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Toy
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Function
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| Animals/farm |
- Vocabulary building (e.g., animal names, animal sounds)
- Requesting (e.g., “I want the dog”)
- Location concepts (e.g., “the cat is UNDER the tree”)
- Following directions (e.g., “put the cow next to the pig”)
- Functional play
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| Balls |
- Turn taking (e.g., “my turn, your turn”)
- Requesting (e.g., “can I have the ball?”)
- Vocabulary building (e.g., throw, roll, bounce, kick, catch, toss, pass)
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| Blocks |
- Vocabulary building (e.g., “up,” “fall down,”)
- Location concepts (e.g., on top, next to)
- Turn taking
- Requesting (e.g., “I want more blocks”)
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| Books |
- Asking/answering “wh”-questions (e.g., “what did brown bear see?”)
- Vocabulary building (labeling items)
- Requesting (e.g., “turn the page”)
- Sequencing
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| Bubbles |
- Requesting (e.g., “I want bubbles,” “more bubbles”)
- Vocabulary building (e.g., “pop bubbles,” “blow bubbles”)
- Oral motor development
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| Cars/trucks/trains/bus |
- Vocabulary building (e.g., labeling toy items, increased use of verbs, fast/slow concepts, environmental sounds)
- Requesting (e.g., “more cars”)
- Turn taking (e.g., “my truck”)
- Location concepts (e.g., “car is ON the track”)
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| Mr. Potato Head/doll |
- Vocabulary building (e.g., body part labeling, labeling clothes, learning colors)
- Requesting (e.g., “can I have the hat?” or “I need help”)
- Functional play
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| “Pop up Pal” (cause/effect toys) |
- Requesting (e.g., “I need help”)
- Learning if this happens, then that happens (e.g., “press the button, to open the door”)
- Direction following
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| Play food |
- Vocabulary building (e.g., naming food items, colors)
- Requesting (e.g., “I want more”)
- Direction following (e.g., “put the banana on the blue plate”)
- Functional play
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| Puzzles |
- Requesting (e.g., “more,” “help please”) to earn more pieces
- Vocabulary building (e.g., shapes, letters, animal names) depending on puzzle
- Functional play
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