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Duck Race Sensory Play
Duck Race Sensory Play
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Online Courses
Assessing Children's Physical Development
(2 hours / .2 CEU) Tuition: $21.00 Circle Time (1 hour / .1 CEU) Tuition: $10.50 
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Language and Literacy at the Sensory Table
Language and Literacy at the Sensory Table
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Jazzing up the sand and water table will create more
interest for children, but teachers can enrich and extend children’s learning
by intentionally adding toys or materials and interacting with children in ways
that support specific key developmental indicators. As children play
together at the sand and water table, they converse with one another about what
they’re doing, talk about topics that interest them, and engage in pretend talk.
They describe materials and processes (e.g., “The shaving cream is fluffy ”;
“I’m mixing mud”), and learn new words from others (“I’m going to mold my sand
castle .
Support children by conversing with them about what they are doing. Describe what you are doing, and look for opportunities to introduce new vocabulary about how things feel (slippery, crumbly, pebbly) and move (ooze, zigzag, trickle). Add materials to the table such as small alphabet beads or letter tiles from old Scrabble games to hide under the sand, which may spur additional language and literacy experiences. |