Language and Literacy activities for toddlers

Language and Literacy activities for toddlers

Language and Literacy is divided in 5 categories: Literacy, Receptive Language, Expressive language,Print concepts and Phonological awareness.

Literacy

Literacy is simply a book I choose for the week. It is usually a story, often seasonal but I am always on the look for clues from the children to cultivate their interests or respond to their needs. I use the book to inspire me for the other activities. For example, the first week of January, we read : "Flip and Flop" , a story about 2 penguins and we did different activities to go with it, like "Feed the penguin"

https://coachingtoddlers.blogspot.com/2021/01/feed-penguin.html

for fine motor, playing "boomba" like the two characters in the story, for relationships with peers or gross motor...

Here is the lesson plan I wrote about Penguins, Arctic Fox and Snowy Owl :

https://coachingtoddlers.blogspot.com/2021/01/first-week-of-january.html

Receptive Language

Action songs are my favorite activities to encourage receptivity because they allow children to hear the word(s) and see the action at the same time. Toddlers are more visual than auditif so I bring their attention with the movement(s) then there's more chance they'll hear me and learn the words associate to them. I particularly like"Teddy bear, Teddy bear turn around" and I change the lyrics to go with our weekly subject. For example : "Polar bear, polar bear walk with big steps, waddle like a penguin, swim in the water etc.

I also like Simon says which I can change to Teacher says to convince them to listen to me. And if I feel them ready I ask them for 2 directions. For example during the Arctic animals week, I say : " Teacher says : waddle like a penguin then clap like a seal, walk like a polar bear then fly like a snowy owl..."

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Sensory table with white stuff in it

SENSORY TABLE WITH WHITE STUFF IN IT Measurement (math) activity (Cognitive) for toddlers If you don't have a sensory table you can use trays or any shallow containers. We put rice, cornstarch and salt. We used it for measurement activity and during centers time for Initiative. It always a popular one in my classroom.

S'more book for toddlers

S'more book for toddlers A print concepts activity I had so much fun doing this project during nap. I'd like to encourage you to draw even if you think you are bad at it. Most of us draw like a 12 years old because it is when we stopped. I saw on pinterest a similar book but it was for preschool therefore too advanced for my kids so I came up with this one. I Google hazelnut drawing and to my surprise I found something and same thing with marsmallow fluff. I chose the simplest one and tried to replicated it. Well I'm happy with the result. The coloring part was fun too.

Arctic animals, one week lesson olan for toddlers

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