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aking a menu involving your child in thanksgiving menu planning can be fun let your child make and pass out menus to family members on thanksgiving materials thanksgiving november edition of a magazine scissors for you glue stick or glue and cotton swab card stock or construction paper folded in half long like a hot dog activity go through the magazine together and tear out and cut out pictures of thanksgiving foods look through the pictures together and decide which you should make sweet potatoes or mashed potatoes pie or cake coffee or hot chocolate after deciding write the menu out and together glue down pictures in the appropriate places this is a good time to work on things like beginning sounds food groups letter recognition as you write the words do you see any letters you know what letter is this colors mashed potatoes are white can you find the food that is white on the big day let your child pass out the menus if you have a shortage of pictures or no magazines make one large menu on chart paper you can print pictures that you find off the computer and glue them on the paper and hang it on the wall door posted by raegan at 12 01 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels child preschooler thanksgiving toddler turkey handprint place cards another fun activity is to take the traditional turkey hand print and to turn it into place cards for guests all you need is card stock washable paint a marker and a little patience take each hand print turkey label it with a name and let your toddler preschooler child help set the table with the place cards pictures from the mayfly and kaboose posted by raegan at 12 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art pre toddler preschooler thanksgiving toddler turkey monday november 23 2009 thankful place mat i like to take any opportunity i can to get my children to focus on what they are thankful for i think the idea of being thankful is abstract and quite against the nature of all people including children but we can learn to be grateful for what we have the easiest way i have found to be grateful for my blessings is to think about them consistently the thankful place mat can help your child do that age range old enough to draw if you are doing this with a pre toddler ages 12 18 months it would be a good idea for you to offer lots of help and draw things on the place mat for your child but let her color too no matter the age of your child she will love it if you join in and do one of your own supplies poster board i was going to buy a piece and then cut it up but i found a package of pre cut poster board at dollar tree for the same price as one sheet crayons markers paint whatever you want to use you could even use old magazines and cut and glue things you are thankful for contact paper activity give your child the poster board have her color things she is thankful for i think it is a good idea to talk about what thankful means and give her some ideas this is where you doing it with her is helpful she will watch you and learn by example when you are done cover the place mat with contact paper use it at your meals this could be a fun thanksgiving dinner activity everyone could make their place mat and then talk about what they are thankful for before the meal starts credit this idea is found in both the toddlers busy book and preschooler s busy book posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels pre toddler preschooler thanksgiving toddler saturday november 21 2009 precocious pre toddlers 12 18 months several people you know who you are have made requests for posts on activities for pre toddlers here we define a pre toddler as a 12 18 month old child this age range is awkward much like the pre teen stage later in life a pre toddler may or may not be walking may have one word or twenty may understand complicated instructions or still be struggling with the concept of don t touch this age range is also notoriously limited in both attention spans and crafty skills here is a basic run down of activities well suited to the pre toddler stage as well as some insights on where they are in development and what can reasonably be expected i will slowly work through these with my own pre toddler as my guinea pig and try to give as much insight about how to introduce each activity and how to modify it so your child can experience some success without too much frustration speaking of frustration in on becoming pre toddlerwise the authors say that some activities challenge present skill levels by placing demands on your little one for a solution it s the challenge in such cases that stimulates learning when your child is participating in learning time with mom or dad she should be challenged tasks that have already been mastered are best left as independent activities for free playtime so you can expect a certain level of frustration it s a good thing however when your child becomes repetitively frustrated it is time to stop the activity with these activities suggest demonstrate and encourage but do not overly assist no helicopter parenting at learning time stacking blocks in my experience pretoddlers are doing quite well if they can stack 3 blocks on top of one another by 18 months my 16 month old hasn t managed it yet stacking rings this tends to be mastered closer to 11 13 months old but getting the rings in the correct order might take a bit longer containers with lids start with easier ones and move to progressively harder ones finger plays and nursery rhymes check out no time for flashcards for detailed videos of every nursery rhyme you can think of scheduled playdates with 1 2 children at a time once a week is a great way to develop social skills slowly and with lots of parental supervision keep these experiences positive and low stress at this age try not to overwhelm a pre toddler with too many children or too much unsupervised socialization start with 10 15 minutes per activity and work towards the goal of 30 minutes later as a toddler preschooler we should also keep in mind that the 12 18 month stage is largely about gaining self sufficiency and learning how to be a civilized human being so here are some other activities you might not realize your child could start mastering already drink from a small plastic cup start with 1 2 ounces of water expect dribbles and have your child clean those dribbles up with a rag or sponge eat with spoon and fork hand over the spoon and a bowl of oatmeal then take cover just kidding cut banana with a knife you can buy small toddler butter knives supervision is required but this is really not a difficult or dangerous activity walk up and down stairs practice makes perfect good way to tire out your child on rainy snowy days climb off on couch teach your child to climb off safely on their belly feet first before they learn to climb on the couch we started at 9 months old and by the time our son could climb on the couch he could already climb off safely and we ve only had one fall pour water from small pitcher into a cup i ll explain further in a later post wipe up own spills and the table with a rag or sponge at the end of meals put clothes away an 18 month old can learn to fold a washcloth or cloth diaper and carry socks or other clothes and place them in a basket or drawer in their