Literacy & Justice: Infants and Young Toddlers Curriculum Support - Living Things and Insects Themes

This chart gathers 4 focus book recommendations connected to the themes of Nature, Animals, Plants, Living things, Insects, Life Cycles, Ecology, and the inquiry questions:

How does the world work?

How are living things connected to each other and to the Earth?

What do all living things need? How and why do they change and grow?

 This resource outlines the main ideas, focus vocabulary with child-friendly definitions in English and Spanish, and a possible way to tune-in and captures the children's attention before sharing the story. This resource is designed as support that teachers can use to plan repeated, interactive TIPS reads and connected activities.