Turning Daily Care-giving Routines

odule 4 Assignment 2: Turning Daily Caregiving Routines into Language and Literacy Learning Overview Infants and toddlers develop language and early literacy skills through relationships with responsive adults, watching and listening to adults, repetition, and experiencing routines that engage their senses. For this assignment, you will focus on creating daily caregiving experiences that engage the senses of the little ones in their care. Instructions Your task is to create daily caregiving experiences that engage the senses of infants and toddlers. You will select 2 of the following daily caregiving categories: diapering and toileting; feeding; napping; transition to outside; and hand washing. Using this Daily Caregiving Routines template, read the example provided, and complete the chart. Complete all 12 boxes. (That is 2 categories times 3 age groups.) The following resources have ideas for turning daily caregiving routines into language and literacy learning. You should investigate at least 3 of them (The links to the resources can be found in the CareGiving folder in Read/View in the Module 4 Content): Enhancing the Diapering Routine Feeding Frenzy Animal Sound Games Everyday Infant Finger Plays Nursery Rhymes for Play and Practice Infant Nursery Rhymes and Fingerplays Diaper Changing Games Hear This Daily Routines Infant Babbling Activities The infant daily language/literacy caregiving routines meet all 3 required criteria: Are from different caregiving categories Engage at least 2 of the child’s senses Developmentally appropriate The young toddler daily language/literacy caregiving routines meet all 3 required criteria: Are from different caregiving categories Engage at least 2 of the child’s senses Developmentally appropriate The older toddler daily language/literacy caregiving routines meet all 3 required criteria: Are from different caregiving categories Engage at least 2 of the child’s senses Developmentally appropriate At least 3 of the daily language/literacy caregiving routines are identified as inspired by course resources.