We've counted up to 6. Today we add one more and get 7. Seven is five fingers on one hand plus two on the other. It's also how many days are in a week: count them from Monday to Sunday!

Welcome to spider week! We're starting with a snack that's more cute than creepy. A strawberry body, a little round head and eight pretzel legs make a friendly spider your little one can build, count and eat.

The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle is the perfect way to start spider week. A little spider spins her web all day long, even when the farm animals ask her to come and play. It's gentle, repetitive and made for small hands.

A full week of spider activities for ages 2 to 4: spider snacks, a web you can build, favorite spider books, talk-about-it questions and free printables, all in one place. Factual and cute, never spooky.

Everything we use for Letter G in one place: a snack plate, a quick talk, a letter game, a book and a free tracing page. For parents and caregivers of children ages 2 to 4.

Everything we use for Number 7 in one place: a quick talk, a counting snack, a counting game, a book and a free tracing page. For parents and caregivers of children ages 2 to 4.

A farm is full of textures. Wool is fluffy, feathers are soft, straw is scratchy and wood is rough. Artists recreate those textures with materials you can feel and marks that look the way a thing feels.

Vroom, vroom! We're ending farm week by building a tractor you can eat. A few pieces of fruit turn into a body, a cab and two round wheels. Then your little one loads it up and counts the cargo.

The Little Red Hen, retold and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, is a classic farm story about helping, hard work and fresh bread. It's a lovely way to end farm week.

Roll, count, squash! Today's project needs just one thing, and you probably have it already. Your little one rolls six dough balls, counts them and then squashes them flat one at a time. It's simple, a little silly and great for strong hands.

Today your little one builds a whole farm out of paper. Green hills, a red barn, a yellow sun and fluffy clouds: every piece is torn, placed and glued by little hands. It's a calm art project with a lot of looking and talking built in.

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig, illustrated by Marc Brown, is a bedtime book that makes you want to get up and dance. It's short, bouncy and perfect for toddlers who love to move.

Our favorite gift ideas for 2-year-olds: building, pretend play, music and first games that keep busy toddlers learning. Picked by two parents.

Farmers need a snack they can carry out to the field. Today your little one scoops, counts and shakes up their own Farm Trail Mix. Every scoop is a chance to talk about where our food comes from.

A farm is full of heavy things: hay bales, buckets of water, bags of feed and big pumpkins. Farmers can't carry it all in their arms, so they use helpers. A wheelbarrow rolls a heavy load on one wheel. A tractor pulls a wagon full of hay. Rolling is much easier than dragging!

It's Letter F day, so snack time is all about the /f/ sound, like fish. Your little one hears the sound again and again, builds a big F on the plate and then eats it. Lots of F foods come straight from the farm, too.

Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown, illustrated by Felicia Bond, is a gentle walk through one day on a farm. It's a calm, cozy read for the littlest listeners, from the author of Goodnight Moon.

Draw, shake, erase and draw again! Today we pour a thin layer of salt into a tray, and your little one draws the letter F with one finger. One gentle shake and the tray is ready for another try. It feels like magic, and it's wonderful practice for writing.

F is our sixth letter! It makes a soft, windy /f/ sound at the start of words like fish, frog, fox and farm. To make it, rest your top teeth on your bottom lip and blow.

What happens when cows find a typewriter? Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin, illustrated by Betsy Lewin, is one of the funniest farm books around, and a great way to kick off farm week.