Every day activities to help your child learn using everyday supplies
Ninety percent of a child’s brain develops before he or she enters kindergarten. That means the first five years of life are critical.
Learning Every Day is a two-booklet series published by 4C for Children in collaboration with Productive Parenting. One booklet contains activities for infants and toddlers; the other for preschoolers.
All of the activities published in these booklets are available for download in PDF format.
Activities for Infants/Toddlers
Puppet Play (early infant; sensory experiences)
Opposite Game (middle infant, sensory experiences)
Empty and Full (middle infant, sensory experiences)
Shape Book (late infant, sensory experiences)
Painting the Sidewalk (Late infant, sensory experiences)
Talking Tubes (early one-year-old, sensory experience)
Loud and Soft (early one-year-old, sensory experiences)
Rice Dig (middle one-year-old, science adventures, sensory experiences)
Favorite Foods (middle one-year-old, sensory experiences)
Jars and Lids (late one-year-old, daily living skills)
Stringing Beads (late one-year-old, sensory activity)
Wash the Baby (late one-year-old, daily living skills)
My Home Book (early two-year-old, language/pre-reading)
Matching (early two-year-old, language/pre-reading)
Hammering (middle two-year-old, daily living skills)
Self Portrait (late two-year-old language, pre-reading)
Finger Paint Recipe (late two-year-old, sensory experiences)
Sponge Squeeze (late two-year old, daily living skills)
Activities for Preschoolers
Bubble Fun (early two-year-old, sensory experiences)
Bowling (early two-year-old, sensory experiences)
Eye-Dropper Painting (middle two-year-old, science adventures)
Clay (middle two-year-old, sensory experiences)
Spaghetti Collage (late two-year-old, sensory experiences)
Menu Mania (late two-year-old, language/pre-reading)
Shaving-Cream Letters (early three-year-old, language/pre-reading)
Window Washing (early three-year-old, daily living skills)
Frozen Paint (middle three-year-old, science adventures)
M&M Sorting (middle three-year-old, fun with numbers)
Designer Tablecloth (late three-year-old, daily living skills)
Give Me 10 (late three-year-old, fun with numbers)
Sizing Spaghetti (early four-year-old, fun with numbers)
Evaporation (early four-year-old, science adventures)
Sound Search (middle four-year-old, language/ pre-reading)
Fruit-and-Vegetable Prints (middle four-year-old, exploring our world)
Post Office (late four-year-old, language/pre-reading)
Making Pizza (late four-year-old, daily living skills)