Infant Curriculum Overview
Foundations for Success Curriculum
- Give children simple direction during the day such as, “Go find your shoes.”
- Model the action when needed.
- Cheer at any effort the child makes.
- Sing songs, do finger plays, and/or chant nursery rhymes.
Experiences to Promote Communication and Speaking
- Take turns making sounds with infants. For example, when a child coos, repeat the sound back to them.
- Play peek-a-boo.
- Blow bubbles and encourage children to try and blow bubbles as well.
- Respond to ALL children’s attempts to communicate, including when children cry.
- Point to pictures in books and encourage children to name the picture.
- When children use one or two words to communicate, respond by expanding on the language used by the child. For example, if a child says “ball” you can say, “Yes, that is a blue, round, ball.”
- Use toy telephones to encourage language use by children by modeling and encouraging conversation.
- Make noise through tubes such as paper towel rolls and encourage children to do the same.
Toddler Curriculum Overview
- Give children simple direction during the day such as, “Go find your shoes.” Model the action when needed. Cheer at any effort the child makes.
- Sing songs, do finger plays, and/or chant nursery rhymes.
- Give children simple direction during the day such as, “Go find your shoes.” Model the action when needed. Cheer at any effort the child makes.
- Sing songs, do finger plays, and/or chant nursery rhymes.
Experiences to Promote Communication and Speaking
- Take turns making sounds with infants. For example, when a child coos, repeat the sound back to them.
- Play peek-a-boo.
- Blow bubbles and encourage children to try and blow bubbles as well.
- Respond to ALL children’s attempts to communicate, including when children cry.
- Point to pictures in books and encourage children to name the picture.
- When children use one or two words to communicate, respond by expanding on the language used by the child. For example, if a child says “ball” you can say, “Yes, that is a blue, round, ball.”
- Use toy telephones to encourage language use by children by modeling and encouraging conversation.
- Make noise through tubes such as paper towel rolls and encourage children to do the same.