Emotional Maturity

The Ability to:

  • Concentrate
  • Willingly help others
  • Express emotions appropriately

Emotional Maturity

  • Talk about feelings with your child and make faces together in the mirror.
  • Before bed, talk about their best part of the day.
  • Show your child how to care for a plant or flower.
  • Use encouraging words and offer praise without judgement (eg. “Your tower is so tall!” or “You did it!”).

Social Competence

The Ability to:

  • Play with others
  • Solve problems
  • Be self-confident

Social Competence

  • Set up a play date with another child or children at home or at the park.
  • Play Simon Says and take turns selecting the actions.
  • Visit a senior in a lodge/care centre.
  • Make wrapping paper with painted handprints or footprints.
  • Complete mazes, do-to-dots, tell what is wrong with a picture.

Physical Health & Well Being

Being fed & well rested

Independence skills:

  • Washroom Habits
  • Getting Dressed

Gross Motor Skills:

  • Catch & Throw a Ball
  • Climb Stairs

Physical Health & Well Being

  • Play hopscotch together – one foot, two feet, back to one.
  • Offer 3 or 4 food groups at each meal – make it interesting with lots of colour.
  • Practice doing up a zipper on a teddy bear’s coat.
  • Wear a helmet and equipment appropriate for the activity.

Language & Thinking Skills

The Ability to:

  • Show interest in reading and writing
  • Recognize shapes and numbers
  • Identify colours

Language & Thinking Skills

  • Make muffins or cut out cookies together.
  • Create a list of rhyming words together.
  • Read a familiar book but leave out common words and have your child fill in the blanks.
  • Show your child how to use a measuring tape and how to read numbers.

Communication & General Knowledge

The Ability to:

  • Communicate needs
  • Understand others
  • Tell stories and have a basic understanding of the outside world

Communication & General Knowledge

  • Make stories interesting by varying tone or loudness of voice.
  • Go on a scavenger hunt together to look for different coloured items.
  • Look at pictures of animals and make their sounds.
  • Use household object and ask your child, “What do you do with this?” Help them use descriptive words.