Block 16

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing focused on a duck family.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler uses a stick puppet to show the meaning of “far away” and “come back” in a book sharing about a duck family.

Cognitive

Option 1 (OO) A toddler identifies and matches real and pictured items.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler finds items in the room that match pictures of similar items.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers help a caregiver pay attention to whether pictures of sea animals are the same or different in a picture-matching game.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers practice paying attention to pictures of sea animals in a picture-comparison game.

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (OO) A toddler talks about different facial expressions, including what an expression can tell us.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers talk about and make different facial expressions.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (OO) A toddler practices using his/her entire hand or all his/her fingers to manipulate puzzle pieces.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler practices using several fingers to manipulate puzzle pieces with pegs.

Option 3 (OO) A toddler practices taking apart and putting together a chunky puzzle without pegs that focuses on size differences.