Skills this child development activity enhances:

• Visual Discrimination 
• Imagination 

For ages: Preschool 4 years +

Flip It Materials Needed:

• Quarter

Flip It Instructions:

Show both sides of a quarter to your child. 

Explain the difference between heads and tails, then ask your child to choose one. 

Toss the coin in the air and let it drop to the floor. 

If your child chooses heads, and it lands heads up, he is the "winner" and gets a kiss from you. 

If it lands tails up, you are the "winner,"  and he/she gives you a kiss.

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Skills this child development activity enhances:

• Visual Discrimination
• Imagination

For ages: Preschool 4 years +

Which Way? Materials Needed:

• Quarter

Which Way? Instructions:

The next time you take a walk with your child, bring along a quarter. 

Assign an action to heads and tails, for example, heads means "turn left," and trails means "turn right." 

When you reach certain intersections, flip your coin and follow its "instruction." 

(Other actions you can assign to heads and tails might include "walk forward" and "walk backwards.")

!Monitor your child closely during these activities.  Coins can pose a choke hazard.

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Skills this child development activity enhances:

• Sorting
• Visual Discrimination
• Problem Solving

For ages: Preschool 3 years +

Leaf Tracings Materials Needed:

• Paper
• Pencils or Crayons

Leaf Tracings Instructions:

Create tracings or crayon or pencil rubbings of several different types of leaves, and encourage your child to place the correct leaf over the corresponding tracing.

!Monitor your child closely during these activities.  Discard the leaves immediately after play. 

Educate yourself about which leaves are poisonous before you begin any of these activities.

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Skills this child development activity enhances:

• Sorting
• Visual Discrimination
• Problem Solving

For ages: Preschool 3 years +

Leaf Match Materials Needed:

• 2 each of several different leaves

Leaf Match Instructions:

Lay out several pairs of leaves from different plants, mix them up, and encourage your child to match up the leaf pairs.

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