Curriculum

• Two identical large toys or blocks for short movement races
• Paper and marker for a simple earlier/later daily strip: wake up, lunch, bedtime

1. Step 1. Race 1: move toy A across a short path at a slow crawl. Race 2: move toy B quickly across the same path.
2. Step 2. Ask which move was quicker and which was slower.
3. Step 3. Show the daily strip wake up → lunch → bedtime. Ask which is earlier, wake up or lunch, and which is later, lunch or bedtime.
4. Step 4. Have your child describe one home routine with earlier/later, such as “Putting on shoes is earlier than leaving the house.”
5. Step 5. Optional: build a 3-block tower versus a 6-block tower and say which build was slower because it took more work.
6. Quick check. Success means your child correctly uses quicker or slower for two actions and earlier or later for two daily events.

Worked example. A fast slide across the mat is quicker than a slow slide. Breakfast is earlier than dinner.

Optional challenge. Order wake up, lunch, and bedtime while saying both earlier and later relationships, such as “Lunch is later than wake up and earlier than bedtime.”

What to notice. Save a parent note with one quicker/slower comparison and one earlier/later comparison.