Spring Ideas

• Egg hunt: Hide eggs around the house and go on an egg hunt together.  Chanting will create a lot of fun for you and your child and will also help him/her stay mentally engaged.  This game offers many opportunities for productive uncertainty and regulatory patterns.  Also, you could add prizes inside the eggs and open them together in the end.  Make sure to spotlight the anticipation involved with opening the eggs: "I wonder what's inside!".

• Dye eggs together: Create a regulatory patter of "egg-dip, egg-dip, etc.".  You could also do "egg-drop, egg-drop, etc.", followed by counting to ten together and then taking them out.  Spotlight the anticipation of: "I wonder what color it will be!".  Also, you could write on your eggs with a white crayon and discover the cool pattern it leaves after they are dyed.

• Create an Easter basket together: This is a great time to incorporate mental engagement.  "Hmm, I wonder what we should put in Daddy's basket?"  Leave enough time for your child to actively problem solve, but not enough time to let them get lost in the moment.