Partner with families to learn about their language practices, stories, and literacy-related interactions at home, recognizing that children bring rich knowledge and skills from their first languages and cultural experiences. Dual language learners should have opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in the standard in both their first language and English, with supports such as first-language use, cross-language connections, gestures, visuals, and props. These opportunities allow young dual language learners to build on what they know and can do in their first language as they continue to develop communication, language, and literacy skills in all their languages.
In a dish pan, freeze an assortment of small plastic arctic animals so they are suspended throughout the ice. Dump the ice on a solid surface. This can be done at the sensory table or taken outside. Provide eyedroppers with salt water and small plastic hammers as tools for the children to chip the ice away and rescue the animals.
