Ages & Stages Scenario Practice

Ages & Stages Scenario & Examples Practice

Multiple Choice

Funny Baby: During quiet, happy times encourage your baby to smile. Make funny (not scary) faces that baby likes. When baby smiles, be sure to make that face again. Tell baby how funny he is!

• Babies 0-3 months

• Babies 4-7 months

• Babies 8-12 months

• Toddlers: 1-year-old

• Toddlers: 2-year-old

Multiple Choice

Age/ Stage ? Know what day of the week it is. They do not usually know the full date and year.

• PreK: young 5-year-olds

• Kindergarten: old 5-year-olds

• 1st Grade: 6-year-olds

• 2nd Grade: young 8-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Baby Babble Game: When your baby makes a sound such as “ba,” repeat the sound back: “ba ba ba.” Your baby will enjoy playing with sounds and making conversation.

• Babies 0-3 months

• Babies 4-7 months

• Babies 8-12 months

Multiple Choice

Finger Walk: Take a little walk with baby holding on to your finger. Baby can choose to hold on or to let go. Talk to baby about what you see and where you’re going. “Let’s walk over to those flowers,” “Let’s walk down the hall,” or “You’re a good walker!”

• Babies 8-12 months

• Toddlers: 1-year-olds

• Toddlers: 2-year-olds

• PreK Children

Multiple Choice

"Help Me" Game: Ask your toddler to help you by giving simple directions such as “Help Daddy. Can you get my shoe?” or “It’s time to change your diaper. Can you get me a diaper?” You may need to point with your finger to help him in the beginning. Be sure to say, “Thank you. You’re such a big help” when he helps.

• Toddlers: 1-year-old

• PreK: 3-year-olds

• Toddlers: 2-year-old

• PreK: 4-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Wonderful Rhythm & Rock: In addition to stories, read poems and rhymes to your child at special cozy quiet times. If you have a rocking chair, cuddle up and rock a little to the rhythm of the words, or just cuddle and rock. Let your child fill in some of the missing words to a rhyme:

You: Hickory, dickory... Your child: dock

You: The mouse ran up the... Your child: clock

• Babies: 8-12 months

• PreK: 4-year-olds

• Toddlers: 2-year-olds

• PreK: 3-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Do What I Do: Do a simple action, such as clapping your hands, and tell your child, “Do what I do.” Then, add a second motion such as patting your stomach. Have your child do it with you first, then by himself. Now add a third motion and see if your child can remember all three: clap, clap, pat, pat, wink, wink. Add more as long as your child can remember them and as long as you both are having fun.

• Toddlers: 1-year-olds

• PreK: 5-year-olds

• PreK: 3-year-olds

• Babies: 4-7 months

Multiple Choice

Paper Chains: Paper chains can be made by cutting any type of paper into strips about 1 inch by 5 inches. Show your child how to make a loop by gluing or taping the ends together. Create a chain by inserting the next strip through the first loop and so forth. See how long you can make the chain.

• Toddlers: 1-year-olds

• PreK: 3-year-olds

• PreK: 4-year-olds

• Toddlers: 2-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Map It: You and your child can make a map of your neighborhood. Go for a walk to start this activity, and point out streets, buildings, and nearby parks or other landmarks. Then, after the walk, use paper and pens or markers to encourage your child to make a map of what she remembers. You may need to help her get started with her map. If the neighborhood is too large, start by map- ping your own house or her own room. Ask your child, “Where’s your bed?” “How about your toy box?”

• Toddlers: 2-year-olds

• PreK: 3-year-olds

• PreK: 5-year-olds

• 1st Grade: 7-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Age/ Stage? Kids this age want their parents to play with them. Parents are their main source of companionship and affection. A gradual shift begins, though, to fulfilling more of these needs with friends and other people they admire, such as teachers.

• PreK: 3-year-olds

• 1st Grade: 6-year-olds

• 2nd Grade: 8-year-olds

• PreK: 4-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Age/ Stage ? Have a solid sense of time. They understand seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, seasons, and sometimes years.

• PreK: young 5-year-olds

• Kindergarten: old 5-year-olds

• 1st Grade: 6-year-olds

• 2nd Grade: 7-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Age/ Stage? Use safety scissors easily.

• PreK: young 5-year-olds

• Kindergarten: old 5-year-olds

• 1st Grade: 6-year-olds

• 2nd Grade: 7-year-olds

Multiple Choice

Age/ Stage? Tie their shoelaces.

• PreK: 4-year-olds

• 1st Grade: 6-year-olds

• 2nd Grade: 7-year-olds

• 2nd Grade: young 8-year-olds