Home Hot Topics Articles About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading ECN Radio NEWSlink How to Get a School Grant Movement, Play and Physical Activity for Children Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Subscribe today to our monthly newsletter!   ACTIVITY Facing the Facts By Katherine Graff From the first moment a child begins to learn, the first image he recognizes is a mother’s or regular caregiver’s face. In this activity, your toddler will learn to distinguish basic human facial features. Before You Start Gather your materials. Let's Begin 1. Sit your toddler at the table and show him the pictures. Together, name the facial features he sees-eyes, ears, nose, mouth, cheeks, chin and hair. Next, hold the mirror in front of him and point to his nose and say “nose”, then ask him to identify his nose. Do the same with the other features Furthermore For more advanced toddlers, try identifying the facial features of different animal faces.   Tweet Mirror Several Pictures of Faces Our Feelings Chart Emotions & Moods Posters - Set of 25 Mix & Match Emotion Masks - Set of 15 Moods & Emotions Classroom Set Articles and activities listed on this website may be printed for single use. No article or activity may be duplicated or distributed in any form, in whole or in part, without permission from the publisher, Excelligence Learning Corporation. Contact Permissions Department.

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