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Animal Tools: "Chirp Builds a Nest" #3 (PEEP show)
Have children watch the video PEEP and the Big Wide World “Chirp Builds a Nest.” Encourage children to browse through books from the Library Center to find out more about how animals build their homes.
Artificial and Real Plants
Provide some artificial plants and real plants for children to compare with their senses.
Asking Questions
Give toddlers ongoing opportunities to ask questions. Tune into their signs and gestures of questioning and respond by giving them words for what they seem to be asking.
At the Carwash
Have children build a carwash out of blocks and to drive the toy cars and truck through for a good washing.
Babble Talk
Get up close and engage in babble talk conversations with babies. Babies practice sounds by lip-reading, so let them watch your mouth as you talk.
Back and Forth, Up and Down
Move a baby’s arms up and down and back and forth or count his fingers and toes as you use songs, chants, and nursery rhymes to introduce patterns and counting games.
Bear Cave Sounds
Invite children to recreate a bear habitat using blocks. Talk about where bears live and the sounds they might hear.
Bear Snores On #1
Read aloud Bears Snores On by Karma Wilson to children. Focus on the sounds in the story, and talk about the sounds animals make.
Beautiful “B”
Have children trace the letter “B” onto their paper. Remove the stencil and have them decorate the page.
Bigger and Bigger
Support babies as they figure out how to fit smaller boxes into larger ones or stack objects on top of one another.
Block Percussion Center
Invite children to become percussionists like the little girl in My Family Plays Music. Have them tap the blocks lightly with wooden spoons.
Blueprints
Show the blueprint in Building a House by Byron Barton. Have children draw a blueprint for a building they would like to build.
Boat Book
Have children draw, dictate, or write something that surprised them as they were exploring making objects and float and sink. Compile the pages to make a group book.
Book Time
Engage babies in reading right from the start. Read to babies, but let them explore books with their eyes, mouths, and fingers, too!
Build a Bay
Place a bin of water in the Block Area to represent a bay. Have children build a coastline around the bay.
Build a Boat
Invite children to create a boat from blocks. Encourage them to make different types of boats they have been reading about.
Build a Castle
Have children build sand castles to size for a group of toy figures.
Build a (“Cc”)
Children build a large "C" with blocks by following a template taped to the floor.
Build a Family House
Have children build their own house after looking at pictures of different houses.
Build a Garden
Have children build a block garden using craft foam as the dirt, blocks for a wall, and plastic flowers.