Count Them Up activity, 143
Count Through the Day activity, 227
Counting Sheep, 17
Crafts, 78–79
Create your own game activities, 141–42
Creative movement activities, 110–12
Creative Reenactment activity, 163
Cupcake Crayons, 67
Daily routines, activities for, 9–26
Dance/movement activities, 101–16
A Day at the Beach-Indoors!, 34–36
Deep-Sea Dive activity, 212
Digging for Bones, 210
Dinosaur activities, 210–11
Distractions, eliminate, 12
Do You Remember activity, 160
Doctor’s and Nurse’s Hat activity, 121
Does Not Belong activity, 161
Dog Biscuits, 204
Doggie, Doggie, Where’s Your Bone activity, 132
Dolls, 122–24
Down by the Banks activity, 10
Drumsticks, 56
Duck, Duck, Goose activity, 133
Earth Day, 266–67
Easter, 268–69
Easy collage activity, 51
Echo Echo activity, 168
Egg-Carton Bat, 243
Egg-Carton Tulips, 253
Etch a Sketch, 86
Everlasting Sand Castles, 255
Exercise activities, 108–09
Exploring concepts, 221–36
Exploring themes, 201–20
Fairy tale activities, 219–20
Fall activities, 240–42
Family Tree activity, 174
Fast and simple games, 143–44
Favorites activity, 52
Feed Me! activity, 187
Fence Tapestries, 286
Fill and Dump activity, 24, 144
Fill-in Story activity, 166
Find Me in the Snow activity, 249
Find the Squeaker activity, 197
Fingerprint Bugs, 150
Firefighters, 206
Firefly Firefly activity, 158
Fireworks Painting, 270
Fishing for Colors, 226
Fishing in the Tub, 14
Five-senses activities, 184–86
Fizzy Bath Balls, 13
Flannel-board activities, 169–70
Floating Art, 77
Flour Bombs, 284
Flower Crown activity, 157
Flowery Window Clings activity, 255
Flying, 112
Follow the Path activity, 282
Footprint Bunny, 268
Fourth of July, 269–70
Frog’s Dinner, 218
Fun Walk, 111
Fun with a Box, 37–39
Fun with a Hose, 154
Fussy child activities, 55–57
Fussy Hand activity, 186
Games, 131–44
Games, pretend play, 126–27
Games for two activities, 138–39
Gardening, 146–47
Giant Mural Puzzles, 287
Giant Shoes, 220
Glacier Creatures, 85
Go Team! activity, 113
Groundhog Puppet, 249
Group games, 136–38
Guessing Bag activity, 199
Halves activity, 140
Handkerchief Dolls, 124
Handmade Flags, 270
Handprint Menorahs, 273
Handprint Octopi, 190
Hand-Print Sheep, 205
Handprint Wreath, 276
Handy Dandy Game, 54
Hanging Lids, 275
Harvest Bowling, 240
Harvest-time fun, 238–40
Heart Prints, 261
Helping around the house, 22–23
Here Comes Daddy! activity, 53
Hey Diddle Diddle activity, 234
Hibernation Party, 250
Hiding Family, 176
Holiday activities, 257–78
Homemade Bubble Solution activity, 91
Homemade Butter, 18
Homemade Stickers, 76
Homemade Wrapping Paper, 286
Hopping Home activity, 108
In the Hospital activity, 49–51
Hot and Cold activity, 133
How I grow activities, 182–83
How Long? activity, 232
Hug Rover activity, 137
Hula Dance, 96, 104
Hula Hoop, 115
Hurrah for Hula Hoops activity, 236
I Am a Dreidel activity, 274
I Am Smaller Than activity, 183
I am special activities, 180–82
I Go to Pieces activity, 181
As I Grow activity, 183
I Had a Little Turtle activity, 217
I Know Your Nose activity, 175
I Spy game (guessing game), 53
Ice-Cube Painting, 247
Indoor Beach, 35
Indoor Obstacle Course, 29
Indoor Snow Fun, 43
Indoor Volleyball, 36
Invisible Pictures, 99
Jack and the Beanstalk, 107
Jack Frost, 246
Jack-in-the-Box, 106
Jumbo Card, 287
Kazoo, 96
Keep It Up activity, 134
Kisses activity, 261
Kwanzaa activities, 277–78
Lacy Balls, 276
Language disability activities, 198–200
