| A | B |
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| How to garden | Children will follow your step-by-step directions of how to plant either seeds or bulbs. |
| Cooking from a recipe | Children read and follow your step-by-step cards to make food. |
| Washing hands routine | You take step-by-step pictures of the proper procedure and let the children help write the captions for each photograph. |
| You've got mail | You write notes to the children and put them in a place designated for mail. |
| Extra! Extra! Read all about it! | Older children form a writers club to write a weekly newsletter announcing the events of the week. |
| Sign up list | You provide a whiteboard, clipboard, or other place for children to sign up for a turn with activities. |
| Write those feelings | Children are encouraged to tell their story about experiences that create strong feelings. |
| Say it with a sign | You show children pictures of signs and discuss purposes of signs and allow children to make signs of their own. |
| It is special! Remember it with words! | Caregivers validate children by encouraging them to document their ideas and work. |
| Play Production | You help the children in your program plan and present a play. |
| Calendar journaling | Provide children with a calendar and encourage them to write their favorite part of the day or week on their calendar. |
| Play plans | Children are given paper to write or draw what they want to do in child care. |
| Diary journaling | You introduce the children to the concept of journaling as part of one's profession or personal reasons and then encourage them to write about their own thoughts and interests. |
| Enhanced Dramatic Play | Provide materials for children to incorporate reading and writing into their dramatic play themes. |
| Silly songs | Use familiar tunes to create original songs that allow children to play with sounds. |
| Play languages | Pig latin, egg language: use only with fluent English speakers. |
| Recipe book | You develope a recipe book from the recipes the children use in their cooking projects. |
| Block structures | You take pictures of children's block structures and invite the children to write a brief description and story about their structure. |
| Text message dictionary | You guide children in creating a dictionary of text message abbreviations and their proper spelling. |
| A book of my own | You provide materials for children to make their own books. |
