Infant Play Spaces
The play space that supports the children’s efforts to figure out how to move their bodies.
What is Active Movement
Can provokes exploration and new learning
What is rearranging the furniture
The sense helps you taste yummy ice cream
What is your taste
Three ways children can use outdoors as learning environment
what is insects, plants, and natural elements
An object that needs covers to avoid children putting their hands/ objects in
What is an outlet
Imitating prior actions that the children have seen or experienced
Pretend Play
Suggest new problems and challenges, with endless possibilities for building new relationships of thought.
What are provocations
On a hot day, what might you see in the sky that gives shade?
pruned so that some branches remain at child's level, and allowing them to pick off
What is fruit trees
A floored area that requires washing, and or vacuuming but not polishing
What is hardwood floors, and or carpet
In investigating objects, infants who are not crawling use _____ objects on the floor with room to move around.
What is graspable
For infants in group care, the _____ are many
What are distractions
Fairy tale that has a pumpkin turning into a magical carriage
What is Cinderella
one or two ways we can have children be respectful while investigating insects in their natural habitat
What is
Planting in pots or the ground to gain insects such as ladybugs, snails, worms. (non threatening)
Terrarium for snails placed on low surface
In childcare there is no __ allowed, and should be completely eliminated
What is smoke/ smoking
The best way to display books for crawling infants to access.
What are low wide baskets
A place where they can go for a quiet space to get away from the busy atmosphere
What is a small intimate space
School supply that is the most purchased
What is a pencil
Elements children can explore that we discussed
What is water, light, wind
A __ means toys will go unseen and unused
What is large toy bin/ large container?
These can pose a safety hazard for infants (24 months or younger) in the art and writing space.
What are pens and pencils
To investigate it requires...
What is focused attention
The number of teeth adult humans have
What is 32
Nontoxic and hardy plants and herbs that we discussed
What is mint, lavender, sage, and lemon balm.
An area at the end of the climbing structure that must be resilient to prevent injury
What is the "Fall Zone"