Resources / Activity
Place several infants in highchairs next to each other. Give each a small amount of fingerpaint with nontoxic shaving cream on their tray. Encourage the infants to blend them together and rub them around.
Give the children a selection of grocery ads and highlighters. Have them highlight the healthy foods they find throughout the grocery ad. This can be done in small group.
Have the children use highlighters to find specific letters or words in print materials such as newsletters and magazines.
Provide highlighters for the children to find specific letters or words in print materials such as newsletters and magazines.
Give the children a line of printed text from a familiar book or a sentence about a recent field trip or class experience. Provide different colors of highlighters or light colored markers.
Tell the children you are going down the “word trail.” During outdoor time, draw footprints on the ground. Read a phrase or sentence, and have a child take one step for each word that was read in the sentence.
Read Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh. Talk about the different body parts that allow the children to hop and jump. Have the children demonstrate. Secure hula-hoops and blocks to create an obstacle course in the classroom or outdoors.
Read the book Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton.
Give a music stick to the infant and encourage him/her to hit the drum. Model the movement with the music stick, then give the infant the stick to explore and use to hit the drum. Play music with a drum beat during the activity.
Cut pool noodles in half to be hockey sticks. Use a soft ball and create two goals. As you teach the children how to play, introduce new vocabulary such as referee, score, puck, goal, kick and penalty.
Play the traditional children's game “The Hokey Pokey” and add a few twists. Have the children stand with their right or left sides facing in toward the center of the circle. After one round, call out, “Flip.” Everyone turns and faces the other way.
Engage the children in singing the “Hokey Pokey” using shapes. Give each child a shape to hold and use to put it in the circle instead of a body part. “Put your triangle in. Take your triangle out. Do the hokey pokey and turn yourself around.
Tune: “London Bridge”Hola todos, si, si, si, Si, si, si; si, si, si. Hola todos, si, si, si, Si, si, si, amigos. Hello everybody, yes, yes, yes, Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.
Take a small group of the children for a walk down the hall or outside. Encourage the children to hold your hand and remind them it is to keep them safe.
Hold the infant's bottle with one hand and place it in the infant's hands. Assist the infant in bringing the bottle up to his/her mouth. As the infant grows older and gains more control, have the infant independently hold the bottle.
Create a game by cutting a hole in one end of a sturdy shoebox lid. Make the hole slightly smaller than the golf ball so the ball will catch in the hole but not fall through.
You will need a cardboard box. Cut several holes in the box, about the size of a paper towel tube. Have the children find different items that fit into the holes such as pom-poms, small balls or cut-up sections of a paper towel tube.
Read the book Llama Llama Holiday Drama by Anna Dewdney. Have a discussion with the children about what they do with their families during the holidays, such as bake cookies, shop, wrap gifts or visit family.
Create one chart with different holiday traditions listed, such as decorate a tree, hang lights outside, light candles, open gifts, sing special songs or have family dinners.
