South Dakota Content Standards (Infant)

Main Criteria: South Dakota Content Standards
Secondary Criteria: ReadyRosie
Subject: Early Childhood Education
Grades: Ages Birth to 12 months, Ages 13 to 24 months, Ages 25 to 36 months
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South Dakota Content Standards
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages Birth to 12 months - Adopted: 2017
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Curiosity, Information-Seeking, and Eagerness
STANDARD B-12.AL-1.Children demonstrate curiosity and eagerness and express interest in the world around them.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-1.1.Begin to connect interests in the world through a trusted relationship (utters squeal of delight when adult brushes flower against cheek).

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
Touch and Taste
What Comes after Two?
Which Toy?
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-1.2.Show interest in others (kicks feet excitedly when someone they care about approaches; smiles or gazes at caregiver).

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Do You See Me?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-1.4.React to new sights, sounds, tastes, smells, and touches (may turn head toward loud sound; may repeatedly stick out tongue when tasting a new food).

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Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Curiosity, Information-Seeking, and Eagerness
STANDARD B-12.AL-2.Children actively seek to understand the world around them in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-2.1.Explore the indoor and outdoor environment using all available senses— smell, hear, see, feel and taste (puts objects in their mouth).

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-2.2.Move toward interesting people, sounds, objects, and activities, with appropriate supports.

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Do You See Me?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD B-12.AL-3.Children demonstrate initiative and effort in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-3.1.Communicate with sounds or movements to indicate preferences (make excited facial expressions or sound for food they like, push away food they don’t like).

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Snuggle Close
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-3.2.Independently explore the different qualities of an object (notice the sound of a rattle, exploring it further by putting in their mouth).

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD B-12.AL-4.children are engaged and maintain focus in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-4.1.Focus and attend to people and things around them.

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Do You See Me?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-4.2.Repeat interesting actions over and over (push button to make toy light up).

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Bath Time Fun
Kicking Paper
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD B-12.AL-5.Children persist at challenging activities in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-5.1.Try over and over to make things happen (make sounds to get attention, work to get something that is out of reach).

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Kicking Paper
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Risk-Taking, Problem-Solving, Flexibility, and Resiliency
STANDARD B-12.AL-6.Children are willing to try new and challenging experiences in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-6.1.Explore new experiences both indoors and outdoors (toys, foods, people, spaces) with support of a familiar trusted adult.

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Lunchtime Language
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-6.2.Look to adults for cues and proceed when reassured.

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How can I get my child to listen to me?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-6.3.Try to do things that are hard for them (stretch to reach toy, work to crawl or walk, try to capture crumb with pincer grasp).

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Bath Time Fun
Table Taps
Touch and Taste
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Risk-Taking, Problem-Solving, Flexibility, and Resiliency
STANDARD B-12.AL-7.Children use a variety of strategies to solve problems in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-7.2.Try a familiar action in a new activity (hit a button on a new toy, try to open a variety of containers).

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Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-7.3.Use trial and error to get something done, get what they want, or solve simple problems.

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Do You See Me?
Kicking Paper
Supported Standing
Touch and Taste
Which Toy?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Play and Imagination
STANDARD B-12.AL-8.Children engage in increasingly complex play.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-8.3.Imitate sounds, facial expressions, or gestures (cover face with hands, hands up for “so big”).

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Snuggle Close
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-8.4.Play with simple objects, using them to make sounds and explore cause and effect (shake a rattle-hear a sound; drop a spoon-caregiver picks it up).

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Bath Time Fun
Kicking Paper
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-8.5.Begin to participate in give-and-take exchanges of sounds and gestures (known as “serve and return”).

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Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Play and Imagination
STANDARD B-12.AL-9.Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.AL-9.2.Try a familiar action with a new object or person (try to bounce a block, wave bye-bye to a toy, make a sound to get a new adult’s attention).

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That's My Name
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing a Positive Sense of Self
STANDARD B-12.SED-1.Children demonstrate a positive sense of themselves as unique and capable individuals in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-1.1.Show awareness of their bodies (purposefully reach for toes).

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Kicking Paper
Piggy Toes
Roll Over
Strong Legs
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-1.3.Respond to their name (smile, kick feet, turn head).

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Lunchtime Language
Self Talk
Tummy Talk
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-1.5.Show they expect results from their actions (hit toy over and over to produce sound).

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Bath Time Fun
Kicking Paper
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing Relationships
STANDARD B-12.SED-2.Children form relationships and interact positively with familiar adults in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-2.1.Enjoy being held, cuddled, and talked to by familiar adults.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-2.2.Recognize and reach out to familiar people.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-2.3.Seek to be near trusted adults; stop crying when they come near.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-2.4.Show signs of separation anxiety when a familiar caregiver leaves.

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How can I help my child with separation?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-2.5.Make eye contact with others if culturally appropriate.

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Do You See Me?
Me in the Mirror
Pattern Play
Self Talk
Sing to Your Baby
Which Toy?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-2.6.Imitate sounds, facial expressions, or gestures they see other people do and wait for a response (peek-a-boo, hands up for “so big”).

ReadyRosie
Snuggle Close
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing Relationships
STANDARD B-12.SED-3.Children form relationships and interact positively with other children in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-3.1.Notice other infants and children (turning and looking in their direction, reaching out for them).

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Do You See Me?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.SED-3.2.Interact and move toward other familiar children when mobile.

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Do You See Me?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD B-12.CLL-1.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children successfully communicate for multiple purposes.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-1.1.Respond to familiar faces, voices, or simple sign language by looking or making eye contact.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
Me in the Mirror
Pattern Play
Self Talk
Sing to Your Baby
Which Toy?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-1.4.Respond to simple requests (“Do you want more?”) with sounds, actions, or simple sign language.

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Lunchtime Language
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-1.5.Engage in turn-taking during social and vocal play with adults and other children (babbling, imitating facial expressions).

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD B-12.CLL-2.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children speak clearly and use the grammar of their home language.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-2.2.“Jabber” and pretend to talk using many sounds or simple sign language from the languages used around them.

ReadyRosie
Lunchtime Language
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD B-12.CLL-3.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children understand and use an ever-expanding vocabulary.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-3.1.Make specific sounds, facial expressions, and/or gestures for certain people and objects.

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Snuggle Close
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-3.3.Recognize spoken or signed words used for common items, people, and actions.

