Family Child Care

Curriculum

PM Session: Intro to Let’s

Play! A Relationship Based
Family Child Care
Curriculum
Welcome!
Fall, 2020
Ice Breaker

If you could be any animal,

which would you be and why?
Overview of AM and PM Sessions:
AM Session PM Session
Curriculum Overview Curriculum

• Responsive • Introduction
Learning to Let’s Play!
Environments • Walk Through
• Play-Based of Sample
Learning Weekly
Planner and
Lesson Plan
Objectives
● To develop a shared understanding of responsive
learning environment

● To develop a shared understanding of play based

learning

● Introduce Let’s Play!

Welcome: Agenda
● Introduction to Let’s Play!

● Scope and Sequence

● Sample Daily Schedule

● Sample Weekly Planner

● Sample Lesson Play

● Connecting the Curriculum to Play-Based Learning

Intro to Let’s Play! A
Relationship Based
Family Child Care
Curriculum
Let’s Play! A Relationship Based Family
Child Care Curriculum
● Builds on the rich & nurturing learning environment of family child care
programs serving infants, toddlers, and 3-K children

● Specifically designed for family child care providers as a free resource to

support planning based on children’s interests

Includes four important components:

• Responsive learning environments

• Routines and transitions

• Exploration and Play

• Family Engagement
Let’s Play! Scope and Sequence
 • Opening Activities
• Breakfast*
Sample Daily • Morning Meeting
Schedule • AM Choice Time/AM Small
Group Activity
• Music and Movement
• AM Story time
• Outdoor Play
• Lunch*
• PM Storytime
• Naptime*
• PM Choice Time/PM Small
Group Activity
• Snack*
• Music and Movement
Weekly Planner
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Weekly Planner Pg 3
Weekly Planner Pg 4
Weekly Planner Pg 5
Weekly Planner Pg 6
Weekly Planner Pg 7
Questions?
See you in 5 minutes!
Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan Pg 2
Questions?
Curriculum Connection to Play-based Learning
….fun, flexible, voluntary, and intrinsically motivated.

● Child initiated play: children direct their own plan and

exploration
● Guided play: teaching teams set up the environment and
use open-ended comments and suggestions to scaffold a
learning goal while still providing children with choices
● Adult-initiated play: teaching teams intentionally plan
play experiences to reinforce important skills
-Masterson, M.L. & Bohart, H. 2019. Serious Fun: How Guided
Play Extends Children’s Learning.Washington, DC: NAEYC
Curriculum Connection to Play-based Learning
….fun, flexible, voluntary, and intrinsically motivated.

● Child initiated play:

(Choice time, outdoors, opening activities)

● Guided play:
(The materials provided by the adults in the different
interest areas available each day; the conversation
happening throughout the day)

● Adult-initiated play:
(Small group activity, music and movement, morning
meeting)
Closing and Final Reflections

I used to think…..

But now I know…….

Thank you!