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GODDARD at home

F.L.EX.® DAILY ACTIVITY PLANS

TODDLER

TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION WEEK 7 • DAY 4

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GREETING

GATHERING ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY Using a large bin, laundry basket or box, help your child make a bus. You can use paper plates for wheels or a steering wheel. If you use a cardboard box, give your child some crayons or markers to decorate the bus. Have your child gather some stuffed animals for passengers. Later today your child will be the bus driver!

LEARNING SKILLS Symbolic play, fine motor skill development, creative expression

Materials Bin, laundry basket or box, paper plates, crayons or markers

ACTIVITY After helping your child out of their crib or bed, let them pick out their shirt, pants AND socks by choosing between two options of each. Maybe include a couple of travel- or transportation-themed shirts!

LEARNING SKILLS Communicating preferences, developing self-help skills

Materials Choice of shirts, pants and socks

ACTIVITY Pretend you and your child are on a train and “Chugga, chugga, choo, choo!” as you march around the house to your next activity. Pump your arms, pull your whistle and be sure to announce “All aboard!”

LEARNING SKILLS Symbolic play, gross motor skill development, vocabulary development

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TRANSITION

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CONNECTION ACTIVITY

ACTIVITY Encourage your child to help you gather a variety of transportation toys, such as cars, trucks and planes and put them in a box. Have your child close their eyes while you hide the toys in a room or a few rooms. Then have your child go find the hidden toys and drive or fly them back to the bin.

Talk about each car or truck as your child drives or flies it home. Describe the sounds they make, their color and size and whom they may be transporting.

For a fun twist, ask your child to be the one who hides the toys that you then go find.

LEARNING SKILLSClassification skills, problem-solving, vocabulary development, following directions, developing persistence and patience

Materials Transportation toys, box

ACTIVITY Encourage your child to get on the bus you two made today during Gathering Time and be a bus driver. Sing “The Wheels on the Bus” to the stuffed animals or other toys your child selects.

This is an activity your child can do independently. When he or she starts to lose interest, encourage your toddler to drive to the post office, the grocery store or the park.

LEARNING SKILLS Dramatic play, sustaining independent play

Materials Bus from earlier today, stuffed animals or other toys, “The Wheels on the Bus” song

PROCESSING ACTIVITY

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ACTIVITY Let your child choose a brush or comb to brush their hair. If your child doesn’t have hair yet, that’s okay. Let him or her pretend or brush yours. Use descriptive words to talk about how the brush feels on your head or your child’s head.

LEARNING SKILLS Developing self-help skills, vocabulary development

Materials Brush or comb

ACTIVITY Encourage your child to use a spoon to scoop food during today’s meals. For an older toddler, encourage him or her to use a fork.

Use descriptive and encouraging phrases such as “Scoop it up,” “Balance the food on your spoon,” “You can do it!” and “Look at you go! You did it.”

LEARNING SKILLSDeveloping self-help skills, fine motor skill development, developing persistence and patience, building self-confidence

Materials Spoon or fork

PERSONAL CARE INTERACTIONS

MEALTIME

ACTIVITY Just as people need to be washed, so do cars. Ask your child to gather cars, trucks or other toys to take outside for the car wash. Count each toy as your child puts it into the bag. Ask your child to carry his or her selections outside.

LEARNING SKILLSCounting and number awareness, following directions, developing self-help skills

Materials Cars, small bag

TRANSITION

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ACTIVITY Fill a bucket with soap and water and provide your child with washcloths, sponges or scrub brushes to wash their toys. Talk about the difference between the textures of the cleaning materials.

If you have a portable speaker or even just your phone, play the classic song “Car Wash” by Rose Royce or the updated version of “Car Wash” by Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliot while you clean!

LEARNING SKILLSSensory development, vocabulary development, developing self-help skills, comparing and contrasting

Materials Bucket, soap, water, cleaning materials, cars, speaker or music-playing device

ACTIVITY Help your child settle down for a nap by drawing shapes on your child’s back and having him or her guess what shape you’re drawing. For young toddlers, talk about the shape you’re drawing. Ask what his or her favorite shape is and draw that one too.

LEARNING SKILLS Developing relationships with adults, shape awareness and recognition

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OUTSIDE TIME

REST TIME

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Child’s Choice

ACTIVITY Make three different buckets of varying toys. For example, bucket one can have blocks, baby dolls and a box. Bucket two can have people, cars and washcloths. Bucket three can have books, balls and animals. Be creative! Have your child choose one of the three buckets of toys. Put the other buckets up and offer the same choices the next day. Encourage your child to play with his or her bucket of toys independently. To keep your child’s interest all week, make the buckets only available during this time.

For young toddlers, have them choose between two buckets. If you don’t have buckets, feel free to use boxes or breathable bags.

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

Materials Three buckets (or boxes or breathable bags), variety of toys

transition

ACTIVITY As your child wakes up, encourage him or her to shake their head back and forth and up and down for a gentle stretch.

Try these movements too:• Clap your hands above your head;• Clap your hands down by your feet;• Wiggle your feet with your hands;• Stretch really tall.

Use descriptive words such as side to side, up and down, above your head and down by your feet.

LEARNING SKILLSFollowing directions, language development, coordinating movements, gross motor skill development

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