Block 13

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a shared reading that emphasizes rhyming words.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in a shared reading that emphasizes rhyming words, with opportunities to say “missing” rhyming words.

Cognitive

Option 1 (OO) A toddler explores spatial relations by pushing a cart to several areas of the room.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers explore spatial relations by putting items in and taking items out of carts, and pushing carts to different areas in the room.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers watch and listen to a caregiver describe moving and stopping a toy car.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers move and stop toy cars in response to verbal requests.

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers help a caregiver with a cleaning task.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler helps water a plant in your room.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers work together to organize materials in the room.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (OO) A toddler participates in a handwashing song.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers clap and wave their hands as part of a song.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers engage in hand and arm actions as part of a song about a bus.