Friday, June 19, 2009

Tot School Week of 6.15-6.19

Tot School

R-man is 14.5 months old

Pardon the wetness...I promise I change his shirt about hundred times a day and he normally has a bib on...just not this time! We are working on two molars and it causes for A LOT of DROOL!

making music with measuring spoons....after he learned how to 'scoop'!
this is a great activity because I applied what he learned here to lunch time where he was able to scoop his own applesauce...so we are currently eating all things that go in a bowl (soup, stew, yogurt, applesauce, ect) by our self!! yea!! we're still working on the fork...
This was after he had found all the 'little people' during our 'hide and suprise' game! 
He loved the texture of the oatmeal, getting his hands all messy in it- watching it slip through his fingers, ect...we he found his duck hidden at the bottom, he was so excited to see it...i just wish he had called out 'DUCK'....oh well, that word will come in time!
*pictures were an afterthought*

Sticker Fun! I'd peel a sticker off just a bit and let him pull it the 
rest of the way off and place on the paper. he loves stickers! 
i am still finding a few around the house, but he did pretty well putting them on the paper...
i had to help push them down to make sure they stuck- but he got the idea.
(Transferring) Tootpicks into small containers...
This too so much focus, but he did all of them! 
Next up is to have him put them in a small container with the little holes!
(great for more exposure to colors if you use colored toothpicks!)
Blue Day! Reid loves Blue...and yellow!
Playdoh fun! 
He used blue cups and an old baby food tray to put little torn off pieces into...
and spoons to manipulate the 'doh'. He did this for a god while. I was there
encouraging him and talking about every little thing to reinforce the purpose of the activity.


no pictures...but we also did the following:
*putting pennies and dimes into a piggy bank
*coloring with crayongs
*coloring with chalk
*using mr. octopus to learn about colors
*dance partAY!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Tot School 6.1 to 6.10

Tot School

Tot School
from the past two weeks starting June 1st, 2009
R-man is 14 months old

MOM'S FAVORITE:
paint chips and wippees!
cut up some strips of paint chips in different colors and show your 
child how to put them in the hole in the wipes box! It took R-man a few
tries to master this, but after that, he was sold on the fun! He eventually figured
out how to OPEN the entire box to discover where they all went!


Music Day at Music Together!
So much learning goes on here! R-man demonstrated excellent rhythm by keeping with the beat for longer than expected, so says his teacher Mr. Dave! He loves the sticks song where they do different movements beating these sticks together or on the floor per the teachers instruction.

Tuesday was also GREEN DAY!!

GREEN STICK IN GREEN CUPS
MAKING MUSIC WITH THE GREEN STICKS WHILE BANGING THE GREEN CUPS
GREEN STICKS AS SHOVELS....see below
GREEN SHAVING CREAM TEXTURE PLAY
Mixing up the Green Shaving Cream!
He loved the ooey gooey feeling in the bag!

HIDE AND SURPRISE!
I set out three different boxes with red, blue, and green letters inside.
He had to learn how to Open the box, transfer the letters, and put the lids back on.
During the day, he would wander back to the boxes and partake in this activity all by himself: pouring out the letters, putting them back in the boxes and placing the lid on top (not securely, but enough for a 14 month old)

Last week we had BLUE DAY outside!

Fun with BALLOONS!
This was R-mans first time with balloons! 
He thought they were great! Like floating balls that mommy had to run over the field to catch to make sure they didn't fly away!

BLUE PLAYDOH EXPERIMENT!
(no playdoh was eaten- hurray!)
we mashed it with blue sticks, pulled it apart and put in it different cups, made balls with it, ect.

Another Take at Hide and Surprise Game!
The first time, he really was surprised to see his colored letters in there!
PAINTING WITH WATER! (no mess!)
This was part of our blue day continued....
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS:
lots of PUSHING, PULLING, CLIMBING, AND RIDING....
ah- life with a 14 month doesn't require any creativity for these skills!