July Pictures

Eating Together
Nutrition: express when hungry; follow a regular eating routine
Peer Interaction: show interest in other children

Exploring a textured book
Sensory Motor: use senses and movement to explore
Early Reading: show interest in books, pictures

He worked on getting toys from the back of the shelf.
Physical Activity: using simple movement skills
Planning, Action: approach tasks with repeated trial and error
Persistence: repeat actions intentionally to achieve a goal

Playing in water with watering cans.
Initiative and Curiosity: explore the environment through a variety
of sensory-motor activity

Playing in water with a friend.
Peer Interactions: engage in parallel play

He was touching the colored paper on the other side of the fence.
He was also walking on the boarder of the playground.
Curiosity: explore environment through sensory-motor activity
Large Muscle, Balance and Coordination: move with increasing coordination and balance
without support of an adult 

We can't get enough of our tunnel!
Physical Activity: using simple movement skills,
participate in active physical play

Should I or Shouldn't I?
Curiosity: demonstrate willingness to try new activities and experiences 

We played in Ms. Kris' chalk paint. Some of us really
got into it!
Initiative and Curiosity: demonstrate willingness to try new activities and experiences

She loves this toy!
Spatial Relationships: explore the properties of objects

My Day With the Infants By: Donna

Expressing her emotions to her care giver.

Sense of Competence: She is moving the barn door to hear the "moo" noise.

Strength and Control

He is crawling and she likes to put her index finger over her mouth or

 nose.

He is repeatedly slapping his hands against the sidewalk to make noise.

Peer interactions and relationships

These two sat next to each other pulling grass for the longest time.

He is pushing this toy back and forth on the sidewalk.

Okay guys, I did it now it's your turn!
These 3 babies are working on their curiosity.

I did it!

My turn...but I'm a little scared.

Another little one moving the door to hear the "moo" sound.

Cutie!

New Explorations

Moving the beads on the bead maze
Ohio Learning Standard: Curiosity- explore environment though a
variety of sensory-motor activity.

Playing with kitchen toys.
Ohio Learning Standard: Memory-mirror and repeat something s
seen at an earlier time.

Looking at the objects on the play gym.
Ohio Learning Standard: Initiative and Curiosity-
Show interest in objects.

Shaking the drum to make a sound.
Ohio Learning Standard: Creativity/Innovation/Invention- use objects in new ways

Using the drum stick as a phone.
Ohio Learning Standard: Cognitive: Symbolic Thought-
Use one or two simple objects to represent another in pretend play.

Ohio Learning Standard: Creativity: Expression of
Feelings through the Arts

He is now sitting at the table eating finger foods.
Ohio Learning Standard: Oral Motor-
Take and chew small bites of finger food.

He loves mirror play.
Ohio Learning Standard: Self Awareness

Curious Cuties

 Painting with oatmeal! So much fun!

Domain: Approaches toward learning

Strand: Initiative

Topic: Initiative and curiosity: 

demonstrate a willingness to try new activities and experiences.

Playing together by the music table.

Domain: Social and Emotional Development

Strand: Self

Topic: Self-concept:

Recognize self as a unique person with thoughts, feelings and distinct characteristics.

Exploring his environment by giving it a taste.

Domain: Physical well-being and motor development

Strand: Motor Development

Topic: Oral-motor: Use mouth and tongue to explore objects

Check out my new ride!

Domain: Physical well-being and motor development

Strand: Motor development

Topic: Large muscle, balance and coordination: 

Use locomotor skills with increasing coordination and balance.

Future all star!

Domain: Physical well-being and motor development

Strand: Motor development

Topic: Large muscle, balance and coordination

Move with increasing coordination and balance, with or without 

adult support and/or assistive device.

Just hanging out.

Domain: Social and emotional development

Strand: Self

Topic: Self comforting 

Comfort self in simple ways and communicate needs for help 

through vocalizations and gestures

Enjoying some water while watching the pinwheel spin outside on a windy day.

Domain: Physical well-being and motor development

Strand: Motor development

Topic: Large muscle, balance and coordination

Use locomotor skills with increasing coordination and balance.

Getting so strong.  I can hold my head up!

Domain: Physical well-being and motor development

Strand: Motor development

Topic: Large muscle, balance and coordination

Demonstrate strength and control of head, arms, legs and 

trunk using purposeful movements.