Block 21

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about different ways to carry a baby.

Option 2 (IG) Older toddlers participate in a book sharing focused on different ways to carry babies, with opportunities to explore wearing a doll carrier.

Cognitive

Option 1 (OO) A toddler uses blocks to represent an item(s) related to his/her special interest as part of individualized guided play.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers use empty boxes to represent other items of interest as part of open-ended play.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers watch a caregiver focus on and remember the hiding place of a galloping toy horse.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler practices watching a galloping toy horse and remembering its hiding place.

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about a boy who does many different things and has different types of feelings.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book-related discussion of how to manage a situation(s) related to feeling worried or upset.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (OO) A toddler takes off stackers from a peg-based stacking toy with the opportunity to put stackers back on the toy’s peg.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler practices putting pegs in a pegboard.