Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Patterns in Nature

Discovery Play Activities with Your Young Child: Patterns in Nature

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Suggested AdaptationS

Check out our guide to adaptations. Adapt for environment, materials, instruction.

General Guide to Adaptations

Description

Tune in all of your senses and explore the patterns you can find in the natural world around you.

 

Adaptations are built into this resources.

Environment

  • Arrange materials within reach
  • Use modified or flexible seating
  • Limit background noise & distractions

Materials

  • Offer a variety of materials that are easy to grasp
  • Place nature items on an anti-slip mat or in a container or tray
  • Use visual supports and cues (see provided visual cues)

Instruction

  • Model …
  • Provide hand-over-hand support to help the child feel the nature item
  • Wait for a response
  • Describe & expand upon the child’s response

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STEMIE Learning Trajectories