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Lunchtime Language
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD B-12.CLL-5.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children comprehend, use, and begin to reflect on and analyze information in books and other media.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-5.1.Show recognition or delight when caregiver reads a familiar story or sings a familiar song.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Piggy Toes
Sing to Your Baby
Why should I sing to my baby?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD B-12.CLL-6.Through their explorations, play and social interactions, children begin to recognize basic concepts of print and that they can get meaning from print.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-6.1.Explore books and paper by tasting, mouthing, crumpling, banging, and patting.

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-6.2.Look at pictures while cuddling with caregiver.

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Animal Noises
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD B-12.CLL-7.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children listen, identify, and respond to sounds, and develop phonological awareness.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CLL-7.1.Imitate and take turns with caregivers making different sounds.

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD B-12.CD-2.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children recall information and apply it to new situations and problems.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-2.2.Respond differently to familiar vs. unfamiliar people, objects, and situations (reach for new interesting toy instead of old familiar toy; move toward familiar caregiver but hide head on parent’s shoulder when new person comes near).

ReadyRosie
How can I help my child with separation?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-2.3.Anticipate routine events (smile, wave arms and legs, move toward adult holding bottle).

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Animal Noises
How do I get my child to______?
Reading Routines for Early Readers
What Comes after Two?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-2.5.Observe and imitate sounds, movements, and facial expressions, including things they have seen in the past or in other places.

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Snuggle Close
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD B-12.CD-3.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-3.1.Show awareness of others’ reactions to people, objects, and events.

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Do You See Me?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-3.2.Show awareness of another person’s actions by establishing joint attention (look at an object, then at caregiver, and back at object).

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD B-12.CD-4.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children count with understanding and use numbers to tell how many, describe order, and compare.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-4.2.Show interest in obvious differences in quantity by looking at or reaching for objects (reach for a basket with three balls rather than a basket with one ball).

ReadyRosie
Table Taps
Two on Me and You
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD B-12.CD-7.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children use mathematical thinking to ask questions and solve problems.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-7.1.Differentiate primary caregiver from others

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
STANDARD B-12.CD-8.As a result of their explorations and participation in simple investigations through play, children observe, describe characteristics of, and demonstrate respect for living things, the environment, and the physical world.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-8.1.Show curiosity and explore the natural world using all their senses (rub hands over grass, lift face to feel wind, pat family dog, splash water).

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
STANDARD B-12.CD-9.As a result of their explorations and participation in simple investigations through play, children demonstrate their ability to use scientific inquiry by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-9.1.Gather information through sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch.

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Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-9.3.Use multiple senses to focus intently on objects, displays, materials, or events.

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Bath Time Fun
Two on Me and You
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Social Studies, Family, and Community Connections
STANDARD B-12.CD-10.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children demonstrate an understanding of relationships, roles and what it means to be a participating member of their families and the diverse groups and communities they belong to.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-10.1.Observe actions of children, adults, animals, and objects nearby.

ReadyRosie
Do You See Me?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-10.2.Seek out parents, siblings, and caregivers for play and for meeting needs.

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-10.3.Express enjoyment or show preference for familiar people with sounds, expressions, and/or movement.

ReadyRosie
That's My Name
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Social Studies, Family, and Community Connections
STANDARD B-12.CD-11.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children identify and demonstrate appreciation of similarities and differences between themselves and others.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-11.1.Notice faces and facial features.

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Snuggle Close
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-11.2.Notice differences between primary caregivers and others.

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-11.3.Respond differently to adults and children.

ReadyRosie
Grasp and Grab
How can I make music part of our day?
Me in the Mirror
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tummy Talk
Two on Me and You
Which Toy?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Creative Arts and Expression
STANDARD B-12.CD-12.Children engage in a variety of creative activities for enjoyment and self-expression including play, visual arts, music, expressive movement, and drama.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-12.3.Imitate and make a variety of sounds with simple instruments, toys, and their own voice.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Piggy Toes
Sing to Your Baby
Why should I sing to my baby?
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Creative Arts and Expression
STANDARD B-12.CD-13.Children demonstrate an appreciation for different forms of art including visual arts, music, expressive movement, and drama.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.CD-13.2.Hold, touch, and experience different textures (fuzzy blanket, smooth skin, rough carpet).

ReadyRosie
Bath Time Fun
Grasp and Grab
Table Taps
Touch and Taste
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Physical Health and Growth
STANDARD B-12.HPD-1.Children develop healthy eating habits.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-1.1.Eat different kinds of food such as liquids, pureed or soft foods, and finely chopped food.

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Lunchtime Language
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-1.2.Show interest in feeding routines.

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Lunchtime Language
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-1.4.Show hunger or fullness using actions, sounds, or words (cry or search for food, turn away when full).

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Lunchtime Language
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-1.5.Show food preferences.

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Lunchtime Language
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-1.6.Respond to different textures of food in their mouth (wait for the next bite, spit out food, turn head away).

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Lunchtime Language
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Physical Health and Growth
STANDARD B-12.HPD-2.Children engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-2.1.Engage in physically active moments (spending time on their tummy, repeating actions, kicking, waving arms, rolling over).

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Tummy Talk
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Motor Development
STANDARD B-12.HPD-4.Children engage in play and movement to develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to explore and move in their environment.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-4.3.Explore body positions and movements, rolling, pushing up, pulling to stand, and kicking or reaching for objects to achieve a goal.

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Supported Standing
Up, Down
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Motor Development
STANDARD B-12.HPD-5.Children engage in play and experiences to develop muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-5.1.Use both hands to swipe at, reach for, grasp, hold, shake, and release objects.

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Bath Time Fun
Grasp and Grab
Table Taps
Touch and Taste
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-5.2.Explore shape, weight, size, and texture by turning objects, dropping, or transferring objects from one hand to another.

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Bath Time Fun
Grasp and Grab
Touch and Taste
Two on Me and You
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-5.3.Use index finger and thumb (pincer grasp) to pick up an object with finger and thumb.

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Bath Time Fun
Grasp and Grab
Table Taps
Touch and Taste
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-care, Safety, and Well Being
STANDARD B-12.HPD-6.Children develop personal hygiene and self-care skills.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-6.2.Show interest and assist in routines (open mouth for milk or spoon, raise arms for dressing, open mouth for milk or spoon).

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Lunchtime Language
GOAL/STRAND SD.B-12.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Infants - Birth-12 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-care, Safety, and Well Being
STANDARD B-12.HPD-7.Children use safe behaviors and personal safety practices with support from adults.
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-7.1.Show trust in familiar caregivers (calm down with adult help, make eye contact with caregivers).

