heet and Table of Contents Curriculum Materials for Classrooms Serving Children 24–36 Months Blocks 1–25 Revised June 2023 Classroom Materials. 1 Additional Materials for Family Child Care. 36 Book Purchasing List. 44 Additional Books for Family Child Care.
85 Compact Disc Purchasing List. 90 Updates are listed on the ELM portal at www.org A Purdue University® project supported by the DoD-USDA Partnership for Military Families k Availability BOOK AVAILABILITY Publishers and/or their vendors occasionally stop publishing or distributing a book that is used in the ELM Curriculum as a required part of an activity or as an Optional Reading resource. ELM Academy staff and content experts work carefully to identify high-quality book alternatives that are available through a national resource, particularly Amazon or Barnes & Noble. We also thoroughly revise affected activity plans to provide guidance on how to use the alternative book(s) or other resource, such as a manipulative item.
In some situations, we develop a fully new activity option that may be used as an alternative to the original plan and addresses the same learning goal. Revised ELM activity plans continue to include a book that was originally a required part of an ELM activity when the book may be challenging to secure. Some early childhood centers may have the book and/or a publisher or vendor may decide to make the book available again. A book that was originally suggested as an optional resource is not continued in the Optional Reading list of a revised activity plan unless the book is explicitly mentioned in a Scaffolding Tip, Interest Area, or Family Child Care activity.
Alternative books are offered in a revised Optional Reading list when a book in the original list may be challenging to secure. All books that may be challenging to secure, both required and optional, continue to be listed in the revised Materials List; they are cited with a notation that indicates the book may be challenging to secure. A revised activity plan includes an UPDATE explanation at the beginning of the plan for a required book that may be challenging to secure. A revised Optional Reading list includes a “Revised” notation and date at the bottom of the list.
Revised activity plans are announced in the UPDATES section of the website that hosts the ELM Curriculum and are made available on the website as soon as possible. The affected Materials List is also revised and uploaded to the website. Classroom Materials 24–36 Months BLOCK 1 CLASSROOM ITEMS Communication/Language Animal figures or puppets of animals represented in the book—polar bear, lion, hippopotamus, flamingo, zebra, boa constrictor, elephant, leopard, peacock, and walrus (Option 2, Interest Area) Carpet squares—1 per toddler for 3–4 toddlers (Option 3) Cognitive Building blocks (Options 1–3) Toy cars and trucks (Option 1) Smaller cardboard boxes such as shoeboxes, oatmeal boxes (Option 2) Props from dramatic play center (Option 3) Small dishes (Option 3) Pieces of cloth (Option 3) Scarves (Option 3) Toy animals or people figures (Option 3) Loose parts, such as canning jar rings and paper cups (Option 3) Small soft blocks, figures or smaller vehicle toys, paper, crayons, construction hats (Interest Area) Self-Regulation Dollhouse, toy school bus, people figures (Interest Area) Social-Emotional Blocks (Options 1, 3, Interest Area) Toy farm animal figures (Options 1–3, Interest Area) Several baskets (Options 1, 2) Toy barn (Option 3) Paper for tearing and crinkling (Option 3) Physical/Health Colorful nonslip place mats or carpet squares (Options 2, 3) Lively recorded music (Option 2) Colored mats, rainbow scarves, basket, mirror, paint, soft bear toys (Interest Area) BOOKS Communication/Language Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle (Options 1–3) My First Zoo: Let’s Meet the Animals by DK Publishing (Interest Area) Dear Zoo Animal Shapes by Rod Campbell (Interest Area) Revision: June 2023 1 Classroom Materials 24–36 Months BLOCK 1 continued Cognitive Baby Touch and Feel: Cuddly Animals by DK Publishing (Optional Reading for Option 1) Books about construction (Interest Area) Self-Regulation Wheels on the Bus by Raffi (Optional Reading for Options 1–3) Social-Emotional Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown (Optional Reading for Option 3, Interest Area) Physical/Health Clap Your Hands by David Ellwand (Optional Reading for Option 3) Jesse Bear, What Will You Wear? by Nancy White Carlstrom (Optional Reading for Option 3) ITEMS PROVIDED BY CURRICULUM IN PRINTABLE FORMAT Cognitive 2 pictures (Option 1, Interest Area) Self-Regulation 1 picture (Options 1–3) BLOCK 2 CLASSROOM ITEMS Communication/Language Felt figure animals in Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?—one figure for each toddler (Option 3) Flannel board (Option 3) Paper, baskets, soft zoo animals, blocks (Interest Area) Cognitive Toddler-size snap beads (Options 1, 2) Small tub or container (Options 1, 2) Carpet square (Options 1, 2) Interlocking star builders—4 per toddler and caregiver (Option 3) Container with lid (Option 3) Star builders, snap beads, warm water, sensory table (Interest Area) Self-Regulation Flower (real or artificial)—1 per child and adult (Options 1, 2, Interest Area) Pillows/cushions, stuffed animals (Interest Area) Revision: June 2023 2 Classroom Materials 24–36 Months BLOCK 2 continued Social-Emotional Balance beam (Option 1) Washable dot markers (Option 2) Paper—1 sheet per toddler (Option 2) 2 hand puppets (Option 3) 2 small farm-related toys (Option 3) Toy barn (Option 3) Blocks, toy animal and people figures (Interest Area) Physical/Health 4-inch step (Option 1) Pretend tickets—several per toddler (Option 1) Small basket (Option 1) Step to climber or slide (Option 2) Flat stepping stones such as nonslip place mats, laminated pieces of paper, or heavy construction paper (Option 3) Aerobic stepper (Option 3) Rug (Option 3) Masking or duct tape (Option 3) BOOKS Communication/Language Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
