A joint project of the federal Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Daily Routine Explorations series offers activities and adaptations focusing on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) for our youngest learners. In Bathtime for Infants, the authors explore all the opportunities for sensory exploration and learning about cause and effect during bathtime. They suggest adaptations to the environment, the materials used, and the interactions that can support an infant’s learning while exploring water, splashing, or singing along. This series of resources is detailed, informative, and, of course, includes a warning about water safety: DO NOT leave children unsupervised during bath time or while playing with water. Children can drown in 1 inch of water.
The ICC-Recommended Early Start Personnel Manual (ESPM) describes core knowledge and role-specific competencies needed for early intervention service provision, incorporating current research and evidence in the field of early intervention. To access the ESPM, click here.
This resource is related to the following ESPM knowledge-level competencies:
- Core Knowledge (CK):
- CK5: The importance of play as context, method, and outcome of learning.
- Individualized Family Service Plan Development and Review (IFSP-DR):
- IFSP-DR5 (EIS): Understands the rationale for the identification and selection of intervention strategies used in everyday routines, relationships, activities, places, and partnerships for early intervention activities
- Individualized Family Service Plan Development and Review (IFSP-i):
- IFSP-i2 (EIS): Understands the individual nature of child learning styles and the importance of adapting intervention strategies.
- IFSP-i10 (EIS): Knows strategies that support parents in providing basic health, nutrition, and safety for infants and toddlers in natural environments.
- IFSP-i11 (EIS): Knows strategies that support parents in adapting the natural environment to meet infant/toddler developmental needs.