Block 17

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing focused on bedtime practices of construction trucks with human-like characteristics.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers describe and show how toy construction trucks featured in book illustrations work.

Cognitive

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers explore spatial concepts in a book about two cats.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler practices the use of spatial concepts in guided play with blocks and toy vehicles.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers watch a caregiver calm down by pretending to be a cornstalk moving in the wind.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in guided practice of a calming-down activity by pretending to be a cornstalk moving in strong and then gentle wind.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers practice a calming-down activity by pretending to be a cornstalk moving in strong and then gentle wind, with minimal caregiver guidance.

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing on names of different feelings and ways to manage some feelings.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler uses dolls that represent different emotions to talk about happy, angry, frightened, and sad.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers move shakers in different positions as part of listening to a song.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers practice moving and stop moving a shaker as part of listening to a recorded song.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers move shakers at fast and slow tempos and in different positions as part of listening to a song.