ReadyRosie
Baby Massage
Behavior is a form of communication
Do You See Me?
Me in the Mirror
Pattern Play
Self Talk
Sing to Your Baby
Snuggle Close
Tips for bonding with your baby
What Comes after Two?
Which Toy?
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS B-12.HPD-7.2.Notice and imitate adults’ reactions to new people and situations.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?

South Dakota Content Standards
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 13 to 24 months - Adopted: 2017
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Curiosity, Information-Seeking, and Eagerness
STANDARD 8-21.AL-1.Children demonstrate curiosity and eagerness and express interest in the world around them.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-1.1.Watch a trusted person to gauge their level of curiosity and eagerness before interacting with objects or other people.

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-1.2.Imitate facial expressions and movements of others.

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Bear Bath
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-1.3.Show curiosity about their surroundings (points, facial expressions, simple words).

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-1.5.Enjoy sensory experiences (splashing water, tasting, touching, and shaking objects).

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Baby Basketball
Flying with Mom
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Walk the Line
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Curiosity, Information-Seeking, and Eagerness
STANDARD 8-21.AL-2.Children actively seek to understand the world around them in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-2.1.Initiate activities that interest them and try to get others involved.

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-2.2.Use toys and other objects to make things happen (kick a ball, push a button on a toy).

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Baby Basketball
Kick With Me
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-2.3.Move toward people and things that are new and/or interesting.

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-2.4.Seek information from adults by pointing or with a questioning look or sound.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD 8-21.AL-3.Children demonstrate initiative and effort in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-3.3.Try to help with self-care (brushing hair) and activities (turning pages in a book you are reading together).

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Look at the Book
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD 8-21.AL-4.children are engaged and maintain focus in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-4.2.Focus on an interesting activity or interaction shared with adults for a short period of time.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD 8-21.AL-5.Children persist at challenging activities in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-5.1.Keep trying to accomplish tasks that they are not initially able to do (put objects inside container, use spoon, put on hat).

ReadyRosie
Big, Little Helper
Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Clap and Swing
Color with Me
Dump and Pick Up
Little Hands, Big Plans
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Risk-Taking, Problem-Solving, Flexibility, and Resiliency
STANDARD 8-21.AL-6.Children are willing to try new and challenging experiences in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-6.1.Try unfamiliar experiences and interact with new people with a familiar adult nearby.

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Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-6.2.Move away from a familiar adult to explore, but check in frequently.

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Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-6.3.Show interest in toys that offer a challenge and try to make them work.

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Bear Bath
Tea Party
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Risk-Taking, Problem-Solving, Flexibility, and Resiliency
STANDARD 8-21.AL-7.Children use a variety of strategies to solve problems in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-7.1.Try one or two strategies to get what they want or solve a problem (try giving a peer an alternate toy to get a desired toy from him/her; try to put a ball in a box—if it will not fit, gets a bigger box).

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Check the Mail
Dump and Pick Up
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-7.2.After unsuccessful attempt to solve a problem, ask for help from an adult (point, gesture, speak).

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Dump and Pick Up
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-7.3.Vary actions on purpose to solve a problem (bang then turn shape to fit in sorter; shake handle then pull

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Dump and Pick Up
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-7.4.Use available resources to accomplish a goal or solve a problem (push a stool to a counter to reach for something).

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Dump and Pick Up
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Play and Imagination
STANDARD 8-21.AL-8.Children engage in increasingly complex play.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-8.2.Imitate adult actions with objects, first with real objects and then with objects that are used to represent another object (talk on phone, feed doll, use a chair as a pretend car).

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Bear Bath
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.AL-8.4.Offer toys and objects to others.

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Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing a Positive Sense of Self
STANDARD 8-21.SED-1.Children demonstrate a positive sense of themselves as unique and capable individuals in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-1.1.Begin to recognize some body parts by pointing when asked.

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Flying with Mom
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Kick With Me
Point and Learn
Pop Go the Bubbles
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-1.3.Express choices with gestures, signs, or words (select a toy they want).

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Snack Time Speech
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-1.5.Share what they have done with others and show them things they like.

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Choosing Clothes
Happy Birthday to You
Point and Learn
This or That
This or That
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing Relationships
STANDARD 8-21.SED-2.Children form relationships and interact positively with familiar adults in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-2.1.Show preference for and emotional connection with adults who take care of them on a regular basis (feel secure to explore and then “check in” with caregiver while playing, greet family member with big hug, seek out caregiver when upset or uncertain, exhibit anxiety when adult leaves).

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How can I help my child with separation?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-2.2.Offer toys and objects to familiar adults.

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Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-2.3.Use sounds and gestures to engage adults (initiate simple give-and-take interactions).

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing Relationships
STANDARD 8-21.SED-3.Children form relationships and interact positively with other children in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-3.2.Enjoy playing alongside other children.

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Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-3.3.Imitate actions of older siblings and playmates.

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Bear Bath
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-3.4.Offer toys and objects to other children.

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Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-Regulation and Pro-Social Behaviors
STANDARD 8-21.SED-4.Children demonstrate self-regulation, pro-social behaviors, and participate cooperatively as members of a group in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-4.2.Begin to follow simple directions. (“Please get your shoes so we can go outside.”)

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Choosing Clothes
Talk and Play
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-4.3.Control impulses some of the time (look at forbidden object and say, “No, no,” allow adult to direct them to a different activity).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
Walk the Line
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-Regulation and Pro-Social Behaviors
STANDARD 8-21.SED-5.Children demonstrate an ability to identify and regulate their emotions in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-5.1.Use body language, facial expression, simple words or signs to communicate needs and feelings (clap when happy, shout “Whee!” when excited).

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Snack Time Speech
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-5.2.Separate from parent or main caregiver without being overcome by stress.

ReadyRosie
How can I help my child with separation?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-5.3.Find comfort and calm down in a familiar setting or with a familiar person.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-Regulation and Pro-Social Behaviors
STANDARD 8-21.SED-6.Children recognize and respond to the needs and feelings of others in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.SED-6.2.Look at familiar caregivers to see how the caregiver is feeling (look to see if the caregiver is upset after they spill a drink).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD 8-21.CLL-1.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children successfully communicate for multiple purposes.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-1.1.Respond to gestures, facial expressions, and tone of voice, with words or simple sign language.

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Snack Time Speech
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-1.2.Establish joint attention by repeated cycles of looking at an object, at their caregiver, then back at the object.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-1.3.Use sounds, actions, or simple words to initiate interaction and simple conversation with another person and make their needs known.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-1.4.Follow simple directions and visual cues. (“Pick out your favorite book and I’ll read it to you.”)

