

Have the children take turns putting classroom objects in the shoe box with a hole at one end. AND Social & Emotional Development/Self-Concept demonstrates growing confidence in a range of abilities and expresses pride in accomplishments. Language Development/Speaking & Communicating develops increasing abilities to understand and use language to communicate information, experiences, ideas, feelings, opinions, needs, questions and for other varied purposes.

Allow the children to share ways that they have been brave. Tell the children about one time that you were scared and what you did to help you be brave.

AND Literacy/Book Knowledge & Appreciation demonstrates progress in abilities to retell and dictate stories from books and experiences to act out stories in dramatic play and to predict what will happen next in a story. When you get to the page where Franklin goes to bed and says Goodnight, ask the children how do you think Franklin solved his fear of small dark places?Īpproaches to Learning/Reasoning & Problem Solving develops increasing ability to find more than one solution to a question, task, or problem. While Reading the StoryĪs you turn the pages that show the duck, the lion, the bird, and the bear, stop and ask the children, “why do you think the duck is wearing water wings? The lion is wearing earmuffs, the bird is wearing a parachute, and the bear is wearing a snowsuit?” Language Development/Listening & Understanding demonstrates increasing ability to attend to and understand conversations, stories, songs, and poems. Look at the front cover with the children ask the children how they think Franklin is feeling, why? Say, “I always thought turtles were supposed to be in their shell, I wonder why Franklin is not?” Let the children respond.

The Value of Play Dough in Early Childhood.The Importance of Teaching Classroom Rules.
