Sesame Street Podcast

Take your child on a nature exploration with a pair of binoculars to use as your explorer's tool. Find things that are far away, such as plants and birds, and together, describe what you see. Then use the binoculars to get a closer look and talk about what you can see now that you couldn't see before, such as each petal on a flower or a bird's beak. As questions such as, "How did the binoculars help us on our nature exploration?"

The pasta aisle at the grocery store is a great place to explore shapes and sizes. You and your child can talk about pasta names and investigate the differences between types ' rigatoni and penne are shaped like tubes, but rigatoni has ridges and penne is smoother. Ask questions about which types of pasta are longer and shorter or thinner and thicker. Then select a whole wheat pasta to cook based on what type of shape you want to eat!

Go on a nature investigation! Take a walk outside with your child and come up with a 'what', 'where', or 'how many' question such as 'what types of flowers can we find in the garden' or 'how many steps does it take to get from the door to the mailbox?' Make a guess or a prediction and then investigate things that will help you find the answer to your question!

Go grocery shopping with your child and as you go through the aisles discuss which vegetables you would like to include to make dinner. Select some healthy ingredients that you both have an appetite for, add them to your cart, and use them to create a meal together.