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Make fingerpaints with soap flakes, water and food coloring with your child.
Tell your child a story about looking both ways before crossing the street.
Ask your child to organize the coins in a coin jar.
Find and use a computer with your child.
Look for community service activities that can include your child.
Have your child read a story with a friend or sibling
Have your child talk with a person from another state or country
Cut a snack, such as an apple or orange, into equal parts and talk about fractions with your child.
Turn off the TV for family reading time.
Compare history as presented on TV and in reference books with your child.
Have your child read your recipe to you.
Take your child to the park or playground.
Have your child find 3 jobs in the classifieds that interest him or her and discuss them.
Ask your child what being responsible means to him or her.
Measure objects in a room with your child. Make a floorplan.
Read about your state bird and state flower with your child.
Visit the library for a special children's program.
Help your child organize his or her own library.
Have your child be a pet detective and observe an animal.
String a macaroni necklace with your child. Have him or her count the pieces of macaroni.
Make a time capsule with your child and save it for a year or two.
Take your child to a museum.
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