Take-Home Strategies
Browse strategies families and caregivers can use at home to support children's development of Core Skills
About These Strategies
This library contains strategies that family members and other caregivers can use to foster children’s Core Skills at home. The Core Skills are the foundation for children’s learning. Each Core Skill includes several individual skills that grow from infancy to preschool. Each activity can be adapted to support every child’s development and fit within their family’s routines, values, culture, and preferences.
This space is a work in progress! Visit often to explore new take-home strategies focused on additional skills, like building relationships, understanding emotions, expanding vocabulary, and actively exploring the world. We’re currently featuring Relate, Regulate, and Move Skills, with more Core Skills coming soon!
Relate
Help children develop secure relationships with their caregivers
Help children learn to connect with others and develop friendships
Empower children as they learn to solve social problems
Help children consider the needs, feelings, and perspectives of others
Help children learn about who they are and what makes them unique
Support children as they try new things and take on meaningful tasks
Regulate
Support children as they begin to recognize, label, and express their emotions
Help children work through their strong emotions and learn calm-down strategies
Support children to learn to remember and use information during a task
Help children shift their thinking to adjust to a change or approach tasks in new ways
Move
Explore how to help young children develop their gross motor and fine motor skills, as well as foster their self-care and healthy habits.
Support children’s abilities to move around and engage in physical activity
Help children control and strengthen their small muscle movements to perform basic self-help and learning tasks
Promote children’s self-help skills and encourage children to do as much as possible on their own
Introduce and encourage positive thoughts and healthy habits from a young age