

Module 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.
https://media.ccconline.org/ccco/2018Master/ECEFiles/State/ECLC_EarlyLearningAndDevelopmentGuidelines.pdf
https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/it-takes-two-the-roots-of-language-learning
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1281-supporting-language-and-literacy-skills-from-0-12-months
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1285-supporting-language-and-literacy-skills-from-12-24-months
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/20-babies-toddlers-and-early-reading
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/216-how-to-promote-early-language-and-literacy
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1059-literacy-with-love
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/213-helping-your-child-become-a-confident-reader-and-writer-starting-from-birth
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/305-learning-to-write-and-draw
https://www.zerotothree.org/resources/1833-read-early-and-often
http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/cellpract_parent/infants/PG_1_I_Feeding_WM.pdf
http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/cellpract_pract/infant/PGPrac_I_AnimalSnd_WM.pdf
http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/cellpract_pract/infant/PGPrac_I_EvdayInfFing_WM.pdf
http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/cellpract_pract/infant/PGPrac_I_EvdayInfFing_WM.pdf
http://www.earlyliteracylearning.org/cellpract_pract/infant/PGPrac_I_NRhymPlay_WM.pdf