Have fun with play dough! Use rolling pins and tools for molding and shaping dough. Talk to your child about…
Inside the house, talk to your children about safety. Plan a fire escape route. Caution about hot water, oven, and…
Tell your child why they have their name. How was it chosen and what makes their name special? <!--…
Have your child be the meteorologist for the week. Have him or her let you all know what to wear…
Have your child listen and/or dance to worship songs from other countries. Do they use different instruments, or just voices?…
Count the days of the week, and talk about how God made each one. 1-Monday, 2-Tuesday, etc. <!-- /wp:paragraph…
Count your blessings in groups! One Blessing: One beautiful day. Two Blessings: Your two teachers at school. Three Blessings: Your…
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Teach your child about hand-washing, and make it fun! Sing a song as you lather up the soap, like "Jesus…
Play "Red light, green light!" Teach your child when to stop and when to go. Big…
Play dress up with your child. Encourage them to practice the snaps, zippers, and buttons by themselves, and as you…
Play ball with your child. Start with rolling large balls back and forth. Then have them bounce and catch a…
Have your child practice cutting construction paper. If they're starting to cut, just have them make random cuts however they…
Provide different blocks for your child to build a house, tower, and wall. Have them build on a firm surface…
Dance with your child using music and props. Materials: Any type of prop…
Act out the story of Joshua and the Battle of Jericho (Joshua 5:13-6:27). Build a wall out of blocks or…
Sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes!" Big Idea: God created you in a…
Have your child help you with a chore (cleaning room, setting the table, etc.) Talk about how their work is…
Take your child on a church field trip or two, where the music is very different than the church you…
Sing "The Hokey Pokey". Big Idea: God has given us instructions to follow.…
Have a family band with your child and use different instruments to praise God. Materials:
Choose a favorite scripture or Biblical concept and set it to a familiar tune: Yankee Doodle, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star,…
Take your child grocery shopping with you. Let them make some controlled choices, like selecting between Gala or Fuji apples,…
Play games like “Simon Says,”“I Spy,” and “Verbal Scavenger Hunt” giving directions to locate an object in the room. …
If you're outside, create a path with sidewalk chalk from one object to another. Have your child follow it. You…
Show your child a few favorite baby toys, and compare those with their favorite toys now. Talk about how they…
Costumes for Bible dress-up. If you don’t have costumes, make your own. You can use household objects like a pillowcase…
Go to a playground, and practice taking turns, waiting in line, and sharing toys. Big Idea:…
Play a follow-the-leader game with your child. Instead of the child following you, have them follow 2-3 step directions given.…
Have your child help you organize toys, clothes, or supplies and decide where they belong. Big…
Ask your child to tell you a time when they were happy, excited, or afraid. How did God help them?…
If you're going on a trip or doing something new, map out the experience with your child to make them…
Pray short prayers—one or two sentences—with your child. Focus on one thing that’s going on in your child’s life and…
Let your child know that it's okay to ask for help, and that you need help sometimes, too. Let your…
Plant seeds in containers and watch them grow. Materials: Seeds, dirt, containers …
Go on a nature walk with your child, and take a bag to collect "treasures" like leaves, rocks, flowers, seashells,…
Teach your child how to use the recycle bin, and to understand which objects can be recycled here.
Provide your child with different sized cups, sifters, funnels, scoops, and bowls and let them explore with sand and water…
If you're able, go outside with your child to watch a solar eclipse. Talk about the way the moon goes…
Look at the sky at night and in the daytime. What do you see? How is the sky the same?…
Talk about the different sounds that God made in nature, and sounds that man makes. Go outside and listen -…
Play "Fur, Fin, Feather." Either with studied animals, or pictures in a book, have an assortment of different types of…
Look for shapes in creation. What types of circles did…
Go on a number scavenger hunt and look for different numbers around your house (clocks, dates on the calendar, numbers…
Get many different kinds of food- peas, carrots, cereal, crackers, tomatoes, etc. and sort them by shape, colors, and size.…
Roll two dice together. Count up the dots between the two when you roll them. For added learning, compare the…
Go on a nature walk with your child, and pick up things you find like sticks, straw, pinecones, or leaves.…
Take a box of crayons, chalk, or markers, and draw a rainbow or sunrise. Help your child to name the…
Write a note to your child. Tell how the scriptures are God's note to us. Have your child write a…
Take your child to an art museum, and look at different styles of art. Talk about how God loves all…
Tell your child the story of Joseph and the multi-colored coat his father gave him in Genesis 37. Ask your…
Read the story of Creation (Genesis 1-2) with your child. Make your own drawings or creations. …
Teach your child a Bible verse and emphasize different words each time you read it. Here's Proverbs 3:5 (NIV) as…
What do you want to be when you grow up? Talk about all of the wonderful possibilities that God has…
Introduce letters to your child. Cut out different letters you want them to know, and place them in a visible…
Use a Bible story for pretend play. Pretend to be Noah building an ark and gathering and matching animals. You…
Read an exciting Bible story like: Noah's Ark (Genesis chapters 6-9), Jonah and the Whale (Jonah 1), David and Goliath…
Remember your manners when you pray. I'm sorry-Tell God you're sorry for ways you've hurt him or others. Thank you-Thank…
Teach your child to talk to God like they talk to a friend. Keep a prayer journal with your child,…
Choose a letter and work with your child to come up with different things God made. B- Butterflies, Babies, Beans…
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