• Also, what is one way you could share vocabulary with babies and toddlers? 

SHARING VOCABULARY WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS. As the play with the dough i will name colours , textures and shapes as they form them and try to ask them to name some.eg. Look the dough is soft and smooth. Please try to make a pizza slice out of the play dough. The dough is squishy soft and smooth. I will also try to connect language to with their actions eg. Roll out. Cut into square shapes. This activity is relaxing to kids boost confidence, and independence.

GLORY

In this activity children will learn about clothes worn during winter to keep warm.They will also learn Inuit traditional clothing during winter.It will help with language,social and physical development.

Description of the activity

I will collect a hat, neck warmer,snow suit,snow jacket,snow pants,mittens and snow boots.I will also collect Kamik,parka,Amauti,snow pants and a baby doll.

Before this activity children would have had an opportunity to learn some of this words in a book or poster.They also put them on but may or may not know their names.

Children will demonstrate putting on each of them.When I lift a hat.I will ask” What is this?””Where do we wear it?”Show me how to wear it”.I will do this with all the other clothings.

We shall then dress the baby doll with the children using the above questions.I will explain that the Amauti was worn by women carrying babies so that the baby goes in the pouch and is kept warm and secure.

One way in which I will be able to share vocabulary is through children acting out wearing the winter clothings while showing them the real clothings.

Margaret

This activity works well with toddlers because they enjoy messy and sensory play. It helps the children learn about colour and colour mixing while exploring on the textures and temperature. They will also develop their fine motor skills, hand and eye coordination and strengthen their hand muscles. Ice crystal painting can be done in booth indoor and outdoor making it flexible and engaging experience for young children.

To develop their vacubulary, I will participate in the activity with the children while talking and explaining what we’re doing. I will asked them questions and introduce new words related to colour and texture I will also carefully listen to what they are saying during the activity and respond to their words to encourage language development.

Freda

This sensory bin activity works well with babies and toddlers. It is filled with soft snow and Arctic animals to show what the Arctic winter season is like. In the Arctic, snow covers the ground for a long time and the weather stays very cold.

As babies and toddlers touch, scoop and move the animals through the snow, they explore different textures and use their hands and fingers. This activity supports sensory explorations early motor skills and helps children begin to understand Arctic animals.

One way I can share vocabulary with babies and toddlers is talking to them during play. As they touch the snow I can gently say it like “ Snow is cold”. So they will understand that snow is always come in winter time. I can also names the animals in both English and Inuktitut, like saying polar bear or nanuk and caribou or tuktu and many more. Using local language during play helps children hear familiar words, make connections and better understand what they are learning in a natural and meaningful way.

Vanissa

-one way I can share vocabulary with the children is telling the children the name of the ingredients, asking questions and asking them to tell me when they have ever played or used bubbles with their families.

~Caryn

This activity is really good for learning and remembering colours for toddlers.Rainbow is also one of the drawing kids are very interested to learn first and painting it is more exciting. Kids love colours ,when I said let’s paint a rainbow they are all very excited. I showed them the picture and ask them to tell me the colours of the rainbow. Some got it right.During the activity they tried to follow the sequence of colours even though the arch is not perfect but they got it. One kid ask me what colour next. I guided few of them. When the time come that we are almost done, they feel a little bit silly and mixed the colours.I let them do it because for me what matter most is they learn and have fun.

For them to develop their vocabulary ,I will guide them and ask them questions about their favourite colour in the rainbow. I will listen to them and engage and be attentive to what they ask and say to develop their language development.

-Mila

The activity is playing with play dough and making arcitc animals using those play dough images. The babies babies got excited when they made an animal and their faces were happy. They didn’t want to stop playing with the play dough but it was snack time, I have 2 images on this padlet the arctic animals on the wall and and the babies making them.

Lynnda

In this activity i will have 2 bin with actually blueberries for infants and the one with for other kids. The little sponges when soaked in the water they have the squishy feel like the berries. The kids will be picking up the items from the bin into the cups acting as baskets which will actually be used summer time. I will be explaining that this one of the activities done during summer time into fall. Describe the shape, texture and colour .The kids will pick from the bin form the bin to feel.Explain what we do with those berries after. We eat them ( have the kids eat one in their hands). Talk about other uses like making jam and baking with them. After the double bin is done i will ask them to pick from the other bin with the sponges and name the colour while they put in their cups.

I will be repeating words and incorporating songs like” we are going to a berry hunt” substituting bear hunt with berry hunt from the book We’re going on a bear hunt by Micheal Rosen & Helen Oxenbury while we are playing. They will also be learning from the other kids.