Block 13

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (OO) A toddler participates in a book sharing that emphasizes how book text describes what is shown in pictures.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler retells a familiar story by describing pictures and helping a caregiver connect book text to pictures.

Cognitive

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers walk under a pretend ribbon waterfall held at a level of their choice.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers move a toy turtle in different spatial arrangements in relation to their bodies.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers walk around a pretend pond, carrying a toy fish in their hand that is closest to the pond, and then reverse their direction of walking.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers watch a teddy bear do movements suggested in a song.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers engage in movements suggested in a song and demonstrated by a teddy bear.

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about playing together and becoming friends.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers work with play dough, with opportunities to notice each other’s actions and share tools.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers explore making scribbles, lines, and circles with markers on paper.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers explore coloring with crayons on the textured surfaces of boxes.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers use crayons or markers to draw a road or path for small toys.