Pack N Play and Blanket Time teaches a child to focus on one toy and enhances the attention span. It also initiates the understanding that what mommy/daddy/teacher/ect says to do is what you should do. Normally during our blanket time, I give him one toy to play with for at least 10 minutes and he must stay on that blanket or in the pack n play for that amount of time with one or two toys.
This week, I pulled the balls out that we used at his b-day party! It was a little more interactive that blanket time normally is, but he was IN the pack n play and LOVED it! (score!)
Everything we did this week involved DUCKS! quack quack quack!
took our ducks outside, put the ducks down the slide, gave the ducks a bath, & put the ducks on hour head, toes, and nose
This is a great new toy that daddy got him! It's not a tot school toy, but it's super fun for and great for practicing those fine motor skills!
Reading Time: this week's favorite was a truck book that he got as a b-day present from a little friend! I am waiting until he starts saying TRUCK like our blog friend Wright
Seek and You Shall Find!
Who knew I could tie a bible verse into Tot School!
I hid Green objects and little yellow ducks (I really tried to help him with 'duck' this week) in a big bowl of oatmeal! This was so fun learning a new texture and he got so excited when he found something at the bottom; he'd pull it out when a funny look on his face and then would show it to me! Precious! Of course, he also tried to EAT the oatmeal....oh well, guess I can count that as a snack for the day!
Colored Sticks From Cup to Bucket: This was a great idea, that turned sour FAST!
He transferred the different colored sticks while I was repeating the colors over and over again, but after about five minute, he decided it would be more fun to eat them instead....which in turn meant colored dye was all over his hands....fun stuff! Oh well- two days later he was saying blue and green so hopefully it was some good reinforcement. And he LOVED dumping them in the bucket and taking them out.
He's Getting Better and Better about putting the qtips in the bottle! Often times he doesn't even need me to do it first!
Shape Sorting! He's finding the shapes more intriguing, but the process of trial and error is VERY frustrating for the little man! He can get the circle in the circle hole, but when the square doesn't fit in the same spot- Game Over! It's good practice and he likes the blocks, and he likes the bucket, so one day, the two will go together. For now, we get as much time in shape sorting with mom as we can, and then it's just in and out in and out and bang the blocks about!
This kid will be buckling himself in his seat before i know it!
Little does he know, he's LEARNING while he does this THREE TIMES A DAY!
great ideas!!! I love the oatmeal idea. We'll have to do that one day next week. You're doing a great job.
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