop moving when you give a separate signal (e.g., palm up facing your child)

2. Practice this a few times and then invert the rule and ask your child to move when your palm is up and to stop moving when you start clapping

Context: anytime​

Setting: any location​

Materials: objects that come in different colors or shapes (e.g., cards with different colors, building blocks in different colors, two types of dry pasta)​

Action:​

1. Ask your child to clap their hands only when they see a certain color (e.g., red)​

2. Turn over the cards (or hold up the objects) one by one and wait for your child to clap or to wait.​

3. Change the rule and ask your child to clap when they see a different color (e.g., blue)​

4. Turn over the cards one by one and wait for your child to clap or to wait.

Context: after playtime​

Setting: play area​

Materials: 3 - 4 toys​

Action:​

1. Put 2 toys in a line and point the toys out to your child. "Here's teddy, here's bunny." Then lay the toys back down and say, "Put them in a line just like I did."​

2. Increase complexity by adding a 3rd toy to the line.