Block 6

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a shared book reading focused on animal mothers and babies at bedtime.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in a shared book reading that includes saying goodnight to each pictured animal and to toddlers in the gathering.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers participate in book-focused play with animal figures, felt squares, and blocks.

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers carry a toy duck to a pretend “faraway” destination and then return to their gathering place while listening to a song.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing and then together enact part of the story by taking a toy duck to a “faraway” place in the room and then returning the duck to their gathering place.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers carry toys to a sand area, including jugs of water that they can pour into containers and sand during open-ended play.

Option 1 (OO) A toddler moves his/her arms in response to watching and listening to a caregiver.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler moves his/her arms in response to listening to a caregiver.

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers participate in a book sharing focused on actions of teddy bears and watch a caregiver-held teddy bear do the same things.

Option 2 (IG) Toddlers manipulate a teddy bear in ways described and shown in a book.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers act out the movements of teddy bears described and shown in a book.

Option 1 (IG) Toddlers practice rolling a doll.

Option 2 (OO) A toddler participates in a book sharing about rolling out of a bed and a follow-up opportunity to roll his/her body on the floor.

Option 3 (IG) Toddlers coordinate full body movements.