Block 19

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about young children in a pretend rowboat.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers sing and act out key parts of a book about young children in a pretend rowboat.

Cognitive

Option 1 (OO) A toddler explores ways to play with identical wooden figure toys that can fit together.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers engage in open-ended play with wooden figure toys that can fit together.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers observe and describe the Orange Circle game of freeze.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in a game of Orange Circle.

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (OO) A toddler participates in a book sharing focused on different feelings experienced by a little fox.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler recalls and talks about different feelings experienced by a little fox in a book sharing.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers explore and practice kicking a ball.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers practice kicking the same ball 2–3 times.