CELLpractices


Practice Guides Especially for Parents

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Infants        Toddlers        Preschoolers


Infant Practice Guides

Literacy Learning Experiences - These practices show you how everyday home and community activities encourage infants to listen, talk, and learn the building blocks for early literacy.

Homespun Fun
World of Words
Places To Go and People To See
Out and About

Stories and Listening - These practices show you how books can help your little one to listen, talk, and be a part of storytelling and book reading.

Baby’s First Picture Books
Baby’s First Word Books
Tell Me More, Tell Me More
The Right Touch
Baby's First ABC Book

Scribbling and Drawing - These practices show you how simple activities can encourage your infant to learn to scribble and draw.

Infant Finger Drawing
Scribble, Scribble

Rhymes and Sound Awareness - These practice guides encourage your infant to listen to silly rhymes and notice different sounds.

Baby’s First Games
Sure Winner Lap Games
Made-Up Infant Lap Games
Diaper Ch-Ch-Changes
Fingerplays and Rhymes for Little Ones
More Infant Nursery Rhymes
More Infant Fingerplays
Prime Time Nursery Rhymes

Vocalizing and Listening - These practice guides will encourage your little one to make sounds, listen to your every word, and begin to talk.

Oohs and Aahs
Babble On
Sights and Sounds
Feeding Frenzy!
Talk to Me…In Parentese!
Parentese Dictionary

Gestures and Signing - These practices include ideas about how to help your infant tell you what he or she wants.

Give Me, Give Me!
Let’s Do It Together!
What’s Your Sign?
Infant Signing Dictionary



Toddler Practice Guides

Literacy Learning Experiences - These practices show you how everyday home and community activities encourage toddlers to listen, talk, and learn the building blocks for early literacy.

A Book of One’s Own
Act Natural

Symbols and Letters - These practices will help your toddler learn that letters have their own names and sounds.

Letters and Symbols Are Everywhere
Magic of Catalogs and Magazines
What’s Your Letter?
Playing With Words

Storytelling and Listening - These practices show you how books can help your toddler to listen, talk, and be a part of storytelling and book reading.

I Wanna Be a Storyteller
Looking at Books Together
Let Me Tell the Story
A Book By Its Cover

Scribbling and Drawing - These practices show you how simple activities can encourage your toddler to scribble and draw.

Art of Writing
Get Write on It

Rhymes and Sound Awareness - These practices encourage your toddler to play with words and to notice different sounds.

Toddler Fingerplays and Action Rhymes
Movin’ and Groovin’ Nursery Rhymes
Toddler Rhymes and Rhythm
Fingerplays All the Way
Sound Play
Fun and Games with Sounds

Talking and Listening - These practices help your toddler talk and listen to others.

My Turn, Your Turn
Listen Up!
Up, Down, All Around

Gestures and Signing - These practices include ideas about how to help your toddler tell you what he or she wants or needs.

Sign Me Up (coming soon!)
Sign Here (coming soon!)



Preschooler Practice Guides

Literacy Learning Experiences - These practices show you how everyday home and community activities encourage preschoolers to listen, talk, and learn the building blocks for early literacy.

Adventure in a Box
Wired To Read

Letters and Spelling - These practices help your preschooler learn about sounds and letters of the alphabet.

Alpha Fun
Listen Hear

Reading and Storytelling - These practices show you how books can help your preschooler to listen, talk, and be a part of storytelling and book reading.

Read It Again!
Read With Me
Book Is the Word

Drawing and Writing - These practices show you how simple activities can encourage your preschooler to scribble, draw, and write letter shapes.

Write Right
Delighting in Writing

Rhymes and Sound Awareness - These practices encourage your preschooler to play with words and to notice different sounds, syllables, and words.

A Is for Apple
Sounds Like…
Fun Finger Games

Talking and Listening - These practices show you how to help your preschooler talk, listen, and share ideas.

Wacky Word Games
Talking Time
Who’s Listening?

Signing - This practice guide shows you how to help your preschooler communicate through signing.

What’s Your Sign? (coming soon!)