Opposite Day
Use this day to teach your child an all-important beginning concept. All you need are lots of items representing opposites—for example, a soft cotton ball, a hard rock, a smooth piece of vinyl, a rough piece of sandpaper etc. Ask your child to place an object on one side of the table, then its opposite on the other side. Continue until you have two equal piles. Now take a tour of the house or backyard and ask your child to point out all the opposites he or she sees. Finish with a snack of Oreo® cookies. Ask your child to find the black part of the cookie, and the white part; the inside and the outside; the soft part and the hard part. Point out that before you both eat the cookies, your stomach will be empty; after you eat them, it will be full!
