Name a safety concept for young children.

This domain refers to children’s emerging abilities to understand and use language. It also refers to the knowledge and skills that lay the foundation for reading and writing.

Name an activity for a toddler that promotes fine motor skills.

Name an activity for a 5 Year old that promotes literacy.

Help a child make sense of her feelings by using words to describe emotions: You are feeling sad and jealous that Carly got the cupcake with the butterfly on it. I know that’s hard, but now you can choose the blue cupcake or the green one.

This domain refers to the ability to mentally process information — to think, reason, and understand what’s happening around you. Developmental psychologist Jean Piaget divided cognitive development into four distinct stages.

Ask an open ended question.

Name an activity for a 5 year old that promotes fine motor skills.

This domain refers to need to develop their curiosity, creativity, independence, ability to cooperate, and persistence. There are several ways you can support your child in developing those characteristics.

Play a variety of games with the child. If the child is younger, you can build with blocks and play “Peek-a-Boo.” If the child is older, you can engage him in board games, puzzles and play “Hide and Seek.”

Describe where things are, using words like "first," "middle," and "last" or "right" and "left." Talk about opposites like "up" and "down" or "on" and "off."

Empathize with the child’s frustration. You are working so hard to get your mittens on! It takes time to figure it out.

This domain involves the senses (taste, touch, sight, smell, hearing, and proprioception — or bodily awareness of one’s orientation in space), gross motor skills (major movements involving large muscles), and fine motor skills (involving sm