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GODDARD at home

F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANS

TODDLER

IT’S DRAMA TIME WEEK 8 • DAY 5

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GATHERING ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY Ask your little one to pick out a favorite book or story. Find a cozy space to curl up together and read. Stop at points during the tale where the characters are expressing themselves or doing something and ask your little one to mimic those feelings or actions.

For example, if a character is jumping ask your little one, “Can you jump, too? Let me see!” If a character is feeling sad, ask your little one to show you his or her sad face.

LEARNING SKILLSCommunicating preferences, developing awareness of print, developing empathy, practicing imitation

Materials Favorite book or story

Greeting

ACTIVITY Greet your child with a hug and a trip to the window to look outside. Sing the What’s the Weather Like Today? Song:

What’s the weather, what’s the weather, what’s the weather like today? Is it rainy, is it sunny, is it cloudy out today? What’s the weather, what’s the weather, what’s the weather like today?

Talk about what you’re seeing, what you might do today and how the weather might affect you or make you feel.

LEARNING SKILLSPrediction skills, developing awareness of environment, encouraging curiosity

Materials Window, lyrics and tune for reference

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ACTIVITY Create a mask using a paper plate or piece of paper. Cut out holes for the eyes, nose and mouth before letting your little one decorate the mask with markers, crayons, glue, tissue paper or any other art materials.

Allow your little one to be free in how to decorate, and ask him or her questions like, “What kind of mask are you going to make?”

“What are you going to do next?” and “Tell me about your mask.” Feel free to make more than one to extend the play.

Once the mask is made, your little one can play with his or her masks independently.

Here are simple DIY mask instructions if you’d like.

LEARNING SKILLSCreative expression, symbolic play, fine motor skill development, vocabulary development

Materials Paper plate or paper, crayons, scissors, markers, assorted art materials

PROCESSING ACTIVITY

TRANSITION

ACTIVITY During clean up moments today, give your child two choices for what she or he will help with, “Would you like to pick up the blocks or the stuffed animals?” Let your child choose while you pick up other toys to model how it’s done.

As your little one puts toys away, encourage cooperation by saying phrases like “You picked up those toys all by yourself! You’re getting so big!” or “You found all the blocks. Wow, you have good eyes!”

LEARNING SKILLSCommunicating preferences, developing self-help skills, establishing routines, following directions

Materials Toys and other household items

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MEALTIME

ACTIVITY Eat outside today if the weather allows. Create a small area outside in the shade and enjoy mealtime with your toddler.

If the weather isn’t great for eating outdoors, then pick another room in the house and create a picnic there.

LEARNING SKILLS Building relationships, outdoor exploration

Materials Food that can be taken easily outside, blanket or picnic table (optional)

ACTIVITY Count to 10 and encourage your child to count along with you while washing his or her hands. For older toddlers, feel free to count higher than 10, or you can count to 10 more than once so that your toddler is washing his or her hands for at least 20 seconds.

LEARNING SKILLS Developing awareness of numbers and counting, establishing routines

Materials Sink, soap and water

PERSONAL CARE INTERACTIONS

ACTIVITY Record a video of you and your child singing, dancing or telling a story. Let your little actor wear the mask if he or she wants to. Play it back to watch your movie. Talk about how much you enjoy seeing a movie with your child in it!

LEARNING SKILLSDeveloping relationships with adults, exploring cause and effect, developing a sense of self and identity

Materials Device to record your movie

CONNECTION ACTIVITY

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ACTIVITY Become your own outdoor art installation by pretending to be statues!

When the music or song stops, strike a statue pose and freeze until you restart the music.

Encourage your little one to get creative with his or her body and to incorporate different poses using arms, legs, hands, feet, belly, back and faces.

LEARNING SKILLSGross motor skill development, following directions, vocabulary development

Materials Music

OUTSIDE TIME

TRANSITION

ACTIVITY As you move from one activity to another, have your little one practice the Dancer yoga pose.

A younger toddler may have to use two feet and that’s okay!

LEARNING SKILLS Developing balance, body awareness, developing gross motor skills

Materials Pose

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ACTIVITY As you snuggle with your child sing “Frere Jacques” and insert your child’s name.

Are you sleeping, are you sleeping, little _____, little ____? Morning bells are ringing, morning bells are ringing. Ding, dang, dong.

Rub your child’s back or stroke your child’s hair during this calm downtime.

LEARNING SKILLS Developing relationships with adults, developing self-regulation skills

Materials Lyrics and tune for reference

REST TIME

transition

ACTIVITY After your little one wakes up from naptime, go back to the window that you and your child looked out this morning to check on the weather. Talk about what you’re seeing and if the weather is different now than it was this morning. Talk about any similarities and differences you and your child see.

LEARNING SKILLSDeveloping memory recall, comparing and contrasting, vocabulary development

Materials N/A

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ACTIVITY Give your child blocks to play with and have your little one go find another toy to include with the block playing. For example, your little one could bring play people or stuffed animals. Encourage your child to play with the blocks or other open-ended materials (play items that do not have a specified purpose or end product) and the toys that he or she picked out independently.

If you’d like to add music while your child is building, try Music from different cultures or any other music to add to creating a fun experience.

LEARNING SKILLSCommunicating preferences, developing attention, cognitive flexibility, fine motor skill development, sustaining independent play

Materials Blocks, or any open-ended materials, and toys of your child’s choice, music (optional)

CHILD’S CHOICE