Block 20

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about frogs who enjoy eating delicious bugs and doing silly things.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about frogs who learn to dance.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers repeat key words and actions emphasized in a storybook.

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in guided play with large fit-together blocks, including an opportunity to build a structure.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in guided play with small fit-together blocks, including opportunities to compare larger and smaller blocks and build a structure.

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers watch a caregiver calm down by pretending to be seaweed moving in water.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in guided practice of a calming-down activity by pretending to be seaweed moving in fast and then slow water.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers practice a calming-down activity by pretending to be seaweed moving in fast and then slow water with minimal caregiver guidance.

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing on how a boy’s different experiences make him feel up or feel down.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers talk about helpful ways to respond to feeling down about a situation.

Option 1 (OO) A toddler uses tongs to transfer small blocks from a container with a larger opening to a container with a smaller opening.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler uses tongs to construct a road and/or a tower of small blocks.