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Activities for Age Four

These activities will enrich children's language development and enhance emergent math and literacy skills.

Building Reading Skills

Literature

A Trip to the Firehouse
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Blueberries for Sal
Bunny Cakes
Can I Keep Him?
Construction Trucks
Cows Can't Fly
Frog
The Three Little Pigs
Whistle for Willie

Activities

Steps to Reading
Creating Words for a Picture Book
Making a Book
Real or Make-Believe?
Understanding a Character's Feelings
Re-enacting a Story
Name Day
Building a Word Wall
Finishing Sentences
First Letter Parade
Alphabet Matching Game
Matching Letters: Puzzle Day
Drawing a Setting
Making Money
Writing a Thank-You Letter
Reading a Note
Street Signs
Making a Shopping List
Making a Group Poster
Nature Drawing and Labels
Drawing a Face

Improving Language Skills

Hokey Pokey Song: Listening to Directions
Three Little Pigs: Retelling the Story
Block Area Discussion
Taking Care of Yourself
Making a Snack
Making a Card
Matching Beginning Sounds
Clapping Syllables
Connecting Sounds to Written Words
Describing Pictures
Describing Things that Make You Happy
Asking Good Questions
Talking About Making Dough
Describing the Neighborhood
Talking About Wind and Air

Beginning Math

Joining Together: Little Pigs
Sharing Presents Equally
Sharing One Graham Cracker Equally
Touch and Count Peter's Favorite
Vegetables

How Many Letters in Your Name?
Adding One More to Peter's Vegetable
Soup

Match Squares and Rectangles
Am I a Circle, Square, Triangle, or
Rectangle?

Stop Signs Are Octagons
On and Under: Where Is the Kitten
In Front of or Behind
Near or Far: Where Is the Taxi
Sorting by Size and Color
Sorting Cookies Two Ways
Sorting Cookies by Size and Shape
See, Touch, and Say a Pattern
See, Touch, and Say Pizza Patterns
See, Touch, and Say a Quilt Pattern
Comparing Length: Longer or Shorter?
Ordering Objects by Size
Ordering by Distance: Near or Far?
Measuring Length with Links
Measuring Amounts
Measuring Around

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