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Social-Emotional Learning at Play
Infant-Toddler
Morning & Afternoon Circle
Infants: Songs with finger plays, puppets, flannel board characters, , American Sign Language. i.e. more, all done,
Toddlers: begin to use words to express their needs, identify familiar objects, picture cards,
Twos:
Infant-Toddler
Choice Play
Infants: Exploring different textured materials, wooden puzzles, stackers, activities involving holding, pinching, and flexing fingers, pincer grasp by putting small items in their hands.
Toddlers: Learning about how things work, comparing objects by size, beginning counting skills, explore building and constructing materials, and use their senses to observe and predict, learning centers, process not product-oriented art, sand and water play, dramatic play items,
Twos: want to be independent to explore, investigate how things grow and change, use their senses and simple tools to test how things work, engage in counting, identifying numerals, describing quantities, using positional words, one-to-one correspondence, sorting, patterning, practice writing,
Infant-Toddler
One/One Time
Infants: Peekaboo, tummy time, story, painting
Toddlers: increase their self-awareness, confidence, and self-regulation
Twos: engaging interactions, conversational speaking, teach how to manage their emotions and responses when interacting with peers and teachers, model empathy and compassion for others
Infant-Toddler
Storytime
Stories involving learning animals and nature sounds, interactive.
Twos: increase their communication skills and vocabulary, language games
Infant-Toddler
Musical Experience
Dancing to different music, musical instruments
Infant-Toddler
Outdoor Play
Infants: holding up head, rolling over, crawling, pulling to a stand, walking, tummy time, and explore the playground in an infant-toddler safe manner.
Toddlers: Cozy coupe buggy, balls, running, sliding, jump, walk backwards, throw and kick a ball
Preschool
Morning & Afternoon Circle
AM: Welcome songs, Emotion Puppets, introductions of choice activities and what they are learning, celebrations, send children to assigned small group time
PM: Storytime
Preschool
Structured Open Play
Table Activity Centers with learning descriptors. Choice centers.
Preschool
Small Group Learning
based off results from brigance screening, observations and documentations work on concepts on individualized groups assigned day. With primary teacher assigned.
Preschool
Storytime
two separate story time groups based on primary teacher.
Preschool
Musical Experience
Movement songs, musical instruments, patterns sound,
Preschool
Outdoor Play
group activity planned. then allowed to run, slide, etc.