Natural Learning Opportunities for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

.~ oping child can either t~~M be planned or can haptj~~M pen serendipitously. N~~~ Formally planned learn~~~~~ ing opportunities have BN!!tj been the foundation of early intervention and early childhood special education (e.g., Guralnick, 1997). Recent legislation and research suggest an expanded perspective on natural learning environments that uses everyday family and community life as sources of children’s learn-