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Choosing Clothes
Talk and Play
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-1.5.Respond to simple statements and questions about pictures, play, people, and things that are happening.

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Choosing Clothes
Point and Learn
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Talk and Play
Why should we tell family stories?
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD 8-21.CLL-2.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children speak clearly and use the grammar of their home language.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-2.2.Expect others to understand them and show frustration if not understood.

ReadyRosie
How should I handle temper tantrums?
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD 8-21.CLL-3.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children understand and use an ever-expanding vocabulary.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-3.1.Show steady increase in words they use (name family members and familiar objects).

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Big and Little
Color Toys
Find a Match
Grocery Store I Spy
Point and Learn
Talk and Play
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-3.2.Use simple words to label people and objects and make requests (“doggy,” “more,” “all done”).

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Big and Little
Color Toys
Find a Match
Grocery Store I Spy
Point and Learn
Talk and Play
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-3.3.Imitate familiar people, as well as repeating parts of songs and rhymes.

ReadyRosie
Bear Bath
Clap and Swing
Happy Birthday to You
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Move While you Sing
Move to to the Music
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Where is Thumbkin?
Why should I sing to my baby?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-3.4.Respond to simple spoken or signed words and phrases that they hear often.

ReadyRosie
Choosing Clothes
Point and Learn
Rhyme and Ride
Snack Time Speech
Swing Song
Talk and Play
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD 8-21.CLL-5.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children comprehend, use, and begin to reflect on and analyze information in books and other media.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-5.1.Listen to and repeat parts of simple and repetitive books, stories, songs, and finger plays.

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
Happy Birthday to You
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Look at the Book
Move While you Sing
Move to to the Music
Reading Emotions
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Where is Thumbkin?
Why should I sing to my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-5.2.Make appropriate sounds when looking at pictures. (When looking at a duck says, “Quack, quack.” When looking at a car says, “Vrrrrooom.”)

ReadyRosie
Bear Bath
Choosing Clothes
Point and Learn
Reading Emotions
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Talk and Play
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-5.3.Looks at most pages as caregiver reads short book.

ReadyRosie
Look at the Book
Reading Emotions
Why should we tell family stories?
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD 8-21.CLL-6.Through their explorations, play and social interactions, children begin to recognize basic concepts of print and that they can get meaning from print.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-6.2.Turn pages (but not always in the right order); point to and label pictures in books.

ReadyRosie
Look at the Book
Reading Emotions
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-6.3.Show awareness of and identify some environmental print and logos (favorite cereal box, a sign for a familiar store).

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Check the Mail
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD 8-21.CLL-7.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children listen, identify, and respond to sounds, and develop phonological awareness.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-7.2.Express interest and sing along, clap, or move with rhyming and rhythmic songs.

ReadyRosie
Clap and Swing
Happy Birthday to You
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Itsy Bitsy Spider Motions
Move While you Sing
Move to to the Music
Rhyme and Ride
Swing Song
Where is Thumbkin?
Why should I sing to my baby?
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Writing
STANDARD 8-21.CLL-10.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children grow in their understanding of letters and writing skills.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CLL-10.1.Hold marker or crayon with the fist.

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Color with Me
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD 8-21.CD-1.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children use their senses to discover and construct knowledge about the world around them.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-1.2.Explore space with their bodies (fit self into large box, crawl under table, climb over objects).

ReadyRosie
Flying with Mom
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Kick With Me
Point and Learn
Pop Go the Bubbles
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-1.3.Link actions together in simple combinations (put cover on pot, put doll in crib and rock).

ReadyRosie
Bear Bath
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD 8-21.CD-2.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children recall information and apply it to new situations and problems.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-2.1.Search in several places where an object has been hidden recently.

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Baby Basketball
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-2.3.Perform routine events and use familiar objects in appropriate ways (carry clean diaper to changing table, talk on phone, “water” plants with pitcher).

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Big, Little Helper
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Reading Routines for Early Readers
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-2.4.Explore how things work and how to cause an effect by performing actions time after time, such as repeatedly pushing the button to make the character pop out of the toy.

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Dump and Pick Up
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-2.5.Try a number of solutions to everyday challenges or problems until finding a strategy that works. May repeat a strategy even if it is not working.

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Build to Four
Buried Treasure
Can You Find Me?
Dump and Pick Up
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-2.6.Imitate behaviors they have seen in the past or in other places.

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Bear Bath
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-2.7.Identify objects and people in pictures by pointing or looking.

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Reading Emotions
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-2.8.Use simple pretend play actions (pretend to sleep and eat).

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Bear Bath
Tea Party
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD 8-21.CD-3.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-3.2.Show awareness of another person’s actions and intentions by imitating actions or looking to adult to meet another’s need.

ReadyRosie
Bear Bath
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 8-21.CD-4.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children count with understanding and use numbers to tell how many, describe order, and compare.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-4.1.Use words or actions that show understanding of the concepts of “more” and “all” (ask for more food, stop asking for more blocks when told they have “all” of the blocks).

ReadyRosie
Build to Four
Counting Counts
Dump and Pick Up
Little Hands, Big Plans
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 8-21.CD-5.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children demonstrate concepts about position, as well as identify and describe simple geometric shapes.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-5.1.Explore space with their bodies (fit self into large box, crawl under table, climb over low walls).

ReadyRosie
Flying with Mom
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes
Kick With Me
Point and Learn
Pop Go the Bubbles
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-5.2.Put basic shapes into a shape sorter using trial and error.

ReadyRosie
Big and Little
Color Toys
Find a Match
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 8-21.CD-6.Through their explorations, play and social interactions, children compare, sort, group, organize, measure, and create simple patterns using concrete objects.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-6.2.Show awareness of different categories during play (put balls in a box and dolls in a bed; give one friend all the cars and another friend all of the trucks when playing in the block area).

ReadyRosie
Big and Little
Color Toys
Find a Match
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 8-21.CD-7.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children use mathematical thinking to ask questions and solve problems.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-7.1.Begin to cluster objects that share physical similarities (i.e. balls grouped together and blocks grouped together).

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Big and Little
Color Toys
Find a Match
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-7.2.Match relational parts, such as a teapot and its’ lid or a pan with a spoon to stir.

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Big and Little
Color Toys
Find a Match
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
STANDARD 8-21.CD-8.As a result of their explorations and participation in simple investigations through play, children observe, describe characteristics of, and demonstrate respect for living things, the environment, and the physical world.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-8.1.Show curiosity in observing and exploring the natural world indoors and outdoors with focus, using all senses (notice and play with rocks brought in from a walk, smell flowers, catch falling snow, shuffle through leaves).