Last Minute activities, 41–43
Leaf activities, 153, 241, 242
Learning to be safe and healthy activities, 186–88
Learning-about-family activities, 174–76
Learning-about-my-body activities, 177–79
Let’s Go Out activity, 32
Letters activities, 230–31
Lily-Pond Hop, 216
Literacy, 159–71
Litter Grab activity, 267
Little Mouse activity, 192
Little Red Wagon activity, 97
Living Shamrock activity, 263
Magic Sun Prints, 156
Makeshift Shelters, 41
Making books, 170–71
Making collages, 74–75
Many Hats activity, 207
Margarine Tub Jellyfish activity, 212
Masks, 244
Matching Boxes, 38
Matching Sock Game, 11
Matzo Ball Soup, 265
Mealtime/cooking activities, 17–19
Medical Theme activity, 119
Microphone Craft, 198
Mini Pizzas, 19
Mini Streams, 33
Mini-Pots, 89
Mirror Mirror activity, 196
Mirror-Image Painting, 70
Mobility disability activities, 194–95
Monkey in the Mirror activity, 182
Monkey See, Monkey Do activity, 204
Monster Spray activity, 16
Morning-Time activities, 10–12
Mouth Music activity, 193
Move Like Me, Sound Like Me activity, 60
Mud Paint, 87
Museum activities, 61–62
My Car activity, 208
My Hands activity, 177
My Statue Doll activity, 123
Name That Sound, 184
Name That Tune, 46
Napkin-Holder Place Cards, 291
Natural Dye Collage, 75
Nature Collection, 156
Nature crafts activities, 156–57
Nesting Boxes, Stacking Boxes, 39
New Story activity, 164
New Year’s Day, 258–60
Next Line, Please activity, 166
Noble Duke of York activity, 235
Number activities, 227–29
Observational skills, 60
Observation/problem solving skills, 33
Ocean activities, 211–13
Octopus Tag, 136
Once I Saw a Bird activity, 107
In and Out the Doors activity, 234
Outdoor activities, 153–54
Outline Match activity, 170
Paint a So
ng, 191
Painting, 67–70
Paper Bag activities, 65, 121, 213
Paper chain activity, 51
Paper games, 140–41
Paper Logs, 126
Paper-Plate Meals, 187
Paper-Plate Spiders, 244
Papier Mâché, 73
Parachute activities, 115–16
Party games, 288–90
Party Hats, 285
Party Photo Frames, 292
Party preparation/props, 290–92
Party time, 279–92
Pass the Beanbag, 288
Passover/Purim, 264–65
Penguin Walk, 250
Personal Placemats, 18
Picnic Ants, 154
Pinecone Bird Feeder, 155
Pirate’s Treasure, 82
Play Phone, 168
Playdough Cooking, 88
Playdough Textures, 89
Pond life activities, 216–18
Popping Ball, 116
Pot Banger activity, 260
Pot-of-Gold Hunt, 264
Pressed Flowers, 147
Pretend places, 41
Pretend play, 117–30
Princess Theme Party, 281
Problem-solving skills, 25
Projects, group craft, 285–87
Prop use activities, 113–15
Pumping Cardboard, 109
Punchinello activity, 112
Puppets, 56, 128–30, 199, 249
Purim Graggers, 265
Put Those Paintbrushes Away activity, 69
Puzzle Hunt, 43
Rain Painting, 151
Rain Sticks, 31
Rainbow Discs, 225
Rainbow Melt, 248
Rainbow Toast, 19
Rainbow’s End activity, 263
Rainy day, activities for, 27–43
Real Finger Puppets, 56
Recycled Critters, 266
Rescue activity, 106
Restaurant Themes, 118
Reverse Finger Painting, 69
Rhyme Time, 167
Rice Collage, 74
Riddle Me This activity, 178
On the Road activity, 48
Roadway activity, 83
Rock Painting, 87
Roll Over activity, 194
Roll Up activity, 16
Rolling activity, 208
Rough Art, 66
Row the Boat, 195
Rubber Fingers Puppets, 128
Runny Pictures, 32
Sail Away activity, 219
Sand Squiggles, 83
Sardines, 138
Scary things, 242–45
Scent Safari, 93
Scrapbooks, 171
Sculpting, 71–73
Seasonal activities, 237–55
Self awareness, child’s, 173–88
Self-Portrait activity, 180
