From Babble to Scrabble, We're Going to Tot School: Tot School Week of 2.20.09

Tot School Week of 2.20.09

R-man is 12.5 months old

*pictures are not in order of week's activities

Tuesday was music day! In the afternoon we played with our drums, bongos, and sing along stage while our new cd 'toddler tunes' played in the background. I was actually able to leave him with his musical instruments for a good twenty minutes and he played contently & independently with only the toys I provided him with.

Putting/Taking/Empty/Full: This was a great lesson while mommy was getting ready one morning. I placed a bunch of bibs and burp clothes in this old diaper box and he carefully took them all out, placed them in piles, and put them back in! While putting make up on (haha), I was telling him 'empty', 'full', 'out', 'in'....if anyone saw me, they would think i was looney, but R-man loves all that we do together!

Wednesday morning we had a little bit of time to do tot school before the AM nap and then it was off to gym class! Since we were going to get a ton of gross motor work done in class, I thought we would focus on fine motor skills. R-man played with q-tips which he thought were AWESOME and placed them in the bottle! He loved this and was so proud of himself (clapping) when he got one in! He eventually understood that he could do this with anything that had an opening so he started playing them i these round balls that have holes on either end!

Go R-man!

Just a 'action' shot of R-man at music class! This was our late morning activity- music together!

The instructor uses a guitar which mesmerizes R-man! The rhythm this kid has is all because of this class! In this picture they are playing with 'shakey eggs' and singing.

Puzzle Time...the funny thing about the morning of tot school that we played with puzzles is that we were not supposed to be playing with puzzles. He found it, pulled it out, and started playing....I had an activity with pom poms planned that he had not interest in that day- but he did use the pom poms, placing them inside the holes were the puzzle pieces were supposed to go! Works for me! perfect example of playing while learning.

We focused on green this week and enjoyed painting with green yogurt for snack one morning.

This was a make up as I go tot school activity. He loves the basket, loves the balls, and loves throwing them....so we practiced throwing- not sure if that is a good thing or a bad thing...but it also helped reinforce the idea of 'clean up' which I am ALL FOR!