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Baby Basketball
Flying with Mom
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Walk the Line
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
STANDARD 8-21.CD-9.As a result of their explorations and participation in simple investigations through play, children demonstrate their ability to use scientific inquiry by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-9.1.Use all senses to examine the environment carefully (reach out to touch rain, stop playing to watch shadows, gaze at moon).

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Baby Basketball
Flying with Mom
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Walk the Line
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-9.2.Manipulate objects to make things happen (kick a ball, push a button on a toy) and delight in repeating and seeing similar results.

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Baby Basketball
Kick With Me
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Social Studies, Family, and Community Connections
STANDARD 8-21.CD-10.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children demonstrate an understanding of relationships, roles and what it means to be a participating member of their families and the diverse groups and communities they belong to.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-10.1.Imitate routine actions of their caregivers (rock a baby doll, push a lawnmower, “read” a magazine).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-10.2.Know whom they can go to for help and emotional ‘refueling,’ (periodically seeking out primary caregiver before going back to play with peers).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-10.3.Bring toys to share with primary caregiver.

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Choosing Clothes
How can I make music part of our day?
Move to to the Music
This or That
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-10.5.Sit next to another child when playing with own toys.

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Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Tea Party
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Creative Arts and Expression
STANDARD 8-21.CD-12.Children engage in a variety of creative activities for enjoyment and self-expression including play, visual arts, music, expressive movement, and drama.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-12.2.Use hats and clothes for dress-up make-believe.

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Bear Bath
Tea Party
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-12.4.Move to music in their own way (such as swaying to music with feet wide apart).

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I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Move While you Sing
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Creative Arts and Expression
STANDARD 8-21.CD-13.Children demonstrate an appreciation for different forms of art including visual arts, music, expressive movement, and drama.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-13.1.Show interest or pleasure in response to images, objects, and music (say, “Aaah” and reach for a brightly colored picture, look at or reach toward fluttering leaves).

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Reading Emotions
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.CD-13.2.Participate in and explore all possible media (use finger paint, glue scraps of paper on another paper, dance to music).

ReadyRosie
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Move While you Sing
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Physical Health and Growth
STANDARD 8-21.HPD-1.Children develop healthy eating habits.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-1.1.Try new foods.

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Snack Time Speech
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-1.3.Communicate when hungry, thirsty, or has had enough.

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Snack Time Speech
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-1.4.Eat enough to meet nutritional needs, although amount or type of food may vary over time (eat a lot at one meal and little at the next, show interest in many foods but no interest in others).

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Snack Time Speech
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-1.5.Eat a variety of small pieces of age-appropriate table foods.

ReadyRosie
Snack Time Speech
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-1.6.Distinguish between food and non-food items.

ReadyRosie
Snack Time Speech
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Physical Health and Growth
STANDARD 8-21.HPD-2.Children engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-2.3.Engage in regular and sustained movement (push toys around play area, go up and down, slide over and over).

ReadyRosie
Baby Basketball
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Motor Development
STANDARD 8-21.HPD-4.Children engage in play and movement to develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to explore and move in their environment.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-4.2.Coordinate arm and leg movements to explore, climb, push, pull, and achieve goals (push a stroller, use riding toys, crawl up steps).

ReadyRosie
Baby Basketball
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-4.3.Move through the world with increasing independence (crawl, cruise, walk, run, use therapeutic walker).

ReadyRosie
Kick With Me
Move While you Sing
Pop Go the Bubbles
Take Along Toy
Walk the Line
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Motor Development
STANDARD 8-21.HPD-5.Children engage in play and experiences to develop muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-5.1.Use hands and eyes together for more complex actions (put together and take apart toys, feed themselves finger foods, fill containers).

ReadyRosie
Big, Little Helper
Clap and Swing
Color with Me
Dump and Pick Up
Little Hands, Big Plans
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-5.2.Use hands to explore and manipulate objects (pick up and examine, stack two or three large blocks, pick up or roll a ball, and turn pages in board books).

ReadyRosie
Baby Basketball
Big, Little Helper
Clap and Swing
Color with Me
Dump and Pick Up
Kick With Me
Little Hands, Big Plans
Look at the Book
Take Along Toy
Tube Chute
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-5.3.Use simple tools (spoon for feeding hammer with pegs, crayon for scribbling).

ReadyRosie
Color with Me
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-care, Safety, and Well Being
STANDARD 8-21.HPD-6.Children develop personal hygiene and self-care skills.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-6.1.Cooperate and help with care routines and cleanup (mouth-care, hand-washing, diapering, dressing, bathing).

ReadyRosie
Brush, Baby, Brush
GOAL/STRAND SD.8-21.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Younger Toddlers - 8-21 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-care, Safety, and Well Being
STANDARD 8-21.HPD-7.Children use safe behaviors and personal safety practices with support from adults.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-7.1.Watch for adult reactions to unfamiliar things or situations that might be dangerous.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 8-21.HPD-7.3.Respond to simple warnings that prevent harm. (“Stop!” “Hot!” “Wait!”)

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?

South Dakota Content Standards
Early Childhood Education
Grade: Ages 25 to 36 months - Adopted: 2017
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Curiosity, Information-Seeking, and Eagerness
STANDARD 18-36.AL-1.Children demonstrate curiosity and eagerness and express interest in the world around them.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-1.1.Share objects of interest or discoveries with a trusted person.

ReadyRosie
How can I make music part of our day?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-1.2.Discover things that interest and amaze them and seek to share them with others.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
How can I make music part of our day?
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-1.4.Watch what others are doing and often try to participate.

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Curiosity, Information-Seeking, and Eagerness
STANDARD 18-36.AL-2.Children actively seek to understand the world around them in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-2.1.Seek more information about people and their surroundings (study and gaze at an object carefully, become absorbed in figuring out something in their environment).

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-2.2.Use their whole body to learn (get mud or paint on themselves from head to toe, climb into a big, empty box).

ReadyRosie
Bear Hunt
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-2.3.Communicate what they want to do or know using gestures, facial expressions, or simple questions. (“What dat?”)

ReadyRosie
Nature Walk and Talk
What Do We Do?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD 18-36.AL-3.Children demonstrate initiative and effort in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-3.1.Select and carry out activities (choose to set the table; gather play dishes and food, and then feed the dolls).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Drum Patterns
Recycled Play
Toy Car Wash
Vroom! Vroom!
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-3.2.Show increasing interest in performing tasks independently (put on jacket, try to zip or button).

