Toddler Community

• Self-feeding:  toddler nutrition, self-feeding, use of a spoon, use of a fork, cup handling

• Toileting

• Dressing/ undressing: Velcro, zipper, buttons

• Putting on shoes

• Hand washing

• Use of the handkerchief

• Covering a cough/ sneeze

• Brushing teeth

• Putting clothes away

• Combing hair

• Setting the table

• Wiping a spill

• Putting objects away

• Watering plants

• Feeding fish

• Scrubbing, dusting, mopping

• Dusting

• Floor and carpet sweeping

• Washing clothes, objects, and dishes

• Squeegee

• Arranging flowers

• Folding

• Hammering and shoveling

• Food preparation and food service, e.g., pouring water, preparing food, chopping and peeling fruit and vegetables, making juice, setting the table, serving others, clearing the table 

• Greetings

• Helping others

• How to walk around environment

• Lining up

• Welcoming a visitor

• Shaking hands

• Resolving conflicts

• Using quiet voices

• Serving food

• Handling materials

• Hanging backpack

• Sitting on the line 

Gross Motor

• Carrying objects

• Lifting weight

• Pushing

• Hauling

• Pulling

• Running

• Long walks

• Balance beam

• Trampoline

• Riding toys

• Hanging bar

• Swing

• Sandbox

• Slide

• Climbers

• Dancing

• Running laps

• Jumping 

Fine Motor 

• Grasping

• Finger and wrist mobility

• Palmar and pincer

• Tactile

• Manipulatives

• Nesting objects

• Ring and dowel sets

• Stringing beads

• Sewing

• Cutting and spooning

• Locks and latches

• Dry pouring and pouring with funnel

• Eye dropper

• Tongs

• Rolling pin

• Drawing, painting, writing 

Sensory/Perceptual

• Oral motor

• Ocular motor

Visual discrimination

• Cylinder block

• Geometric shape box

• Puzzles

• Sorting

• Color matching 

Advanced 2.5-3-year-old

• Pink tower

• Brown stair

• Red rods

• Cylinder blocks

• Geometric cabinet demonstration tray

• Color tablets ii

• Binomial cube

• Sandpaper letters

• Movable alphabet

• Sandpaper numerals

• Red and blue rods and numerals

• Spindle box

• Memory game 

Auditory identification and discrimination

• Sounds in the environment

• Voice: tone and volume

• Simple sound matching: 4 pairs

Olfactory experiences

Tactile

• Mystery bag

• Geometric solids: natural wood

• Texture and temperature in the environment

Vestibular

• Hopping

• Skipping

• Balance beam

Proprioceptive

• Force

• Pressure

• Coordination

Sensory Integration

• Process

• Organize

• Respond to sensorial information

Non-verbal

• Eye contact

• Matching expressions

• Expressing needs

• Sign language

• Gestures

• Pointing  

Speech Development

• Socialization

• Word recognition: pre-reading, labels, vocabulary cards with labels

• Interactive reading

• Communication

• Dialogues

• Scaffolding

• Vocabulary cards with matching objects

• Vocabulary - habits: feeding, toileting, sleeping, working, safety

• Anatomy

• Emotions

• Verbs and nouns – people: family, friends, teachers, occupational, animals, animal sounds

• Classified objects

• Questions and directives

• Spanish

• 3-period lesson

• Object transfer

• Spatial relationships

• Patterns, relationships and change

• Sorting and counting

• Measurement: size, weight, quantity, volume, time

• Collecting and organizing information

• Repetition

• Natural science exploration

• Biology: Butterfly lifecycle observation and interaction, fish observation, plant and flower care

• Outdoor exploration: insects, birds, local wildlife

• Pet care: feeding, helping to set up and care for habitat

• Earth science: outdoor exploration, weather, dirt, rocks, sand

• Physical science: weight, temperature, quantity, volume

• Rhymes and songs in action

• Finger puppets

• Music box

• Instruments

• CD books

• Listening to music

• Painting

• Play-dough

• Edible art

• Chalk

• Pasting

• Tearing paper

• Cutting

• Clay modeling

• Line time

• Visitors

• Diversity and inclusion 

• Independence timeline

• Social referencing

• Self-soothing

• Finger/thumb-soothing; weaning glove

• Child/parent/teacher approach

• Child empowerment and asserting the will

• Self-regulation

• Assisted regulation/wellness

• Toddler yoga

• Inversions

• Toddler relaxation

• Inversions

• Breathing

• Conflict resolution

• Lining up, walking, stopping, taking turns

• Transitions

• Communication

• Intrinsic learning

• Sensitive periods

• Freedom within limits/ boundaries

• Zones of regulation

• Diversity/inclusion 

• Attention

• Cause and effect

• Object permanence

• Trial and error

• Problem solving

• Executive functioning

• Walks

• Park play

• Safety

• Nature

• Activities