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Mirror toys and soft books reflect how very young children learn using a variety of objects.
High-contrast books, textured balls, and toys with sounds and lights. Toys like these help to promote hand-eye coordination, motor skills, and sensory exploration
Sitting with the children and building blocks with them gives the children the opportunity to imitate you and learn through you playing with them as well.
Large soft blocks allow children to learn how to gage their space and learn to climb safely. This also can help with confidence as they master how to navigate this terrane.
Very young children learn best through imitation. If I roll a ball and they see that, they will know the ball rolls next time they play with it.
In our classroom we have toys such as building blocks, textured balls and books, and a color wall with a variety of colors and objects that represent those colors. All of these things give children the opportunity to learn in multiple different ways and give them ways to imitate what you say and do!
In my room we have building blocks books and other toys we also like to find animals and other things
In our room we like to practice, “I do” “you do” So if I have blocks and i am adding to my tower. I do this first then you do this. You are showing me what you are able to do and that you are imitating my movements.
Sitting and reading to them and asking them about each page that’s read to them and see how they interact with the book and other kids
In my room we use mirror toys ; plush toys, soft building blocks to interact with each other The children enjoy seeing their selfs in the mirrors and watching me when I see myself in the mirror.
Mirrors, textiles with different textures, light boards that shows causes and effect and also offer fine. Motor skill development are all activities and materials. We have in our classrooms to help with infant and toddler development.
Imitation, when a young child sees you doing something, for example rolling a ball, they will do the same and try to roll the ball back.
We have lots of different options from activities involving motor skills, books and much more.
Setting with the children and singing a song with motion they will do the same
Circle time is a great time to engage with the class as a whole. In our class we like to use songs to learn, it is a great way to get kids excited about learning. Having circle time at a scheduled time everyday also gives the kids a great sense of structure.
I greet them as they come in the with my arms open showing them that I’m there to protect them. Name different articles that they have in their hands like their Binky or your blanket. And asked parents how was their night, last bottle all while holding them close to me.
Personal connection
We have a wall mirror for infant and toddlers to explore themselves and faces. We have a toddler loft in the classroom to give them a large motor opportunity as well as texture fabrics to utilize their senses
We have mirrors on the walls, they love looking at themselves. I love using the stacking blocks to see if they can stack them back.
Play food is great for my crawling babies, so they can learn hand eye coordination and dexterity.