room credits on becoming pre toddlerwise by gary ezzo and dr bucknam montessori from the start by paula polk lillard posted by amanda at 6 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels pre toddler friday november 20 2009 positional words a thanksgiving game here s a fun thanksgiving activity to help work on positional words above below under behind on next to etc with your baby toddler preschooler or school aged child we had a blast doing this and my toddler begged to play it over and over again i love it when that happens it s also a great way to work on following simple directions and listening skills too ages baby and up if there is an older sibling or child the baby can participate this is a great activity for families with a baby and older sibling i ll explain as we walk through the activity materials thanksgiving pictures 2 of each picture you choose index cards tape prep i went to google images and typed in thanksgiving words to find appropriate pictures some pictures i used wild turkey cooked turkey family eating thanksgiving dinner pumpkin pie funny guy with a turkey hat peas mashed potatoes hugging family dinner rolls once i chose my pictures i printed them off on my printer 2 of each picture cut them out and taped them to index cards i hid one of each of the pictures around the house writing down where i hid them on a separate piece of paper activity show the pictures and explain why you chose certain images it was a good time to prep my daughter for the upcoming festivities since this is the first year she ll really get it baby the baby can participate with older siblings give the clue cards to the older sibling child and have the older child find the images if the baby crawls let them crawl after the older sibling to help you can have the older sibling crawl with the baby too or carry the baby around running after siblings as they do the hunt after the pictures are found show the pictures to the baby you can have the sibling show them too young toddler use really easy directions for the game i listed below you can also use the pictures to teach names of things for example show a picture of the turkey explain that it s a real turkey hang the picture of a real turkey somewhere and something else if you think they are able give simple directions working on one positional word at a time like find the turkey on the door find the turkey on the tv cabinet find the turkey on the couch toddler here s how i did this with my toddler i showed her the picture and told her she could only look for this picture i then told her where it could be found this is different than a traditional scavenger hunt since you are essentially telling them where the card can be found however it is important to use phrases with positional words like look under the pillow check behind the door when she came back with the correct card i had her find its match and set it on the couch preschooler and up try 2 step clues a clue for the item and or a clue for its location for example the turkey is on the item i would use to cook the turkey oven the corn is in the thing i use to protect my hands when i am cooking oven mitt or try i m looking for the picture of what we do when we see our family hug it is under something in this room you can also do things like find all the foods we eat for thanksgiving find everything that starts with a t h etc with the cards i also played memory a picture matching game and a color matching game you can also ask questions like which of these is round peas which is the color white point to the animal this is an adaptation from an activity in the siblings busy book by lisa hanson and heather kempskie posted by raegan at 12 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby child fall gradeschool pre toddler preschooler thanksgiving toddler thursday november 19 2009 stringing bottle caps i ve seen many variations on this activity including lacing tiny beads into bracelets and lacing big wooden beads onto shoe strings as in the melissa and doug version this is an activity that requires and encourages a great deal of fine motor skills tobias at 16 months old is able to string 1 2 beads independently and watches me intently as i do it and with me holding the string he can do more beads halfway independently i wouldn t suggest trying this under 15 months old unless your child is already scribbling with a crayon and using a fork and spoon with some success this activity can be great for 15 month olds to 3 year olds materials as many bottle caps as you can find a slight addiction to soda could be a good thing here half a shoelace with a big knot in the loose end drill with large drill bit preparation drill holes in the center of the bottle caps activity demonstrate to your child how to lace the bottle caps onto the shoelace do it slowly and holding it up in front of them talk about the colors of the bottle caps as you lace them and then hand one to your child if he hasn t already picked them up and encourage him to put it on the shoelace as you hold the shoelace up once your child shows interest in doing it step back gradually and let them take it on independently extensions with an older child ages 2 you can make a pattern red green red green on your own shoelace and ask them to copy the pattern ignore the goofy face that s just tobias brilliant look of concentration or maybe the flash was just in his eyes posted by amanda at 6 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fine motor skills in the car montessori pre toddler preschooler toddler wednesday november 18 2009 handprint turkey we have been having lots of fun with do a dot art sets thanks raegan for mentioning them a recent one we did was handprint turkeys i like this because it captures the size of your child s hand age range as soon as you are okay with your child using a do a dot two and up is definitely appropriate you will have to decide on children younger than that skills taught art colors fine motor supplies do a dot pen pencil crayon paper prep trace your child s hand on the paper trace a parent s hand on the paper activity have your child use the do a dots to fill in the feathers on each turkey photos this was the first time we used do a dots so the kids were quite excited about them and wanting to experiement i also realized at one point that i didn t explain the activity well before we started so the end product didn t turn out as i envisioned but they definitely enjoyed themselves the top one is brayden s age 4 5 and the bottome one is kaitlyn s 2 5 posted by valerie plowman at 1 10 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art colors preschooler thanksgiving toddler turkey turkey apple brayden brought this home from preschool the other day i thought it was so cute he colored feathers a turkey head and feet he cut them out and then taped them to toothpicks and stuck the toothpicks into the apple i thought it was a fun idea posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels apple thanksgiving turkey tuesday november 17 2009 pre writing skills have you ever stopped to watch a young child color often times they color using their entire arm in a scribbling motion as they get older the movement involves less of their arms and more of the wrists then gradually it becomes movement f...
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