Yale University
Child Study Center
230 South Frontage Road
New Haven, CT
06520 USA

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Looking for a great way to spend time with a child—to really connect and enjoy each other? Think about what the child is really interested in right now? What are her passions? What is he trying to learn more about and to master? What is she learning about at school and how can you build up on it? What things give him pleasure? Take the child’s lead and follow it. See where it takes you.

Airplanes	Animals: Real and stuffed, Wild and tame
Art	Balancing and Swinging
Balls: Catching, Kicking, and Throwing	Birds, Flowers, and Trees
Blocks, Building, and Construction	Boats and Boat Rides
Colors and Shapes	Cutting
Dinosaurs, Fossils, Rocks, and Gems	Experiments!
Explore!	Feelings!
Fish/Fishing	Hiking
Letters and Writing	Libraries and Literacy Resources
Make-Believe!	Matching and Sorting
Measuring	Music
Numbers, Counting and Money	Orchards
Opposites and Directions	Parks
Pegboards and Puzzles	Running, Jumping and Hopping
Seasonal Activities	Senses
Stringing and Lacing	Talking and Listening
Time	Tricycles, Riding Toys, and Bicycles
Trucks, Trolleys, Trains and Transportation	Water: Sand and Other Stuff Too!

We gratefully acknowledge these invaluable references which were used in the development of the activity Places to Go, Things to Do section of this website:

Connecticut Vacation Guide, to order call 1-800-CT-BOUND or visit CT Bound.

Fun with the Family in Connecticut by Doe Boyle

The Field Guide to Parenting by Shelley Butler and Deb Kratz

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Last modified: July 11, 2006 . (MGE)
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