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own the yarn as if he were on a balance beam skills this is great for practicing gross motor skills and balance resources this activity comes from the book slow and steady get me ready by june oberlander i ll be going through several activities for infants and toddlers from this book and including pictures once i get my own copy after christmas it s a fantastic resource and lists a new activity for each week from 0 5 years old posted by amanda at 11 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels gross motor skills preschooler friday november 27 2009 making the holidays memorable i love this time of year it s a time to bless others spend time with family celebrate traditions and make new memories it s also the busiest time of the year in many cases i want to slow down and make this year especially memorable and fun for all of us each day of december we are going to do one thing to help celebrate i d like as many of them as possible be either free or inexpensive involve helping or blessing someone else and or help us slow down and enjoy family and this time of the year so start making your list too it doesn t have to be time consuming and it should bring a smile to your face and your cute little munchkins too here s some to get you started in no particular order 1 start your advent calendar 2 decorate your tree and your house 3 have an indoor snowball fight balled up scraps of paper bundled up kiddos couches as forts you are the coolest mom ever 4 walk through the neighborhood looking at decorations 5 watch a christmas movie charlie brown it s a wonderful life etc 6 bake christmas cookies and deliver some to neighbors shut ins or a nursing home near you 7 check out holiday books at the library 8 make a birthday cake for jesus 9 take your little one to pick out a toy to donate 10 fill a shoebox for a charity 11 visit family 12 pictures with santa 13 have a cookie swap 14 serve at a local soup kitchen 15 make christmas cards together 16 make peanut butter pine cone bird feeders 17 write letters to santa 18 have a birthday party for jesus 19 host a dessert party 20 make homemade ornaments for family members 21 have holiday portraits taken 22 start a christmas book collection buy one new christmas story each year if possible donate a book to the local library toy drive or school 23 see a holiday play or cantata 24 reenact the christmas story as a family 25 sip hot chocolate and read twas the night before christmas 26 go christmas caroling 27 go to a holiday craft show or bazaar 28 bake a holiday treat and take it to a local fire station police station or hospital 29 pop popcorn and play a board game as a family 30 make a holiday craft you could probably do this each day 31 celebrate the first day of winter 32 if you get snow start a tradition of first snow of the year insert treat here fudge pie cake ice cream sundaes snow cream etc 33 pick a family to bless with dinner once this month you can invite them over bring them dinner order them pizza etc or if you go out to eat pick a family and pay their bill you can do this in the fast food line too 34 write a letter draw a picture for people in your family telling them how much they mean to you why the are special or something memorable put it in their stocking or mail it 35 put together a care package for a soldier have fun let me know your ideas too i d love to hear about your traditions and how you are blessing others this season posted by raegan at 12 00 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels christmas holidays traditions wednesday november 25 2009 straw bed for jesus this idea came from my husband s parents the idea is to make a soft bed for jesus to lay in one piece of straw at a time my father in law made a manger for us note that a manger is what animals eat out of not the stable so we are talking a little bed they then gave us a bag of straw the goal is for family members to do service and for each act of service they get to put a piece of straw in the manger we will be doing this from thanksgiving until christmas if you don t have wood working ability you could use a shoe box instead if you don t have access to straw you could cut some strips of paper up if you did that you could even write the service down on the paper i thought this was a fun idea for keeping our focus on christ and on service during the christmas season for more detailed lesson layout of this idea see this post posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels christmas pre toddler preschooler service toddler tuesday november 24 2009 involving young children on thanksgiving day today my toddler asked me what thanksgiving is and i tried to explain in her terms why we celebrate thanksgiving and what being thankful means sure we ve read books done plenty of turkey crafts and talked about being thankful i ve tried to help her learn to be grateful to see outside her own little world which is tough for a toddler and to start thinking of others after my long probably way too drawn out explanation she said i help you i cook too that got me thinking how can i involve my toddler in the festivities so i ve devised a plan for our thanksgiving day and perhaps you can use some of this or tailor it to your needs some of it will involve cooking and some will not all in all let them know you are thankful for any help they give you mess and all can they help plan the menu i asked charis to help choose some items mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes marshmallows on top or streudel topping corn or peas make a menu for guests thanksgiving cards while you prep cook or clean have your child make a card for family members that are coming this can be as simple as scribbles on paper for young toddlers stamping stickers gluing leaves making a turkey or for older children writing or copying a message thanksgiving place mats help set the table my 2 year old has been helping with that for months now take coats and put them in a designated area when family friends arrive my daughter is working on saying may i take your coat please help clear the table i may give her a bowl to collect all the dirty silverware or a mini trashcan for napkins use discretion dusting mopping sweeping and more i ve gotten my daughter a mini version of a duster mop and broom i give her a small spray bottle of water and let her clean the doorknobs thanks molly or wipe down chairs hide cards for a thanksgiving game of hide and seek turn on tea lights in turkey table toppers make turkey hand print name cards for each of the guest s seats help countdown time until dinner make this ahead of time help set up a play center for the kids table thanksgiving books no bake turkey cookies coloring books table covered with large paper to make thankful drawing small trash can etc check off your list see 6 below cooking ideas make a list and have them check it off i made a picture list picture of pie picture of turkey picture of set table etc and will let her mark it off as we finish i also made one for the big day so we can make sure we have everything out it s not unusual for me to forget rolls in the oven once everyone has gotten there and i get busy chatting green bean casserole let them top it with the onion straws rolls to bake let them line them up on the baking sheet pumpkin pie let them stir the ingredients together and help you pour it in the crust they may slosh a little pie filling on the counter no one will miss it and your little one will love stirring making sweet potato casserole consider letting your child line up the marshmallows on top in rows fine motor skills or sprinkle the cinnamon sugar crumble on top with anything that needs measuring let them help dump it once you measure let them put all the prepped chopped veggies in a bowl so they are ready for you to grab and throw in the pan very young toddlers babies if your little one is too small for this i ve gotten out a plastic table cloth and put her on the floor with her own ingredients rice beans water salt cereal dry oatmeal etc and let her pretend she s cooking too make sure your chosen items are appropriate this is a great time for the pouring or scooping water play activities posted by raegan at 12 05 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels child pre toddler preschooler thanksgiving toddler turkey making 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 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