Block 4

Option 1 (OO) A young infant participates in a book sharing that emphasizes listening to a caregiver’s voice and talking about pictures of animals.

Option 2 (OO) An infant participates in a book sharing with opportunities to help turn the book’s pages and communicate about pictures of animals.

Option 3 (OO) An older infant participates in a book sharing with opportunities to hold and turn the pages of a book, and communicate about pictures of animals.

Option 1 (OO) A young infant looks at small toys as part of brief play with a caregiver.

Option 2 (OO) An infant participates in guided play with opportunities to reach for and manipulate different toys.

Option 3 (IG) Infants strengthen their ability to look at different objects.

Option 1 (OO) A young infant watches a caregiver make different kinds of facial expressions.

Option 2 (OO) An infant watches a caregiver make different kinds of facial expressions, including imitations of the infant’s expressions.

Option 3 (OO) An infant participates with a caregiver in making different facial expressions, including the opportunity to imitate the caregiver’s expressions.

Option 1 (OO) A young infant participates in responsive interactions with a caregiver, focused on a toy rattle.

Option 2 (OO) An infant participates in open-ended play with a caregiver, focused on toy animal figures and a muffin pan.

Option 3 (OO) An older infant participates in responsive interactions with a caregiver that include opportunities to move animal figures from one muffin pan to another.

Option 1 (OO) An infant watches a caregiver make sounds by shaking a toy, with the opportunity to hold and shake a sound-making toy.

Option 2 (OO) An infant shakes different types of sound-making toy(s) with caregiver guidance.

Option 3 (OO) An infant participates with a caregiver in shaking a sound-making toy with one or two hands.