Sensory activities, 81–100
Sensory disability activities, 190–91
Shadow Dancing, 29
Shadow Tag, 139
Shake Out Your Sillies activities, 28–30
Shapes activities, 222–24
Shaving-Cream Finger Painting, 93
Shine a Flashlight activity, 100
Shoebox Golf, 39
Shopping Bag/Purse, 120
Shrinking Island, 135
Shrinky Things, 79
Side by Side activity, 23
Sign Language, 200
Silhouette activity, 191
Silly Glasses, 122
Silly Says activity, 290
Skills/readiness activities, 160–62
Sleeping Lions, 289
Smelly Tacky Paintings, 185
Snow Castles, 247
Snowy Pictures, 246
Soap Crayons, 13
Sock Hop, 104
Sock Sort, 22
Soufflé Flowers, 252
Sparkle Germs, 188
Sparkly Pictures, 64
Spatial concepts, 233–36
Special Delivery activity, 206
Spider Webs, 245
Spin Art, 77
Springtime activities, 251–53
Sprout in a Bag, 147
Squish and Mix activity, 226
Squishy Bags, 94
St. Patrick’s Day, 262–64
Stick Horse, 114
Sticker Surprise, 68
Sticky Balls, 110
Storm Shelter, 33
Storm Sounds, 31
Story Board, 169
Story in a Bag, 165
Story Songs, 164
Storytelling, 165–66
Stuffed Blocks, 125
Stuffed Snake, 203
Summer activities, 253–55
Sun Catchers activity, 79
Sun on a Stick activity, 254
Sunflower activity, 254
Suspense, sense of, 12
Table Centerpieces, 291
Tape Pulling, 57
Tea Party, 42
Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear activity, 193
Teddy Bear’s Picnic Theme Party, 280
Texture Book, 171
Thanksgiving, 271–72
Theme parties, 280–81
There’s a “B” in My Soup activity, 231
Thin Line activity, 114
This Is the Way activity, 21
Three Little Kittens, 228
Three-Dimensional Sculpture, 72
Tiptoe activity, 12
Tissue-Paper Ghosts, 243
Tissue-Paper Sculpture, 72
Toddler Twister activity, 29
Toddlers, 1–8
activity guidelines for, 7–8
appropriate activities for, 6–7
attention span of, 7
desire for control/power and, 3
emotions of, 2
hands-on experiences and, 4
independence, 2–3
inquisitiveness, 3–4
limitations, 3
modes of learning and, 4–5
play activities and, 5–6
sensory/movement experiences and, 4
toddlerhood and, 2
transition period and, 2
Toe Wrestling, 139
Touch, intensity of, 11
Touch Blue activity, 47
Touchy Touchy activity, 179
Toy Airplanes, 209
Track and Field activity, 109
Traditional games, 132–33
Traffic Light activity, 103
Transition times activities, 20–21
Transportation activities, 207–09
Trash Sort activity, 267
Treasure Chest, 37
Treasure Hunt, 26
Tube Menorah, 274
Turkey Trap activity, 271
Up and Down activity, 116
Using books activities, 163–64
Valentine’s Day, 260–62
Verbal games, 167–68
Vocabulary development, 52
Waiting time activities, 52–53
Wake Up Tickles activity, 11
Walking Finger Puppets, 199
Washing Fun, 23
Water Paint, 25
Water-Play Accessories, 85
Way Up in the Sky activity, 215
Weather activities, 151–52
Wet Chalk Pastels, 68
What Comes Next? activity, 233
What Did You Say? activity, 162
What Is Happening? activity, 62
What Is Hiding? activity, 50
What Is That Smell? activity, 185
What’s Playing activity, 96
Wheels on the Bus, 209
When Bad Weather Threatens activities, 30–31
Where Is My Pair? activity, 25
Which Is the Best? activity, 219
Who Am I? activity, 47
Who Said That? activity, 162
Wind Socks, 251
Window Clings activity, 26
Winter activities, 245–48
Wizard of Oz
activity, 144
Wooden Star of David, 273
Worm Tracks activity, 149
Yarn Sculpture, 71
Yarn Squiggles, 50
Your Turn, My Turn activity, 197
Zoo activities, 59–60
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