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Next time you are dressing your baby talk about what you are doing. Let’s get you dressed and ready for the day. It’s cold outside so we need warm clothes. As you move your baby around to put on their clothes, name the different parts of their body. After a while you might notice that your baby begins to help you by turning with you. First we put on your top. Over your head
Eating out at a cafe or a restaurant is an opportunity to talk and sit together as a family. You can explore all the different types of writing and print you can see around the restaurant. Do they have a menu on the table? Is there a long list on the wall that shows the food you can order? Where else can you see words and print? The label on the water bottle has writing and
Sitting together as a family to share food can be a great opportunity to talk about what happened during the day or what might happen tomorrow.If the weather is nice you could pack a picnic and sit outside or go to the park and share a meal together. If it is cold and wet you could still have a picnic, but have it inside by the fire or heater where it is nice and warm.
Summer is a wonderful time to encourage children to eat fruit and a fun way to do this is to add fruit to iceblocks. Fruit iceblocks can be a refreshing and healthy afternoon snack on a hot day and if your child is reluctant to eat fruit it may encourage them to try.
There’s something in the letterbox!Junk mail that arrives in your letterbox might look like rubbish to you, but children love it. Next time you find catalogues in the mail take some time to look at them with your child.Let’s see what these are about. What can you see on this page?You can use food catalogues to plan your meals for the week. Talk with your child about favourite
Many cultures share and tell their stories through the colour, designs, placement and patterns printed or woven into their fabric and cloth.The fabric can tell you the story of where a person lives, what animals or food can be found in the environment and who they are connected to. It can even tell you the age and status of the person wearing the cloth.Next time you are out
As you feed your baby it is a wonderful time to talk to them. You can do it when you snuggle up close to feed them or when they are sitting in their highchair.Talk to your baby about how much, how fast and what they are eating. As you feed your baby describe the colour and the texture of the food. You can also talk about things that are happening around you or that you can see.
Feeding your pets can be a simple task for your child to help you with. Talk with your child about what time you feed your pets. Now we’ve finished our breakfast, it’s time to feed Duffy. He likes to eat in the morning too. Show your child what your pet eats and how much to feed it. Duffy likes half a can of dog food and a handful of dog biscuits. Can you scoop out the food
Is there a park with a pond near where you live? Are there ducks at the pond? Next time you visit take some duck food with you to feed the ducks.It’s a sunny day. Let’s go and feed the ducks down at the pond. I wonder how many ducks will be there today.Talk about the location of the pond. Is it in the middle of the park? Or is it on the edge of the park next to the car park?We
All year round many different festivals are celebrated. Some are community festivals that celebrate the harvesting of local produce. Others are cultural or religious festivals that are celebrated across the world. There are also festivals that are small and celebrate what is happening with a small group of people. Talk with your child about what the festival is for and who