Helping You Keep Young Children Learning — At Home and in Child Care
Put Your Child in the Driver's Seat
With these activities, your child can explore concepts such as fast and slow, stop and go, and up and down. They'll just need some toy cars or trucks and some imagination!
Have an older child? Switch up the activities to help them investigate more complex topics such as friction and momentum.
Sweet Bear Toast
Over the weekend, try making this adorable sweet bear toast, made healthier by CCRI’s Early Head Start Health and Nutritionist Specialist, Justin Turner. Children as young as 2 can help assemble the bear!
The Nose Knows Memory Game
The Nose Knows Memory Game asks that your child identify different smells and then pair them with its matching smell.
CCRI’s Quality Every Day manager, Lee Perry, suggests playing this fun, easy game with your child. It hones their sense of smell as they notice the nuances of scents and develops their language skills as they describe what they smell.
More CCRI Resources
The Ice Cream Census (ages 3-7)
Sensory Play Using Soil (ages 2-5)
Use Your Noodle (ages 2-5)
Blowing Bubbles (ages 2+)
A Bright Idea to Thank Our Essential Workers (ages 4+)
Getting Creative with Toilet Paper Rolls (ages 3+)
Fun Nature Activities for Kids (ages 2+)
Fostering Independence in Young Children (all ages)
Fun Ways to Reconnect With Your Child (all ages)
Hands-On Learning (all ages)
Feeling Anxious? Take a Deep Breath and Connect (all ages)
Creating Your Own Creation Station (Toddler, Pre-K, and school-age)
Getting (Back) On Schedule During COVID-19 (all ages)
Curated Learning Resources
Bonding & Learning for Infants, Toddlers, & Twos
Play & Active Learning for Preschoolers
Activities and play-based lessons by theme:
Interactions with Young Children
Reading & Math
Listen to authors read their books live. (Toddler, Pre-K, and school-age)
Khan Academy Kids offers a free app to get young children excited about learning. (Pre-K to 2nd grade)
Check out Read Charlotte’s Home Reading Helper for children and families. (Pre-K to 3rd grade)
Scholastic is offering day-by-day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing. (Pre-K to 5th grade)
United for Literacy's digital books provide audio narrations in more than 40 languages, spoken by native speakers. (Pre-K to 5th grade)
ABCya offers 400 free educational games that will keep kids engaged and having fun. (Pre-K to 5th grade)
Listen to astronauts read children's books in Story Time From Space. (School-age)
Start With A Book compiled a list of cooking-related books for budding chefs. (School-age)
Science & Discovery
Arts & History
Travel the World
Parent Resources
Family & Home
Taking Care of You
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