Research confirms that later academic success begins with rich learning experiences in a child’s earliest years. This new online collection provides quality activities to support language, social emotional, health, and cognitive skills for children from birth through 36 months. CIRCLE Activity Collection: Infant & Toddler Classroom is perfect for center- and home-based childcare and is fully aligned to the Early Head Start framework.
TO ACCESS THE COLLECTION:
- The activities are free to access, all you need to do is create an account on CLI Engage!
- If you’re new to CLI Engage, click here to create your account. (Note: you will need a Google ID to create your account. Don’t worry, it’s free!)
- If you already have a CLI Engage account, click here to login with your Google ID.
- Once you’re logged in, you will see the CLI Engage Dashboard. Scroll down until you see the blue bar for “Activities and Materials.”
- Click the box for CIRCLE Activity Collection: 0-3. You’re in!
View example activity videos below!
Bird Nest Play
Children practice using imagination and props to act out the behaviors of birds in a nest.
Material Box
In this activity, the baby will use exploration and fine motor skills to pull fabric squares out of a tissue box.
Boo-Boo Band-Aid
Toddlers will talk about “boo-boos” and Band-aids and practice using Band-aids.