Water Safety

How To Tie a Knot at the end of Thread

The magic knot!

Child Development: Toddler: Safety Tips and Video

Click HERE  Safe Kids Worldwide website.

Because a toddler is mobile, a lot of childproofing must be done to help keep them safe.
Click HERE to find 8 tips for childproofing a home.

HERE is a video about hyperthermia deaths and prevention.

HERE is a link to the San Bernardino County Fire Department's newsletter that talks about facts about heat, cars, and kids.

How to Get a Picky Eater to Eat (Toddler)

Article Review: Toddlers are Finicky

Why are toddlers famously finicky eaters?

Read THIS article as a group and list the reasons.

Child Development: Food and Safety : 8 Eating Milestones Assignment

When Baby starts eating solid foods, it is important to keep both safety and nutrition in mind. Click HERE to read "8 Eating Milestones", an article filled with advice about feeding older infants.
Focus on "Milestone 4".
HERE is another list of foods to include for older infants as well as foods to watch out for.
HERE is a list of excellent beginning finger foods for older infants.
Make a "T Chart" like the one below showing what older infants should and shouldn't be given to eat.

Child Development: Infant: Play

Even the littlest babies need to play. Check out this list of weekly play activities by clicking HERE.

Infant Play

Click HERE for some fun ideas for infant play.

Click HERE for more play activities for 6-12 month olds.

Child Development: Early Infant: Play: Video

Playing with babies helps them to grow stronger and meet developmental milestones.
Click HERE to watch a short video about infant play and development.

Food Safety: Older Infants

HERE is a link with information about infant choking.

What should you do if an infant is choking?

Older Infant Pincer Grasp

HERE is a video showing the Pincer grasp.

Square Knot Keychain

For our first project, we will be tying square knots in suedecord to make a keychain.
Look at the link HERE to see how to do a square knot.

It looks complicated at first, but you will get the hang of it!

You may watch this short video to see a live action demonstration:

HERE is a link to good step-by-step instructions

Recipe: Banana Bread: Cooking Video

HERE is the recipe we will be using for banana bread.

Watch this video of a woman using a very similar recipe for Banana Bread.

Child Development: Infant: Breastfeeding

7 Signs that Baby is Ready for Solid Foods

Child Safety: SIDS video

This video explains what SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) is and measures that can be taken to help prevent it.

HERE is a fact sheet about SIDS.

ABCs of Safe sleep

Child Development: Toddler: Cooked Play Dough Recipe

COOKED PLAY DOUGH

1 c. flour 1/2 c. salt 2 tsp. cream of tartar 1 package of unsweetened Kool Aid powder (optional) 1 c. water 2 tbsp. oil Combine 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar and Kool Aid powder, if desired, in a large saucepan. Gradually stir in 1 cup water mixed with 2 tablespoons oil. Cook over medium to high heat, stirring constantly until a ball forms. Remove from heat, cool and knead until smooth. Store in an airtight container.

In this video, the demonstrator starts with the liquid first, 

but I prefer to begin with the dry ingredients and 

add the wet ingredients into them as in the recipe above. 

She also uses liquid food coloring which is an option to add color to the play dough.

Toddler: How To Draw

This is a great tutorial which shows how to use familiar shapes to draw a toddler.

Before you watch it turn off your sound.

Use a pencil and follow the steps to draw this toddler on the back of yyour foldable.

(You may want to pause the video after each step, draw, and then resume the video.) 

Child Development: Toddler Milestones Slideshow

To see a slide show on toddler milestones click HERE.

Child Development: Toddler: Play

HERE is a huge list of toddler play ideas!

Each group should spend a few minutes browsing through the 50 Activities just for your Toddler.

Click on the name of the activities (in red lettering) to see a detailed description of the activity.

(You may want to look at some activities at the end first...)

In your small group choose one activity to present to the class and sign up for it.

Create a mini poster that includes 

a large title, large picture, how to play and reasons why this is a good play activity for toddlers. (Think of PIES.)

You will present the posters later.

Beginning Baby Sign Language

HERE is a link to ten beginning signs to teach a baby.

HERE are even more signs to teach a baby.