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.
During outdoor time, place a child-safe bath-fizz ball in a bowl of warm water. Talk about how the ball began as a solid but changed to liquid and then to gas when it was submerged. Use the soapy water to clean toys and outdoor equipment before taking them inside.
