TS EDR Digital Sampler - Flipbook - Page 16
Following Daily Guidance
Comprehensive guidance is
provided to ensure a teacher
has the support needed to
be successful each day, while
DAY 1
How do you open and
close containers?
still offering flexibility to adapt
to children’s interests, needs
Making the Most
of Routines
and abilities.
During your sleeping and nap time routines, consider using Mighty Minutes 06, “The
Creeping Ladybug,” to help children quiet their bodies for nap time.
It’s important to regularly revisit your sleeping and nap time routines. Which children
settle down for their naps with little support? Which children need more comfort and
support to relax and rest? Using a Mighty Minutes® activity can create a calming transition
that may help children who are seeking more connection during this routine rest or fall
asleep peacefully.
Guidance for responsive
caregiving
Morning
Moment
with Families
Additional embedded coaching
and support
Family Guidance: Explore the shoebox with your child. How does it open and close? How can
you fill and empty it?
Display a few shoeboxes with lids that the children can take on and off easily along with several
small toys.
Invite families to explore a shoebox with their children by taking its lid on and off, filling it with
small toys, and emptying it.
Investigating
Containers:
Putting Lids
On and Taking
Lids Off
Opportunities for investigative
learning experiences
• Display a variety of containers from the
classroom collection with lids that come on
and off easily, such as shoeboxes or small
cardboard boxes.
• Show the children the lid of one container.
Explain that a lid goes on top of the
container and that you can take it off.
• Model how to take off and put on the lids
using self-talk to describe your actions: “I
can take the lid off of this container just by
lifting it up. Then I can put it back on the
container.”
• Explore the boxes with the children and
demonstrate how to problem-solve putting
the lid back on the container: “My lid isn’t
staying on the container. Oh! I have it
upside-down. I will turn it over. Now it fits!”
or “This lid isn’t going on. Hmmm. I think
I need to turn it to see if it will fit another
way.”
Self-talk is a strategy where you describe what you are doing, thinking, or noticing while
you are doing it. When children hear the words as they watch what you are doing, they
make connections about the meaning of the words you say.
Additional embedded coaching
and support
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• Invite the children to explore the containers
by taking their lids off and putting them
back on.
