Block 1

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers explore how zoo animals make different kinds of sounds.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers manipulate toy figures or puppets and make sounds that represent animals described in a story about sounds made by zoo animals.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers engage in movements and sounds while pretending to be different zoo animals featured in a book.

Cognitive

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers pretend they are driving a car and then use blocks to build and play with roads of their design.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers use pretend tunnels (cardboard boxes) in building and playing with roads they make with blocks.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers use props to create pretend settings or activities at the destination points of roads they create with blocks.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers observe actions coordinated with words as part of a song.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers practice movements coordinated with the words of a song.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers independently practice movements coordinated with the words of a song.

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers practice taking turns as part of playing with peers.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers practice taking turns while participating in a song activity.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers explore ways to initiate or join play with peers and work together in farm-focused pretend play.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers practice physical movements named in a song.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers practice three different sets of physical movements.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers practice four physical movements repeatedly requested in a song.