Helps children with:  Creativity  Small motor control  Self expression  Colors  Shapes  Exploration  Experimentation  Relaxation

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I see you used all the colors on the easel today. You are really pounding that play dough. What are some ways we can use these scraps of construction paper? What will happen if you mix these two colors together? You sure made a lot of paintings today. Which one should we hang on the wall?

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Balance Construction Cooperative Play Creativity

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Patterning Problem Solving Self Confidence Shape and Size

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I wonder what we can make with the blocks today. What will you need to fix the bridge? Why do you think that happened? Why does your car need a garage? Where are you going on your trip? What ideas do you have about using these blocks? You were able to put every block we have into your building. You have been working a long time on your building; tell me about it. • You are a real builder. Your building has walls and lots of room inside. What else might a house need? • Tell me all you now about these blocks. • How many blocks did you use?

Helps children with: Experimenting Exploring Measuring Reading Quantity Rules Sequencing

Open-ended questions and comments: 1) You have put all the banana peels together in one bowl. That will make cleanup very easy. 2) You have been shaking that car of cream for a long time. Is anything happening? 3) How could you make a triangle out of this cheese? Which part of the recipe did you like doing the best? 4) What happened to the raisins when you soaked them in water? 5) What have you discovered at the tasting table?

Helps children with: Awareness Describing Discovering Experiencing Exploring Problem solving Observing Inquiry Utilization

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How do fish breathe? What did the bird use for a nest? Why does your plant need water? I wonder where the ice went? What does that smell like? You really seem to like the leaves we collected on our walk. Tell me all you learned about them. 7) What did you see on your neighborhood walk today?

Helps children with:  Cooperative Play  Creativity  Group decision making  Interaction  Language development  Role playing  Self concept  Spontaneous discussion

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What will you need to make a pie? Where will your children go? Why is your baby sick? Who could you call? What is for supper? I wonder who is on the phone. You are using a spatula to flip the hamburgers. You really have to flip fast, don't you?

Helps children with: Acquaintance with symbols Visual Discrimination Comprehension Conversation Listening Memory Reading

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This is a story about wild things. What is the wild thing? Why do you think the clown is sad? What do you give people? Where is the boat going? Let's make up a story. What should it be about? I bet you know just how Jarriet in the story felt when he waited so long for his dad. Can you tell me?

Helps children with: Listening Experiences Experimenting Balance Motor control Movements Rhythm Awareness

Open-ended questions and comments:  How did that music make you feel?  What song should we sing now?  I wonder what different sounds you can make with your instrument.  How do you move when you are happy?

Helps children with: Balance Cooperative play Exercise Flexibility

Motor Control Movements Safety Strength

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Where do you think that plane is going? How do you climb so high? What makes you swing so high? I wonder why the grass is brown. Where did all the leaves go?

Outdoor Rules: 1) 2) 3) 4)

Walk to the playground. Take turns. Slide down on bumper bottoms. Use gentle hands an d feet.

Helps children with: Construction Creativity Measuring Motor control Quantity Relaxation Self confidence Tactile Simulation

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What happened when we added the soap to the water in the tub? I like the designs you made with the sand molds today. What could you do with the funnels and jars? I see you are trying to pour the water into that little opening. What different things could you use to get the water into the bottle without spilling it?  This cup is floating in the water. What would happen if we filled the cup with water?

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Language development Exploration Creative Purposeful Self confidence

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How did you and Carlos decide what program to use? How did you figure out what to do? What part of the program was the most fun? What printouts did you make? What do you think might happen when you tap on that icon? Which apps let you change colors? How do we get from the castle to the playroom? What do you guess will happen if we touch this escape key?

Helps children with:  Assembling  Construction  Creativity  Patterning  Part / whole  Problem Solving  Role Playing  Small Motor Control

Open-ended questions and comments:  Where do you suppose that bridge you made out of Lego's goes?  What kinds of things can you make with this button collection? How are the buttons the same?  I really like the design you made.  I see you put red animals in one pile and blue animals in another pile.  Put the keys that are the same in this box. How are they alike?