INFANTS LESSON PLAN

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Fingerplay & Songs - Baby Shark, Five Little Monkeys
Books -

Show Me! Author: Tom Tracy
Where is Baby's Belly Button? Author: Karen Katz
What Does Baby Hear? Author: Denis Lewis Patrick

Morning Activity

Smiling baby face icon.

MONDAY

Ready? Let's Go!

Language

Primary Objectives: Building a receptive vocabulary of action words.

A child figure jumping with an outstretched arm, smiling, and shaking.

TUESDAY

Let's Read with Our Bodies

Small/Large Motor Skills

Primary Objectives: Developing hand/eye coordination

illustration of a baby mobile with dangling toys, including a star, ring, and fish.

WEDNESDAY

Let's Take a Rest

Social/Emotional

Primary Objectives: Associating soothing sound with relaxation

Cartoon baby crawling looking to the left and smiling.

THURSDAY

Take Off

Small/Large Motor Skills

Primary Objectives: Developing coordination and kicking skills

A simple, line drawing of a baby with arms outstretched.

FRIDAY

Let's March

Small/Large Motor Skills

Primary Objectives: Building large muscle control and developing flexibility

Afternoon Activity

Cartoon baby lying down.

MONDAY

Airplane Touching Down

Social/Emotional

Primary Objectives: Building relationship with a trusted caregiver & visual tracking skills.

Line drawing of a family: two adults and a child, all smiling.

TUESDAY

Mama and Dada

Language

Primary Objectives: Expanding language and social interaction skills

A smiling baby swaddled in a blanket.

WEDNESDAY

Rolling Along

Cognitive

Primary Objectives: Learning about cause and effect with rolling toys

Icon of a person crawling on their hands and knees.

THURSDAY

Hide and Seek Babies

Cognitive

Primary Objectives: Expanding the ability to search for hidden objects

Cartoon baby crawling

FRIDAY

We Go...Boom!

Social/Emotional

Primary Objectives: Developing social interaction skills and understanding cause and effect