Toddler

Includes four different sets of checklists: Infant, Toddler, Young Child, Preschool.  Empower yourself as your child's first teacher!

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Determine a child's literacy skills with this two-page form.

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Check either yes or no for each question to help determine your toddler's language abilities.

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Analyze a child's initiation of an activity, their attention span, curiousity, frustration tolerance, relationship with teacher, acceptance of routines and limits, reactions to adults other than teacher, and interactions with other children.

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Analyze your child's speech and language skills.

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Winter is finally here -- seriously! It was 10 degrees out this morning! Ugh! Anyway, now that I can't get G out to the playground and running around outside as often, I started prepping some games to play.

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With warm, spring weather here I decided to do an outdoor craft with G to help decorate our tree and give our birds a special treat.

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What do you do when it's 7am, you've reheated your coffee twice already but haven't DRANK any yet, ANNNND now your child asks to "do a craft mama?”

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Answer yes or no to these twelve questions to determine a young infant's language skills.

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G and I were feeling adventurous this morning and decided to try this 2 ingredient cloud dough recipe I've been sitting on.

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G & I were doing some crafts this morning, and I had a bunch of extra office supply dot stickers out....soooo I decided to give her a fun little pre-writing activity to do with our leftover dots!

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I LOVE finding fun, pretend play activities with stuff we have laying around.

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Today we tried out ice cube painting and it was AWESOME. They are a cool twist on traditional watercolors. Plus, this is a perfect activity for those HOT summer days.

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Summer is near and that means HOT days and water play – our favorite!!! We pulled out G’s water table a little over a week ago and she was so excited. It’s definitely a favorite for her on hot days!

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IT'S RAINING AGAIN! It's been such a wet spring here in MD and I just couldn't stay inside for another second, so I took this wet, soggy opportunity to try rain painting!

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Use these tips to determine which observation strategy will help you.

Forms include anecdotal record, time sample, event sample, checklist, and rating scale.

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This form examines all aspects of a child's physical development (age 1-24 months), including physical characteristics as well as fine and gross motor skills.

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Now that G is (almost) 3, I'm trying to stimulate her interest in learning letters!

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If you are looking for a super simple but fun St. Patrick's Day art project - HERE YOU GO!

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I am all about finding meaningful play and learning experiences for G. This week, I decided to introduce her to sensory bins!

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