Appendix B: Weekly Activity Plan

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Weekly Plan Template

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Learning Centers	List the name of the learning experiences you would offer and the indicators addressed from the MA Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
Blocks
Dramatic Play
Discovery
Visual Art
Movement
Literacy

Learning Centers	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Music
Toys
Sensory
Outdoor Experiences
Special Activities
Family Involvement

SAMPLE (Target)

Student Name	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Learning Centers	List the name of the learning experiences you would offer and the indicators addressed from the Early Learning Guidelines for Infants and Toddlers
Blocks	Have small textured blocks for infant to grasp and begin stacking	Provide infants with blocks to explore	Mirrored blocks that allow the infant to look at themselves.	Build towers and allow the infant to knock them over to see cause and effect	Build “homes” for the little people
Dramatic Play	Provide child sized housekeeping materials such as cups,chairs and dress up clothes	Provide child sized everyday items and allow exploration	Use different pitches of voice to indicate different characters you are playing	Provide child sized different uniforms of professionals that the infant might see in the world.	Provide safe objects from the adult world (pots, pans and wooden spoons)
Discovery	Provide similar toys and experience several times a day such as pop up toys and peek-a-boo	Provide cause and effect toys (buttons to push and turn)	Hide toys in boxes with different kinds of lids and encourage exploration	Provide infant with familiar and unfamiliar toys and allow to explore in anyway (mouth)	Mirror Area, various mirrors attached to the back of shelves/changing tables.
Visual Art	Get Messy! Allow the infant to fully explore art matrials (paint, play dough and markers)	Provide paintbrushes, markers and crayons in different sizes	Provide bright and eye catching pictures and objects at eye level (family pictures or pictures of the infants at home)	Also provide black and white pictures and objects at eye level (pictures in black and white of objects the infant see often)	Lay out big pieces of paper with paint on it an allow the infant to crawl and play in paint.
Movement	Move and Dance with the infant	Tummy time when appropriate	Place toys just out of infant reach to them when on belly to encourage stretching	Avoid prolonged periods or time in bouncy seat. Allow more floor time	Place toys just out of reach to encourage movement
Literacy	Using Sign Language in Everyday Classroom Activties	Naming Sounds the infant hears (phone ringing, friend crying)	Respond to infants sounds and actions consistenly	Read books with rhymes, songs and repetitive language (About Me, Baby Bath Time, Wheels on the Bus)	Provide board books for the infants to explore independently. (Books that have different parts to touch)

Learning Centers	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Music	Play repetitive games and songs (Pat-A-Cake and Itsy Bitsy Spider)	Provide instruments and allow infants to explore ( shakers, drums, cymbals)	Move and Dance with the infant	Provide a variety of music from toys and cds (Classic Children’s Songs, Exploring Me)	Read and sing familiar songs while adding new books and words (Head Shoulders Knees and Toes)
Toys	Cover favorite toys and have the infant look for them	Provide floor space and toys the infants can grasp and explore	Provide opportunities with toys that promote use of pincher grasp	Store favorite toys in consistent place and where infants can make a choice	Provide scooping and pouring toys when appropriate (water/sand)
Sensory	Play tracking games, and provide musical toys	Provide a variety of materials for the infant to explore (sensory box)	Place the infant of a soft blanket with different textures	Provide children with calming and stimulating experiences (Cuddling, Light Up toys)	Offer different textured foods (Lumpy, smooth, crunchy, when appropriate)
Outdoor Experiences	Provide outdoor sensory experiences (smells, sights, touch)	Expose infant to a variety of sounds.	Take infant on walks and comment on wind and smells.	Put infant on a blanket outside and allow unrestricted free movement	Provide toys and can be pushed and pulled by the infant
Special Activities	Provide choices whenever possible for the infant and let them make the decision	Have different family members come in and help out in the classroom.	Porta-Crib Ball Pit. Allow infants to explore and discover what happens when they move their body	Have tummy time with the infants. Allow them to feel comforted while having tummy time.	Build an obstacle course of pillows for the infants to crawl around and over.
Family Involvement	Communicate to the family “words” that the infant consistently uses to describe items	Ask families to share any interest their child might have.	Keep parents informed about schedule and ask what the routine is like at home for eating and sleeping	Include family in establishing a daily schedule for their infant	Ask families to help out in the classroom

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