Activities

IHSD encourages families to engage in activities with their children at home to extend the learning taking place in our programs and through our services. Parents are provided tips and resources to support such activities, such as:

• Read books, look at books and talk about pictures.
• Go to the library for story hours and to check out books.
• Practice your address and telephone number.
• Listen to a story or adventure that your child wants to know.
• Plan and indoor game (cards, board games, dominoes, etc.)
• Play outdoors (kickball, throwing and catching a ball, running, climbing and jumping)
• Make something in the kitchen together (cookies, sandwiches, salad, etc.)
• Take a trip (to the park, train station, museum, zoo, etc.) and talk about it.
• Walk or ride the route to and from your new school.
• Encourage and support your child for trying something new.
• Answer questions, even silly ones.
• Play sound and word games in the car, on the bus or on a walk.
• Find letter and words on signs.
• Make up songs.
• Rhyme words.