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
T-Shirt Talk
What Do We Do?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-3.3.Increase self-help skills (putting on clothes, feeding self, using a tissue).

ReadyRosie
I Can Do It All By Myself
T-Shirt Talk
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD 18-36.AL-4.children are engaged and maintain focus in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-4.2.Continue to work on interesting activities while other things are going on around them.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Initiative, Effort, Engagement, and Persistence
STANDARD 18-36.AL-5.Children persist at challenging activities in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-5.1.Keep working on an activity even after setbacks (block structure collapses, puzzle piece does not fit).

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Risk-Taking, Problem-Solving, Flexibility, and Resiliency
STANDARD 18-36.AL-6.Children are willing to try new and challenging experiences in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-6.1.Explore freely without a familiar adult nearby.

ReadyRosie
Nature Walk and Talk
What Do We Do?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-6.2.Try out new skills in a familiar environment (learn to climb steps and then try to climb ladder to the slide).

ReadyRosie
Bear Hunt
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-6.3.Approach a challenge with confidence (try to lift a heavy object, work on a difficult puzzle).

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-6.4.Want to do things their own way. (push an adult’s hand away if the person is trying to help).

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Fast, Slow
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
What Do We Do?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Risk-Taking, Problem-Solving, Flexibility, and Resiliency
STANDARD 18-36.AL-7.Children use a variety of strategies to solve problems in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-7.1.Try a variety of strategies to get what they want or solve a problem, often by trial and error.

ReadyRosie
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-7.2.Recognize problems and make adjustments to actions to correct mistakes.

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-7.3.Use language to obtain help to solve a problem. (“My trike won’t go.”)

ReadyRosie
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-7.4.Use materials in new ways to explore and solve problems (bring a big spoon to the sand table when all of the shovels are in use; pile blocks on a towel and drag them across the floor when there are too many to carry).

ReadyRosie
Counting Collection
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
I Can Do It All By Myself
Nature Walk and Talk
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Play and Imagination
STANDARD 18-36.AL-8.Children engage in increasingly complex play.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-8.1.Try to involve other children in play (give a peer a ball).

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-8.2.Make believe, pretend, and act out familiar life scenes, sometimes using objects to represent something else (a shoe becomes a phone).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Drum Patterns
Recycled Play
Tips for helping your child love reading
Toy Car Wash
Vroom! Vroom!
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-8.3.Play with others with a common purpose (play a chase game).

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-8.4.Communicate about what is happening during pretend play (“He eating,” point to a picture on a communication board when feeding a toy baby with a spoon; “Now go work,” after putting on shoes and vest).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Drum Patterns
Recycled Play
Toy Car Wash
Vroom! Vroom!
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.AL.Approaches to Learning (AL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Play and Imagination
STANDARD 18-36.AL-9.Children demonstrate creativity, imagination, and inventiveness in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-9.1.Broaden their use of art and construction materials and toys in new and unexpected ways (use a tambourine as a hat, cut play dough with scissors).

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
Secret Message
Tips for helping your child love reading
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-9.2.Pretend to be somebody or something other than themselves (pretend to be an animal or another family member).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Drum Patterns
Recycled Play
Toy Car Wash
Vroom! Vroom!
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.AL-9.3.Pretend one object is really something different (use Legos as food while stirring a pot).

ReadyRosie
Tips for helping your child love reading
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing a Positive Sense of Self
STANDARD 18-36.SED-1.Children demonstrate a positive sense of themselves as unique and capable individuals in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-1.2.Identify themselves by name or a personal pronoun (I, me).

ReadyRosie
I Am Unique
I Can Do It All By Myself
Tell Me About It!
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-1.4.Use simple terms to describe their physical characteristics and what they can do.

ReadyRosie
Bear Hunt
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-1.6.Explore things that interest them in their environment.

ReadyRosie
Nature Walk and Talk
What Do We Do?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing Relationships
STANDARD 18-36.SED-2.Children form relationships and interact positively with familiar adults in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-2.1.Form close relationships with their primary caregivers and other familiar adults.

ReadyRosie
Tell Me About It!
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-2.2.Seek help from trusted adults when upset (when fearful or having difficulty with something).

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-2.3.Feel more secure and calm more quickly, when primary caregiver is with them.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tips for bonding with your baby
You are your child's first teacher
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Developing Relationships
STANDARD 18-36.SED-3.Children form relationships and interact positively with other children in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-3.1.Show positive emotion and turn taking, with guidance and support, when playing with familiar playmates.

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-3.3.Remember and use names of familiar playmates.

ReadyRosie
Tips for storytelling: Story ideas
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-3.4.Use appropriate words to influence playmates’ behavior. (“Play with me.” “Please stop.”)

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-3.5.Participate in play with other children.

ReadyRosie
Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-Regulation and Pro-Social Behaviors
STANDARD 18-36.SED-4.Children demonstrate self-regulation, pro-social behaviors, and participate cooperatively as members of a group in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-4.1.Demonstrate pro-social behaviors, participate in routines, and transition from one activity to the next with adult guidance and support (need adult reminders to self-regulate and return toy they have taken from another child).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-4.3.Accept limits of the environment and redirection (accepts “no” and moves onto another activity without getting overly upset).

ReadyRosie
Nesting Bowls
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-4.4.Evaluate their own and others’ actions as right or wrong (pointing out that another child is climbing on the table).

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.SED.Social and Emotional Domain (SED) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-Regulation and Pro-Social Behaviors
STANDARD 18-36.SED-5.Children demonstrate an ability to identify and regulate their emotions in play and everyday tasks.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-5.1.Frequently use simple words or signs to communicate needs and feelings.

ReadyRosie
Behavior is a form of communication
Tempted to Talk
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-5.2.Manage emotions and control impulses with guidance and support. (Instead of hitting says, “I don’t like that!” Waits by door instead of running ahead when excited to go out.)

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-5.3.Display emotional outbursts less often.

ReadyRosie
How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.SED-5.4.Use physical ways of expressing themselves when their feelings are intense (jumping up and down when excited).

ReadyRosie
Bear Hunt
Get Moving
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD 18-36.CLL-1.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children successfully communicate for multiple purposes.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-1.1.Respond when others initiate conversation, as well as to their gestures, facial expressions, and tone of voice using a larger variety of words or signs.

ReadyRosie
Stuck on You
Tell Me About It!
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-1.2.Engage in short back and forth conversations with adults and peers.