and Eric Carle (Option 1, 3, Interest Area) Can You Growl Like a Bear? by John Butler (Option 2) At the Zoo (Bright Baby Touch and Feel) (Interest Area) (Added 6/30/23) Zoo’s Who (Baby Touch and Feel) (Interest Area) (Added 6/30/23) Zoo Animals by Brian Wildsmith (Interest Area) (May be difficult to secure) Self-Regulation Richly illustrated books (Interest Area) Social-Emotional Sharing Time by Elizabeth Verdick (Option 3) Revision: June 2023 3 Classroom Materials 24–36 Months BLOCK 3 CLASSROOM ITEMS Communication/Language Small colorful plates (Option 2) Decorative props (Option 2) Colored tissue paper (Option 2) Toy cameras (Option 2) Basket (Option 2) Building blocks (Option 3) Large and small toy cars and trucks (Option 3) Cognitive Selected animal figures including elephant, tiger, turtle, monkey, horse, butterfly, frog, lion (Option 3, Interest Area) Small paper bag (Option 3) Scarf or piece of cloth (Interest Area) Self-Regulation Toy frog (Options 1–3) 3 small identical baskets (Options 1–3) Water table; toy pond animals, such as frogs, fish, and ducks; artificial plants for the animals to “hide” behind (Interest Area) Social-Emotional Play dough (Options 1, 2) Art smock or apron—1 per toddler (Option 1) Toy plates, bowls, plastic knives, and eating utensils enough for each toddler (Option 2) Toy food items (Option 3, Interest Area) Small boxes and containers (may be from actual food items, such as an empty cereal box) (Option 3, Interest Area) Several paper or cloth grocery bags (Option 3, Interest Area) Toy shopping cart (Option 3, Interest Area) Toy cash register (Optional for Option 3, Interest Area) Revision: June 2023 4 Classroom Materials 24–36 Months BLOCK 3 continued Physical/Health Dry sand or similar material (Option 1, 2) Sensory table (Option 1–3) 20 seashells (Option 1) 8-oz. container—1 per toddler and staff (Option 1) Scoop—1 per child and staff (Option 2) Cups or cone shapes—1 per child and staff (Option 2) Warm water (Option 3) 1-oz. bottle—1 per toddler and staff (Option 3) Container—1 per toddler and staff (Option 3) Water smock—1 per toddler (Option 3) Pad or rug (Option 3) Puffy paints, soft items, glue, silky fabric, look and feel books, cloth bags, vanilla or lemon extract, water, variety of sound makers, and natural materials, such as grass, pine cones, bark, flowers (Interest Area) BOOKS Communication/Language All the World by Liz Garton (Option 1) Bear’s Birthday by Stella Blackstone (Option 2) Happy Birthday, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff (Option 2) Happy Birdday, Tacky! by Helen Lester (Option 2) It’s My Birthday by Helen Oxenbury (Option 2) Mr. Cookie Baker by Monica Wellington (Option 2) Ruby’s Tea for Two by Rosemary Wells (Option 2) Big Board First 100 Trucks and Things that Go by Roger Priddy (Option 3) I Am a Dump Truck by Josephine Page (Option 3) I Am a Garbage Truck by Ace Landers (Option 3) Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton (Option 3) Roadwork by Sally Sutton (Option 3) School Bus by Donald Crews (Option 3) When I Build with Blocks by Niki Alling (Option 3) Books on topics of interest to children (Interest Area) Cognitive Peekaboo Morning by Rachel Isadora (Option 1) My First Peekaboo Animals (World of Eric Carle) by Eric Carle (Options 2, 3) Self-Regulation In the Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming (Optional Reading for Options 1–3, Interest Area) Revision: June 2023 5 Classroom Materials 24–36 Months BLOCK 3 continued Social-Emotional At the Supermarket by Anne Rockwell (Optional Reading for Option 3) Physical/Health Seashells by the Seashore by Marianne Berkes (Optional Reading for Option 1) Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak (Optional Reading for Option 2) Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert (Optional Reading for Option 2) The Best Mouse Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff (Optional Reading for Option 2) BLOCK 4 CLASSROOM ITEMS Communication/Language Melissa & Doug Mother and Baby Farm Animal Families Wooden Peg Puzzle (Option 3) Animal figures including animal families (one or two larger animals with a smaller animal baby), barn for farm animals or blocks for a wild animal habitat (Interest Area) Cognitive Jumbo Farm Counter set—2–6 different colors and 2–5 different animals per color (Options 1–3) Basket or container (Option 2) Chunky vehicles, boxes, construction paper, packing tape, solid-color toy dishes (Interest Area) Self-Regulation 4 toy animals that match the picture cards (Interest Area) Social-Emotional Dollhouse (Options 1, 2) Dollhouse furnishings (Options 1–3) People figures (Options 1–3) Pet figures and other small animal figures (Option 1 for Enrichment Tip, Options 2, 3) Toy car (Option 2) 4-inch felt squares (Option 2) Loose items, such as jar lids, stacking cups, star builders, tissue paper (Option 2) Small blocks (Option 3) 8-inch felt squares (Option 3) Sensory table, water, white paper, tape, chubby crayons (Interest Area) Revision: June 2023 6 Classroom Materials 24–36 Months BLOCK 4 continued Physical/Health Roll of white paper (Options 1, 3) Masking tape (Options 1, 3) Chubby crayons of many colors (Options 1, 2, Interest Area) White paper plate—1, 2 per toddler and staff (Option 2) Markers of many colors (Option 3, Interest Area) Paper, dot markers, coffee filters (Interest Area) BOOKS Communication/Language Are You My Mother? by P.
Eastman (Option 1) Is Your Mama a Llama?