2-Year
FromActivities for Responsive Caregiving,
Jean Barbre
What to have
– Large and small unbreakable containers
– An assortment of items for filling and dumping containers (such as large beads, toy farm animals, ABC blocks, and large pegs)
Suggested Books
– Colors, ABC, Numbers by Roger Priddy
– Dig Dig Digging by Margaret Mayo
– Richard Scarry’s Best First Book Ever! by Richard Scarry
What to do
Toddlers love to fill containers with items and then dump them out. Place all of the items in the large containers and invite the children to dump them out. You need to demonstrate how to fill the containers so they can be dumped again. Talk to the children about how many items they can get in a container and how the items sound when they are dumped out. Read the suggested books, introduce the vocabulary words, and sing and chant with the children.
Why
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Social-Emotional Development
– Sense of self
– Personal identity
– Relationships with adults
– Relationships with peers
– Sharing
Physical Development
– Perception
– Fine-motor skills
Cognitive Development
- Cause and effect
- Connecting experiences
– Memory
– Spatial awareness
– Number awareness
– Imitating others
– Progression of play
– Following simple directions
Language Development
– Receptive language
– Expressive language
– Communicating needs
– Connecting words with real-world knowledge
– Concept words
– Using language in play
For more activities check out
Activities for Responsive Caregiving: Infants, Toddlers, and Twos
By Jean Barbre Copyright 2013 2-Year