Archive for February, 2013
Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin
Feb
I saw this idea over at No Time for Flashcards a while ago and thought it looked cute and simple. My favorite things 🙂
First I cut some scrapbook paper into hearts.
Then I printed pictures of our family members onto card stock and cut those into hearts.
I mixed those in a plastic bin with some fake flower petals. Hunter studied it for a bit.
Then he started looking at the pictures of the family members.
Of course, he dumped the whole bin 🙂
Then he sang the “Clean Up” song while putting all the pieces back. He was funny because when we finished putting all the pieces back in he kept saying “Da-da” and “Hay-Yee” until I took Daddy and Hailey’s pictures back out of the bin. He did not want those in the bin with the rest, hahaha.
Tot School
Feb
Hunter is 13.5 months old
It was a slow week at Tot School this week. It just seemed like I was so busy there wasn’t much time to do a whole lot of activities. We are considering homeschooling Hailey next year for 2nd grade and I have to admit I spent a lot of time online researching curriculum as well as looking for homeschooling groups in our area. There were also a few appointments last week and it just seemed like we had places to be every day. We did find time to do a few Tot School activities though. Our “theme” was the color red and Valentine’s Day.
We made a Valentine’s Day discovery bottle which Hunter had fun with. I used pink shampoo and some purple plastic hearts. Hunter liked watching the shampoo slowly run from one end to the other.
Hunter made a heart using contact paper and red tissue paper. He loved feeling the sticky contact paper. You can see the full post here.
Hunter also did some mess free painting. I put red paint and paper in a ziploc bag and taped it to the table. He loved it! And there was no mess at all, which I loved!
Hunter enjoyed playing with some red playdough and using a heart to press heart shapes into it.
Hopefully we’ll get a bit more done this week! Stop by 1+1+1=1 to see what the other tots have been up to this last week.
Fun With Playdough
Feb
This week Hunter played with playdough for the first time. He is learning the color red, so I let him check out some red playdough.
He definitely thought it was interesting. He loved touching it and squeezing it.
I used a cookie cutter and cut out a heart shape… Hunter tried to put the heart back.
He loved seeing the results of pressing the cookie cutter into the playdough.
Of course he had to taste it.
And play peek-a-boo with it.
He loved playing with playdough and it kept him occupied for quite a while!
(A note of caution- when I worked in a daycare center there was a little girl who stuffed playdough into her mouth and it got stuck on the roof of her mouth. It had to scraped off and was pretty hard to get out. So, keep a close eye on your toddlers when they are playing with playdough.)
Mess Free Painting
Feb
I have seen this idea posted on several blogs, and thought it looked like fun. I don’t know why I never thought of this!
Put a piece of paper and some paint inside a ziploc bag. Seal the bag and tape it to the table.
Add a toddler.
Have fun with no mess to clean up.