Mia’s Everyday Learning Opportunities
Notice what it looks when educators give a child focused learning opportunities throughout the day.
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Children with Disabilities
Young children vary in their skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and abilities. Effective teaching requires individualized teaching and chances to learn for all children to access, participate, and thrive in early learning settings. Individualizing for children who need more support helps ensure effective teaching for children with disabilities and other special needs across all the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework domains. Using children’s Individualized Family Service Plan (IFSP) and Individualized Education Program (IEP) goals is part of effective teaching, individualizing, and creating environments to support children’s positive outcomes.
Facilitating Membership in Head Start Classrooms
This video presentation covers the foundations of inclusion; what it is and how to foster membership and a sense of belonging in Head Start learning environments.
Get a Friend’s Attention
Watch this educator facilitate a group activity to teach children how to ask a friend to play by first tapping the friend on the shoulder to get their attention.
Ask a Friend to Play
Watch this educator facilitate a group activity to teach children how to ask a friend to play with words and gestures.
Gently Take by the Hand and Point to a Toy
Watch this educator facilitate a group activity to teach children how to ask a friend to play by taking their friend by the hand and pointing to the toy they want to play with.
Share a Toy
Watch this educator facilitate a group activity to teach children how to ask a friend to play by sharing a toy.
Embedded Learning Opportunities
Embedded learning opportunities are short teaching interactions focused on a child’s individual learning objectives during ongoing daily activities and routines. Learn how to plan for and use embedded teaching.
Visual Supports
These pictures and visuals help present important information in a way that children can understand and use. They encourage engagement and learning in many different settings, routines, and activities.
Behavioral Expectations
Behavioral expectations visual supports help children understand and participate safely during daily activities and routines. These visuals support safe and positive behavior in many different settings and activities.
Play
Play visual supports help children understand what to play with and how to play, helping them engage more independently. These visuals support engagement and learning in many different settings and activities.
