Block 4: Flexibility

Context: anytime​

Setting: any location​

Materials: toys or items with a distinct top and bottom (plastic cups, toy cars, etc.)​

Action:​

1. Place the items in front of your child and ask them to put them right-side up (demonstrate as needed) Say, "Let's stand them up!"​

2. After your child has placed the objects upright 3 times, gather them up and ask your child to do it again - but this time upside-down (demonstrate as needed). Say, "Let's go upside down!"

Context: playtime​

Setting: living room or bedroom​

Materials: blanket, shoes​

Action:​

1. Find a few pairs of lightweight shoes (e.g., sneakers, slippers, sandals) that will not get scuffed from being tossed.​

2. Put the shoes in the center of a blanket, and say, "Let's mix up the shoes!"​

3. Grab the corners of the blanket and toss the shoes until they are mixed up.​

4. Say, “Let's find the shoes that go together! Which shoes go together?"

Context: after mealtime​

Setting: kitchen​

Materials: snack foods (e.g., fruit slices, crackers, bars, cereal) ​

Action:​

1. Ask your child to put only one type of food in a bowl/ basket (e.g., say, "Put only apple slices in the blue bowl and cereal in the red bowl.")​

2. Change the rule and ask your child to sort the other way before having snack. ​