Beginning Sock Puppet Project

Anyone can make a sock puppet!!  This is somewhat like the sock puppets we will be making

You will be designing your own sock puppet and creating pattern pieces to make it.

Click HERE to go to the images for sock puppet designs to give you some ideas.

Remember, you need to have an original design that follows the criteria on the instructions.

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.

Child Development: Infant: Breastfeeding

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

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.

Child Development: Toddler :Play

Click HERE for a comprehensive look at toddler play.  You may either read the text or you may listen to the sound if you have headphones.

Child Development: Toddler: Safety: Video

Danielle gives some advice about general safety.