Feb
Bee Mine
I saw this cute Valentine’s Day Bumble Bee craft over at A Cupcake for the Teacher.
Hailey glued black stripes onto a yellow piece of paper. Once she was done adding the stripes we cut out the oval to make the bumble bee.
Hailey added a face.
She also added arms, legs and wings.
Then she added two hearts that say “Bee mine.”
Soooo cute!!
Hailey also drew this Valentine’s Day cupcake and wrote, “My cupcake has alien eyes and Rudolph’s nose and sprinkles on it.”
Feb
Heart Prints
We used red paint, a heart shaped cookie cutter, a paper plate and a piece of paper.
I put a very small amount of paint on the paper plate and then stamped the cookie cutter in the paint.
Hunter stamped the cookie cutter onto the paper.
He had to see what it felt like.
Then he wondered what he had all over his hands.
Since Hunter was sitting in his chair at the table, after a few minutes he assumed it was time to eat. This is how he signs for “more.” So, we were done painting and it was time for some lunch.
Hunter’s finished art work.
Feb
Valentine’s Day Sensory Bin
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.
Feb
Tot School
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.
