Block 24

Options to Promote Learning

Communication / Language

Option 1 (OO) A toddler helps a caregiver tell a story from pictures in a wordless book.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler helps a caregiver make up and tell a story from familiar items in a “story bag.”

Cognitive

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about big and little.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler touches and holds items hidden in a bag and says whether each item is hard or soft.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers move puppets up and down as part of participation in a nursery rhyme.

Self-Regulation

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers observe and help a caregiver play a game of Sleeping.

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

Social-Emotional

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing about different types of feelings.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in a picture-focused discussion of events associated with different feelings and how feelings can change.

Physical / Health

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers practice a pincer grasp in arranging toy animals in a line for a pretend parade.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers practice using tongs to move small toys to a muffin pan.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers interested in using scissors practice early cutting skills.