Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Listening to and making zoo animal sounds
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Listening to and making farm animal sounds
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Identifying the sounds of different things in a book
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about pictures of different animals
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Talking about pictures of farm animals
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
- Manipulating dry and wet sand
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Taking apart objects that connect
Problem-solving
- Exploring what another person or animal in a peekaboo book sees
Object inquiry skills
- Making our bodies big and small
- Matching big and small things
Object inquiry skills
- Playing and building with blocks
Self-Regulation
Concentration
- Watching and making fish swim and stop swimming
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after participating in a rhyme with hand actions
Executive Function
- Watching and recalling where a hopping toy rabbit hides
Concentration
- Looking closely at items to determine whether they are the same or different
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after ringing a bell
Social-Emotional
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in open-ended play with a caregiver focused on toys of interest to the toddler
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in play with a caregiver and taking turns
Social interaction skills
- Noticing what others do during play with play dough
Social interaction skills
- Playing together with different toys
Social interaction skills
- Playing together with blocks
Physical / Health
Fine motor development
- Engaging in a finger play
Gross motor development
- Rolling, carrying, and dropping balls
Fine motor development
- Making marks with paintbrushes and markers
Gross motor development
- Crawling or stepping up and down stairs
Fine motor development
- Doing hand actions as part of songs
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about pictures of mother and baby animals at bedtime
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about bedtime routines described in a book
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and acting out a story about monkeys jumping on a bed
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and representing wind and rain
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Naming children in our room
- Talking about pictures of facial expressions
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Holding and carrying items to a destination
Problem-solving
- Picking one toy for each teddy bear
Object inquiry skills
- Watching and making water move
Object inquiry skills
- Describing and manipulating different types of clothes
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Taking toys apart and putting them back together
Self-Regulation
Executive function
- Moving parts of our body by watching and listening
Concentration
- Watching and making a toy frog hop and stop hopping
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after participating in a rhyme with hand actions
Executive function
- Practicing how to freeze our bodies
Concentration
- Practicing how to find toys that are the same
Social-Emotional
Social interaction skills
- Watching and doing actions of children and teddy bears in a book
Social interaction skills
- Watching and imitating peer actions while playing with toy vehicles
Social interaction skills
- Playing with peers at the water table and with toy telephones
Social interaction skills
- Exploring how children’s activities and actions are the same and different
Social interaction skills
- Talking about our families and friends
- Recognizing peers in our room
Physical / Health
Gross motor development
- Watching and practicing how we roll our bodies
Fine motor development
Gross motor development
- Doing hand and leg actions with music
Gross motor development
- Practicing walking
Fine motor development
- Practicing how to shake and stop shaking a shaker
Gross motor development
- Exploring how to throw a ball
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and pointing to our eyes, nose, and toes
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and pointing to our head, shoulders, knees, and toes
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Listening to and saying rhyming words in a nursery rhyme
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Noticing different kinds of sounds
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about food eaten by a hungry caterpillar and playing with toy food items
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
- Putting together and taking apart nesting cups
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Finding toys that are the same and different
Object inquiry skills
- Exploring spatial relations with shopping carts and small items
Object inquiry skills
- Naming and manipulating toy animals
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Taking apart and putting together different materials
Self-Regulation
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after moving a sound-making toy
Executive function
- Remembering where a toy car is hiding
Concentration
- Watching and pretending to drive a toy car with periodic stops
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after participating in a song with actions
Executive function
- Looking closely to find pictures that are the same
Social-Emotional
Social interaction skills
- Saying our name and the names of peers in our room
Social interaction skills
- Participating with others in a shared activity
Social interaction skills
- Helping with tasks in our room
Social interaction skills
- Talking about happy and sad situations
Social interaction skills
- Exploring how different family members do different kinds of activities
Physical / Health
Fine motor development
- Making marks on paper with different types of artistic tools
Gross motor development
- Carrying a bag of items
Fine motor development
Good health practices
- Engaging in hand and arm actions with songs
Gross motor development
- Balancing and moving parts of our body
Fine motor development
- Putting buttons into a button box
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and pretending to be little ducks in a story
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about different types of trucks and how trucks get ready to sleep
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and doing actions that show we are happy
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about an itsy bitsy spider in a story
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Identifying and talking about quiet and loud sounds
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
- Naming familiar items
Object inquiry skills
- Exploring location words
Object inquiry skills
- Pouring water into and out of containers
Problem-solving
- Exploring tubes and balls
Problem-solving
- Manipulating small toys and different types of containers
Self-Regulation
Concentration
- Looking for toys that are the same
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after playing a musical instrument
Executive function
- Watching and making our body move to music and stop when music stops
Concentration
- Watching and making a pretend butterfly fly and stop flying
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after participating in a song with actions
Social-Emotional
Awareness of emotions
- Looking at and making different facial expressions
Awareness of emotions
- Communicating happy and sad feelings
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about and making different facial expressions
Awareness of emotions
- Imitating different facial expressions
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about the relationship between a mama fox and a little fox
Physical / Health
Gross motor development
- Manipulating and throwing balls
Fine motor development
Gross motor development
- Holding and carrying different types of balls
Fine motor development
- Manipulating puzzle pieces
Fine motor development
- Practicing how to shake and stop shaking bells
Fine motor development
Gross motor development
- Holding and carrying sensory tubes
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and exploring different ways to carry a baby
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about pictures of children doing different activities
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Using words for different purposes, including naming items
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about saying goodnight to many different things
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about pictures in a wordless book
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
- Pretending a block or box is something else
Object inquiry skills
- Using familiar items as intended
Problem-solving
- Finding a toy dog that hides
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Exploring a ball drop toy
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Manipulating and putting together items that are the same
Self-Regulation
Executive function
- Watching and remembering the whereabouts of a galloping toy horse
Concentration
- Looking for farm animal toys that are the same
Self-control
- Practicing how to calm down after shaking and rolling a sound-making ball
Executive function
- Looking closely to find pictures that are the same
Concentration
- Focusing on color in sorting different types of pretend foods
Social-Emotional
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about a child’s feelings in different situations
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about ways to calm down when we feel upset
Awareness of emotions
- Singing with actions about feeling happy and sad
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in play with a caregiver and with peers focused on sharing
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in pretend play with a caregiver and with peers
Physical / Health
Fine motor development
- Manipulating stacking toys and pegs in pegboards
Gross motor development
- Practicing how to use a riding toy
Fine motor development
- Manipulating toy vehicles
Gross motor development
Fine motor development
- Practicing walking and running
Fine motor development
- Using fingers and paintbrushes to make marks