Pick a picture from yesterday’s book and name all the things you see in it! Share one of them in the comments.

Go on a Shape Hunt! Take pictures with your phone to talk about later! Post one of the pictures below!

Line up 5 spoons and count them. Now scatter them around the table and have your child count again.

Practice spelling your child’s name by doing a jumping jack for each letter! How many can you do? Let us know in the comments.

Read a book about winter and look for mittens, hats, gloves, scarves, and boots in the pictures. Look in your closet and count how many of each your family has!

Make it an orange day! Eat orange food (carrots, oranges, Cheetos, Kraft mac and cheese); wear orange clothes, look for orange cars and signs; color with an orange crayon. Make an orange file on your cellphone to use in the future for naming objects and building vocabulary!

Have your child draw a picture of your family. Share a fun story of something your family did together!

Grab 2 colors of blocks. Have your child build a train of alternating colors. That’s an AB pattern!

Martin Luther King encouraged us to treat everyone with respect, no matter what they look like, no matter how much money they have, no matter where they live, no matter who they are. Talk with your children about how they treat others.

Take long stretchy steps today, or short hoppy ones, or loud noisy stomps!

Grab a book and READ today! What book did you read? Tell us in the comments.

Draw a picture about the book you read yesterday! Copy what your child says about the picture! Share the third word they told you about the picture.

It’s hump day – find out something about camels and share it in the comments.

Empty the change out of pockets or purse and have your child sort them first by color, then by size, then by type. Put the change in a bottle and start saving for a family date. What will your family do on your date?

Look for a special place in your home for your child to read all by themselves. It should be cozy and small and “invisible”. My granddaughter reads in her closet with a flashlight… where’s your spot?

Bake something to give to a neighbor, have your child deliver it. Tell us what you shared in the comments!

During clean up today, look for all the circles in your child’s toys!

Tomorrow we turn over our calendars and start a new month. Show your child how you do that.

Mention the name of the month 10 times today!

Happy Groundhog’s Day! Look for your shadow!