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
- Making demonstrated animal sounds
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of print and pictures
- Participating in book sharings focused on how books work
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of print and pictures
- Using book words and pictures to engage in guessing
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of print and pictures
- Using book words and pictures to learn about colors
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
- Building pretend roads with blocks
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Pulling apart and putting together objects that connect
Problem-solving
- Guessing what is hiding in a picture book and a bag
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Sorting and matching by color and type
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Building pretend houses and boats with blocks
Self-Regulation
Concentration
- Coordinating actions with words in a song
Self-control
- Breathing slowly and deeply with or without a prop
Executive Function
- Watching and remembering where a toy frog is hiding
Concentration
- Matching animal picture cards
Self-control
- Breathing slowly and deeply while watching our stomach
Social-Emotional
Social interaction skills
- Taking turns with peers while playing with animal figures
Social interaction skills
- Taking turns and sharing with peers
Social interaction skills
- Watching and imitating actions of a caregiver and peers focused on using play dough
- Engaging in pretend play with peers
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in open-ended play with a caregiver and peers focused on telling others what we are doing
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in open-ended pretend play with a caregiver and peers
Physical / Health
Fine motor development
Gross motor development
- Practicing different physical movements
Gross motor development
- Stepping up and down
Fine motor development
- Manipulating sensory materials
Fine motor development
- Making marks and circles with different colors
Fine motor development
Gross motor development
- Practicing different movements and stopping upon request
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of print and pictures
- Using book words and pictures to make predictions and talk about in and out
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Connecting book words and pictures to toddlers’ experiences
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of print and pictures
- Understanding and enacting actions of characters in a book
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Exploring a book about wind
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Creating sounds and images of items featured in a book
Cognitive
Problem-solving
- Carrying balls to and from baskets
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Making or distributing one item for each hand or toy
Problem-solving
- Finding items that are the same
Object inquiry skills
- Identifying and manipulating different types of clothing
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Pulling apart and putting together play items that connect
Self-Regulation
Executive function
- Taking apart and putting together a puzzle
Concentration
- Focusing on body movements that correspond to a song
Self-control
- Watching and practicing a tree pose (yoga)
Executive function
- Moving and freezing our bodies as music plays and stops
Concentration
- Matching vehicle picture cards
Social-Emotional
Social interaction skills
- Imitating actions of staff and peers
Social interaction skills
- Participating with peers in a shared play activity
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in pretend play focused on a bus trip and toy vehicles
Social interaction skills
- Talking about how children can be the same and different
Social interaction skills
- Looking at and describing what children in a book are doing together
Physical / Health
Fine motor development
- Manipulating a ball of play dough
Fine motor development
Gross motor development
- Ringing bells to words in songs
Fine motor development
Good health practices
- Dressing felt bears and toy dolls
Fine motor development
- Manipulating water and dry material
Gross motor development
- Practicing how to jump
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Touching, naming, and moving parts of our bodies
Receptive language
Awareness of print and pictures
- Connecting visual symbols to items, activities, and songs
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of print and pictures
- Connecting book text to pictures
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Remembering words in a song and rhyme
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about the story of a very hungry caterpillar
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Building simple houses for different types of toy animals
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Sorting familiar items
Problem-solving
- Engaging in movements that emphasize different spatial relationships
Object inquiry skills
Problem-solving
- Comparing clothes worn by people and by animals
Object inquiry skills
- Putting together different types of blocks
Self-Regulation
Self-control
- Watching and practicing a frog pose (yoga)
Executive function
- Watching and remembering the location of a moving toy car
Concentration
- Watching and doing movements suggested in a song
Self-control
- Watching and practicing a downward dog pose (yoga)
Executive function
- Taking apart and putting together a puzzle
Social-Emotional
Social interaction skills
- Talking about activities and saying our names
Social interaction skills
- Working cooperatively with others
Social interaction skills
Awareness of emotions
- Exploring ways to share
Social interaction skills
- Caring for items in our room
Social interaction skills
- Engaging in pretend play with peers
Physical / Health
Fine motor development
- Practicing hand movements to a song
Gross motor development
- Moving our arms in different ways
Fine motor development
- Drawing on smooth and textured surfaces
Fine motor development
- Putting together materials with both hands
Gross motor development
Fine motor development
- Exploring underhand and overhand ball throwing
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about the actions of little ducks
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and showing how construction trucks work
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of differences in sounds
- Talking about children from different countries singing the same song and saying “hello” in different languages
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Pretending to row a boat
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and acting out speckled frogs eating delicious bugs
Cognitive
Object inquiry skills
- Matching pictured and real items
Problem-solving
- Exploring different spatial concepts
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Putting together toy bears that are the same and different
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Exploring identical wooden figure toys that can fit together
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Exploring novel fit-together blocks of different sizes
Self-Regulation
Concentration
- Paying attention to pictures to determine whether they are the same or different
Self-control
- Calming down by pretending to be a cornstalk moving in the wind
Self-control
- Practicing ways to calm our bodies and minds
Executive function
- Clapping and freezing our arms and hands in response to an orange circle
Self-control
- Calming down by pretending to be seaweed moving in the water
Social-Emotional
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about and making different facial expressions
Awareness of emotions
- Naming and describing some common feelings
Awareness of emotions
- Talking and singing about different feelings
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about feelings experienced by a little fox
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about feeling up and feeling down
Physical / Health
Fine motor development
- Manipulating different types of puzzle pieces
Fine motor development
- Moving shakers in different ways to music
Gross motor development
Fine motor development
- Tossing and catching colorful scarves
Gross motor development
- Exploring and practicing how to kick a ball
Fine motor development
- Using tongs to manipulate small blocks
Communication / Language
Receptive language
Expressive language
Awareness of pictures and print
- Talking about and remembering the search for a puppy that is hiding
Awareness of pictures and print
Expressive language
- Connecting a printed word to objects and pictures
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Talking about and pretending to be an animal inside an egg
Receptive language
Expressive language
- Telling stories with a wordless book and props in a “story bag”
Awareness of differences in sounds
Expressive language
- Talking about sounds featured in a book and heard in our room
Cognitive
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Participating in games that promote the concepts of one and two
Problem-solving
- Engaging in different types of pretend roles and play
Object inquiry skills
- Putting together a Potato Head toy
Object inquiry skills
- Talking about and acting out opposites
Problem-solving
Object inquiry skills
- Sorting and matching by color and type
Self-Regulation
Executive function
- Watching and remembering the location of a rabbit that hops and hides
Self-control
- Calming down by pretending to be a tree moving in the wind
Concentration
- Focusing on one of two characteristics of picture cards
Executive function
- Pretending to sleep, wake, and act like a specific animal in response to the words of a song
Self-control
- Pretending to be a tree moving slowly in the wind with music and standing still when music stops
Social-Emotional
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about and practicing ways to calm down when we feel upset
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about how the main character of a story might feel in response to different events and situations
Social interaction skills
- Talking about and using our hands to do good things for ourselves and others
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about different feelings and reasons for different feelings
Social interaction skills
Awareness of emotions
- Talking about loud and quiet voices, and being quiet
Physical / Health
Gross motor development
Fine motor development
- Engaging in physical movements that include crossing the midline
Gross motor development
- Practicing different ways to jump
Fine motor development
- Manipulating and creating with play dough
Fine motor development
- Using fine motor skills to practice pincer grasps, manipulate tongs, and cut with scissors
Gross motor development
- Practicing walking on
a low balance beam