GODDARD at home

F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANS

INFANT

TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION WEEK 7 • DAY 4

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Greeting

ACTIVITY Greet your baby with a warm smile and make eye contact with them before taking him or her from their sleep space. Talk to your child about his or her night and what you do as you prepare for the day.

LEARNING SKILLS Responding with emotion to stimulus

Materials N/A

Gathering Time

ACTIVITY Once personal-care needs are met and you and your child are ready to start the day, read or listen to the sweet story Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry. This book is full of fun sounds for your baby to make, including truck and animal noises.

LEARNING SKILLS Identifying and imitating familiar sounds

Materials Book or read aloud

ACTIVITY Sing “The Wheels on the Bus” with your baby. Place your baby close to you as you sing and do the hand gestures and movements.

LEARNING SKILLS Responding to music

Materials Song for reference

transition

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Processing Activity

ACTIVITY Use an empty tissue box and place a favorite truck or car inside it. Have your infant reach in to discover the toy.

LEARNING SKILLS Exploring objects with varying characteristics

Materials Tissue box, toy car or truck

CONNECTION Activity

ACTIVITY Under direct supervision, while your baby is in his or her high chair or at the table, provide him or her with a bowl and a variety of large pom-poms or cotton balls. Have your little one place the pom-poms in the bowl as you ask, “Can you put more in the bowl?”

LEARNING SKILLS Engaging in simple addition and subtraction experiences

Materials Bowl, pom-poms or cotton balls

PERSONAL CARE INTERACTIONS

ACTIVITY Before mealtime, sing the following lyrics to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It.” Oh, before we eat, we wash our hands (Scrub, scrub). Oh, before we eat, we wash our hands (Scrub, scrub). Oh, it’s very smart we think, To wash those germs right down the sink. Oh, before we eat, we wash our hands (Scrub, scrub).

LEARNING SKILLS Engaging in basic hygiene practices

Materials Song for reference

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ACTIVITY Place finger foods that are safe for your baby to eat on the tray of his or her high chair. Show your baby how to pick up a piece of food and drop it into the bowl. See if your baby will copy you and do it too. If your baby decides to eat it instead, that’s okay. This is a yummy way to give your child practice using the thumb and index finger to pick up objects.

LEARNING SKILLS Using fingers and hands to accomplish actions

Materials Food, bowl

Transition

ACTIVITY Pretend to be a train conductor, car driver or a pilot flying a plane as you move to your next activity, using the sounds and motions with your baby.

LEARNING SKILLS Using sounds and gestures to communicate

Materials Toy train, car or plane (optional)

mealtime

ACTIVITY Place a ball in a wagon, if available, or roll it down a ramp or incline. If you’re using a wagon, roll the wagon slightly back and forth, watching how the ball moves. If you’re using a ramp or incline, roll the ball down, talking about how the ball travels. Either way, you are exploring cause and effect – or physics – with your little one!

LEARNING SKILLS Exploring cause and effect

Materials Wagon or something to create a ramp, (board, box, etc.), ball

outside Time

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rest time

transition

ACTIVITY Follow a consistent rest routine with your baby. Talk with your child about the day’s activities as you lull him or her to sleep.

LEARNING SKILLS Responding to sensory stimulus

Materials N/A

ACTIVITY As you move to an activity, recite the “We Can” chant, and encourage older infants to do the actions with you. We can jump, jump, jump. We can hop, hop, hop. We can clap, clap, clap. We can stop, stop, stop. We can nod our heads for yes, We can shake our heads for no, We can bend our knees a tiny bit And sit down slow.

LEARNING SKILLS Responding to music

Materials N/A

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ACTIVITY Give your infant a rattle. Encourage him or her to shake, beat and rattle to the rhythm while you sing familiar songs such as “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” “ABCs” and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” Repeat the song your infant enjoyed the most.

LEARNING SKILLS Playing with a variety of objects to determine similar or different outcomes

Materials Rattle

Child’s choice