ReadyRosie
Stuck on You
Tell Me About It!
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-1.3.Ask questions or use verbal or nonverbal cues to initiate communication with another to make their needs known.

ReadyRosie
Nature Walk and Talk
What Do We Do?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-1.5.Answer and ask simple questions. (When asked, “What were you playing with?” Responds, “My blue truck.”)

ReadyRosie
Nature Walk and Talk
T-Shirt Talk
What Do We Do?
Why should we tell family stories?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Communicating and Oral Language Development
STANDARD 18-36.CLL-3.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children understand and use an ever-expanding vocabulary.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-3.1.Use new words each day and have a word for almost all familiar people, objects, actions, conditions, and concepts (Gramma, chilly, big, little, in, out).

ReadyRosie
Magazine Picture Walk
Stuck on You
Toy Sort
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-3.2.Talk to themselves and others about what they are doing, and events of the day.

ReadyRosie
Book Walk
Stuck on You
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-3.3.Participate in or repeat familiar songs, chants, or rhymes.

ReadyRosie
How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
Why should I sing to my baby?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-3.4.Use words, actions, or signs to communicate during dramatic play to act out familiar scenes and events, and imitate familiar people.

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD 18-36.CLL-5.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children comprehend, use, and begin to reflect on and analyze information in books and other media.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-5.2.Pretend to read familiar books from memory; repeat familiar phrases while looking at a book.

ReadyRosie
Book Chats
Book Walk
Magazine Picture Walk
Stop and Go
Tips for helping your child love reading
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-5.3.With support, share personal experiences that relates to events described in familiar books.

ReadyRosie
Bring Me the Book
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Reading
STANDARD 18-36.CLL-7.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children listen, identify, and respond to sounds, and develop phonological awareness.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-7.1.Play with the sounds of language with another person (name and rhyming games, imitating rhyming words).

ReadyRosie
Ring Around the Rosie
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-7.2.Participate in experiences using rhythmic patterns in poems and songs using words, clapping, marching, and/or using instruments.

ReadyRosie
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Writing
STANDARD 18-36.CLL-9.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children use writing and drawing as means of communication.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-9.1.Pretend to write in ways that mimic adult writing (scribble on paper while sitting with caregiver who is writing, hold phone to ear and make marks with pencil).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Copy Me
Paint your Name
Secret Message
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CLL.Communication, Language and Literacy Domain (CLL) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Foundations for Writing
STANDARD 18-36.CLL-10.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children grow in their understanding of letters and writing skills.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-10.1.Explore a variety of tools that can be used for writing and transition from holding a crayon or marker in their fist to holding it between thumb and forefinger.

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
Secret Message
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CLL-10.2.Scribble and/or imitate an adult’s marks with markers, crayons, paints, etc.

ReadyRosie
Copy Me
Paint your Name
Secret Message
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD 18-36.CD-1.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children use their senses to discover and construct knowledge about the world around them.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-1.4.Share simple concepts they have discovered with their senses through play (imitate something they have seen an adult do, show they understand how to sort by sorting toys as they are playing).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Fast, Slow
Nature Walk and Talk
Playdough Lengths
Toy Sort
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD 18-36.CD-2.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children recall information and apply it to new situations and problems.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-2.2.Show they remember people, objects, and events (tell about them, act them out, point out similar happenings).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Book Walk
Stuck on You
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-2.3.Show they remember the order in which familiar events happen (finish a phrase in a story or song, get ready to go outdoors after snack).

ReadyRosie
How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-2.4.Try multiple times to cause an effect or solve challenging problems, combining actions and behaviors used before. (ask another child to help remove a lid with them after trying unsuccessfully themselves).

ReadyRosie
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-2.5.Repeat simple problem solving strategies to find solutions to everyday problems.

ReadyRosie
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-2.6.Choose objects to represent something else with similar features during play (block for cell phone, large sheet for tent).

ReadyRosie
Tips for helping your child love reading
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-2.7.Perform more complex action after watching an adult (activate sound from toy, open a latch).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
Drum Patterns
Fast, Slow
Hooray Parfait
Nesting Bowls
Playdough Lengths
Stop and Go
What Do We Do?
Which Lid?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Construction of Knowledge: Thinking and Reasoning
STANDARD 18-36.CD-3.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children demonstrate the ability to think about their own thinking: reasoning, taking perspectives, and making decisions.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-3.2.Observe and imitate adult actions and adjusts interactions based on those observations (after seeing adult set table, put napkins on table).

ReadyRosie
Banana Phonana
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-3.3.Use words like “think,” “remember,” and “pretend.”

ReadyRosie
Magazine Picture Walk
Stuck on You
Toy Sort
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-3.4.Talk about what they and other people want or like.

ReadyRosie
I Am Unique
Tell Me About It!
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 18-36.CD-4.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children count with understanding and use numbers to tell how many, describe order, and compare.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-4.2.Count to 5 with the support of an adult.

ReadyRosie
Blast Off
Magazine Problem Solving
One, Two, Moo
Packing our Lunch
Snack Count
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-4.3.Understand the meaning of “one.”

ReadyRosie
Blast Off
Counting Collection
Get Moving
Snack Count
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 18-36.CD-5.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children demonstrate concepts about position, as well as identify and describe simple geometric shapes.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-5.2.Name or match a few shapes.

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Copy Me
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 18-36.CD-6.Through their explorations, play and social interactions, children compare, sort, group, organize, measure, and create simple patterns using concrete objects.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-6.2.Group objects into categories (cars with cars, plates separated from cups).

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Nature Walk and Talk
Toy Sort
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-6.3.Recognize objects that are different but go together (such as shovel and pail or cup and plate).

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Nature Walk and Talk
Toy Sort
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Mathematical Thinking and Expression
STANDARD 18-36.CD-7.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children use mathematical thinking to ask questions and solve problems.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-7.1.Use observation and emerging counting skills (1, 2, 3) during play and other daily activities.

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Blast Off
Magazine Problem Solving
One, Two, Moo
Packing our Lunch
Snack Count
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-7.2.Match objects by shape, color, or size.

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Copy Me
Toy Sort
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-7.3.Match object to picture of object.

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Nature Walk and Talk
Toy Sort
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-7.4.Match objects that have the same function (a brush and a comb or a bowl and a plate).

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Nature Walk and Talk
Toy Sort
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
STANDARD 18-36.CD-8.As a result of their explorations and participation in simple investigations through play, children observe, describe characteristics of, and demonstrate respect for living things, the environment, and the physical world.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-8.7.Observe and choose simple clothing for weather (mittens and boots when snowy).

