# Activities 4

#### AGE YEARS

##### HELP YOUR CHILD LEARN AND GROW!

Try these fun and easy activities with your 4-year-old—a great way to have fun together and support your child’s social-emotional development.

### Your Choice

Encourage your child’s independence. Let them fix something to eat, such as a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. At bedtime, let them choose their clothes to wear the next day. **Materials Needed: None**

### Pretend Play

Have simple props such as old clothes, boxes, and folding chairs for playing store, fire station, or school. **Materials Needed: Old clothes, boxes, chairs, other common household items**

### House Rules

Your child is learning more about rules but will still need reminders. Talk about your family rules. Keep rules short and simple, and be consistent. **Materials Needed: None**

**NOTES:**

Excerpted from ASQ®:SE-2 User’s Guide by Jane Squires, Ph.D., Diane Bricker, Ph.D., & Elizabeth Twombly, M.S. ©2015 Brookes Publishing. All Rights Reserved.

### Read About Big Feelings

Find a children’s book at your library about anger. Talk to your child about how their body feels when they get angry. Then, discuss what your child can do when they’re angry. **Materials Needed: Library book**

### Keeping Routines

Try to have clear routines during the day. Let your child know what will happen next. Have a reading time and quiet time each day. **Materials Needed: None**

### Nursery Rhymes

Tell a favorite nursery rhyme or story. Talk about what is make-believe and what is real. **Materials Needed: None**

##### Want to learn about developmental milestones for your 4-year-old?

## Visit [https://bpub.fyi/CDC4year](https://bpub.fyi/CDC4year)