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T-Shirt Talk
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Scientific Exploration and Knowledge
STANDARD 18-36.CD-9.As a result of their explorations and participation in simple investigations through play, children demonstrate their ability to use scientific inquiry by observing, manipulating objects, asking questions, making predictions, and developing generalizations.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-9.1.Make simple scribbles, sounds, or movements to describe what they are seeing and experiencing.

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Copy Me
Paint your Name
Secret Message
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Social Studies, Family, and Community Connections
STANDARD 18-36.CD-10.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children demonstrate an understanding of relationships, roles and what it means to be a participating member of their families and the diverse groups and communities they belong to.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-10.2.Use play to show what they know about relationships and roles in families and other familiar contexts.

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Banana Phonana
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-10.4.Help with daily routines (put napkins out for lunch).

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How do I get my child to______?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-10.5.Seek out familiar playmates to sit next to when playing.

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Catch!
Ring Around the Rosie
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Social Studies, Family, and Community Connections
STANDARD 18-36.CD-11.Through their explorations, play, and social interactions children identify and demonstrate appreciation of similarities and differences between themselves and others.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-11.1.Describe people who are similar and different based on characteristics such as age, gender, and other physical characteristics.

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How can I communicate with my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-11.2.Show awareness of similarities and differences among people and families by taking on different roles during play.

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Banana Phonana
How can I communicate with my baby?
Why should we tell family stories?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Creative Arts and Expression
STANDARD 18-36.CD-12.Children engage in a variety of creative activities for enjoyment and self-expression including play, visual arts, music, expressive movement, and drama.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-12.1.Experiment and create 2D and 3D art with clay, crayons, markers, paint, and collage materials.

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Copy Me
Recycled Play
Tips for helping your child love reading
Torn Paper Art
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-12.2.Create representations of familiar objects and scenes using play materials, language, scribbles and other actions.

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Copy Me
Recycled Play
Tips for helping your child love reading
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-12.3.Make up simple nonsense songs, sign, chant, and move to music (twirl around and fall down, “march” by lifting knees high).

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How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
Why should I sing to my baby?
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-12.4.Talk or sing to themselves for comfort or enjoyment and express ideas and feelings through music and movement.

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How can I communicate with my baby?
How can I make music part of our day?
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
Why should I sing to my baby?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.CD.Cognitive Development Domain (CD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Creative Arts and Expression
STANDARD 18-36.CD-13.Children demonstrate an appreciation for different forms of art including visual arts, music, expressive movement, and drama.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.CD-13.2.Participate in and use simple words to describe art, music, movement, drama, or other aesthetic experiences (talk about colors in a painting).

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Banana Phonana
Book Walk
Stuck on You
Toy Sort
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Physical Health and Growth
STANDARD 18-36.HPD-1.Children develop healthy eating habits.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-1.1.Occasionally able to make nutritious choices with support.

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Hooray Parfait
Little Chef
Packing our Lunch
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-1.3.Accept or refuse food depending on their appetite and personal preference (make food choices at a meal, leave unwanted food on plate, ask for seconds of favorite food).

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Hooray Parfait
Little Chef
Packing our Lunch
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-1.4.Notice and talk about food preferences, textures, temperatures, and tastes (crunchy crackers, warm soup, sweet apples).

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Hooray Parfait
Little Chef
Packing our Lunch
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Physical Health and Growth
STANDARD 18-36.HPD-2.Children engage in active physical play indoors and outdoors.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-2.1.Show satisfaction with new active skills and strengths (ask others to watch them. “I’m big and strong!”)

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Bear Hunt
Get Moving
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Physical Health and Growth
STANDARD 18-36.HPD-3.Children develop healthy sleeping habits.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-3.2.With guidance, participate in sleep routines (wash hands after lunch, get comfort item, listen to calming songs and/or stories, lie down on bed or mat).

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Why should we tell family stories?
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Motor Development
STANDARD 18-36.HPD-4.Children engage in play and movement to develop the large muscle control and abilities needed to explore and move in their environment.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-4.1.Coordinate movements for a purpose (kick, jump, step, pedal, push away).

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Bear Hunt
Get Moving
Ring Around the Rosie
Stop and Go
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-4.2.Move through the world with a variety of movements and with increasing independence and control (run, jump, pedal).

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Bear Hunt
Get Moving
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-4.3.Use familiar objects that encourage large motor movements (riding toys, crawl tubes, large ball in basket, slide).

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Catch!
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-4.4.Perform actions smoothly with balance, strength, coordination (dance, bend over to pick up a toy, reach up high on a shelf, walk up and down steps).

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Bear Hunt
Get Moving
I can't sing. How can I sing to my baby?
Ring Around the Rosie
Stop and Go
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Motor Development
STANDARD 18-36.HPD-5.Children engage in play and experiences to develop muscle control and hand-eye coordination to manipulate objects and work with tools.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-5.1.Use hands and eyes together with a moderate degree of control (complete puzzles, thread beads with large holes, use shape sorters, put on mittens, painting at easel).

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Drum Patterns
Nature Walk and Talk
T-Shirt Talk
Torn Paper Art
Toy Car Wash
Toy Sort
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-5.2.Plan and use more complex refined hand movements (stack a few small blocks, draw, look for a favorite page in a book, practice self-care routines).

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Copy Me
Drum Patterns
I Can Do It All By Myself
Recycled Play
Torn Paper Art
Toy Car Wash
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-5.3.Use tools that require finger and hand control (large paintbrush, measuring cups, switches, shovel, rolling pin).

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Copy Me
Drum Patterns
Secret Message
Torn Paper Art
Toy Car Wash
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-care, Safety, and Well Being
STANDARD 18-36.HPD-6.Children develop personal hygiene and self-care skills.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-6.1.Initiate self-care routines and complete with guidance (put on some clothes, undress, throw away paper towel, begin to show interest in toileting).

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I Can Do It All By Myself
T-Shirt Talk
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-6.2.Help with snack routines.

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Hooray Parfait
Little Chef
Packing our Lunch
GOAL/STRAND SD.18-36.HPD.Health and Physical Development Domain (HPD) (Older Toddlers - 18-36 months)
INDICATOR/BENCHMARK Self-care, Safety, and Well Being
STANDARD 18-36.HPD-7.Children use safe behaviors and personal safety practices with support from adults.
SUPPORTING SKILLS 18-36.HPD-7.2.Increase self-control over their impulses (remind self not to touch something; wait for adult vs. running ahead).

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How can I get my child to listen to me?
How should I handle temper tantrums?
Is my child overscheduled?