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of reach of baby because they will be too small to be safe for her posted by valerie plowman at 12 37 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels baby counting easter eggs holidays math pre toddler preschooler toddler friday march 26 2010 car game wallets a favorite activity for both of my girls in the car ages 2 5 and 13 months are personal wallets you can use an old wallet purse you have around the house or get a cheap one from a bargain store this has helped preserve the afternoon nap at ages where if they slept for even 15 minutes in the car that s just enough to ensure they wouldn t take an afternoon nap like sunday after church both girls love taking the items in and out of the wallet looking at the pictures snapping the wallet and unzipping the change pouch it s provided a good 20 30 minutes of entertainment on more than one occasion i actually keep them in the compartment in the car that way they are never left at home some items to put in your wallet small flash cards of numbers letters or shapes pretend dollars for counting fake credit cards that come in the mail i wouldn t recommend expired ones just in case library card if your child has their own personal one pictures of family pictures of things they love like animals princesses trucks a small sheet of stickers if the wallet fits one like in a check holder put a small pad of paper and crayon for drawing key chains attached to it i have a mini measuring tape on one my oldest loves to try to measure things like her hands and feet on mytoddler s wallet i attached a mini stuffed animal on a key chain a mini flashlight light up device have fun and enjoy some nice quiet time in the car posted by raegan at 12 00 am 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels in the car traveling tuesday march 23 2010 weather relay if your house is anything like mine you may spend a lot of time explaining clothing choices for certain seasons as much fun as it is to wear a bathing suit wearing it to the grocery store in january probably isn t a great idea and my hat lovin daughter has yet to be concerned with the 80 degree weather even while wearing a fleece lined hat and coat so i went to google images typed in winter spring summer and fall individually and printed off pictures of stereotypical images from each season next i gathered clothing items to represent each season summer shorts bathing suit beach towel how you play the rest is up to you here are 2 options 1 call out a season showing the picture to your child ren have them run to the pile dig through and find or dress in the appropriate clothing then double check do you wear a toboggan in the winter mittens flip flops 2 lay out the 4 season pictures and have them go through and sort into piles which items belong in each season set a timer to make it more fun at the end pick a season and have a seasonal snack while dressed up like drink hot chocolate w marshmallows while wearing coats and hats or snack on a popsicle while wearing a bathing suit and sunglasses on a beach towel posted by raegan at 12 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels seasons monday march 22 2010 self portrait puppets this is a fun activity to do to get some insight into the way your child views himself my mother in law did this with my children they were so excited about it and showed my husband and i over and over their creations age range i would say this would best be done with two and up you could possibly do it with 18 months and up depending on the child supplies paper bag construction paper crayons glue you could also use any other art medium you want to activity tell your child he is going to make a puppet of himself ask him how he wants to create himself what color of hair should we do what color of shirt do you want to wear how long should we make your hair help your child create the items as needed cut out items glue it together extension you could make one too and then practice role playing with your respective puppets you could even trade and show your child the appropriate way to act as well as see how your child views the way you give instructions posted by valerie plowman at 7 17 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art preschooler self image friday march 19 2010 spring collections this weekend marks the first weekend of spring with weather this week in the mid 60 s and low 70 s i feel like it s quickly making its appearance in our area our introduction to spring was quick and uncomplicated i wanted a chance just to talk look and discover first we read mouse s first spring by lauren thompson it s a cute story about a mouse and his mommy going for a walk and discovering all the new things spring has delivered then i put up a poster we then went in the front and back yard to see what spring items we could collect green grass a new flower green leaves and a bud were some of the discoveries the taped glued them to our poster to proudly show daddy when he gets home from work we also talked about the changes wearing shorts or short sleeves no winter coats people out cutting grass and working in their yards baby birds a few new insects and ugh some early mosquitoes so take a walk read a good book enjoy this weather as soon as it graces you we even pulled out the sprinkler no it wasn t really that warm my daughter was just that excited posted by raegan at 12 00 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels spring wednesday march 17 2010 up and down age range 18 months 3 years materials crayons paper cardboard scissors preparation draw a skinny rectangle on the cardboard cut out the rectangle i found that a sharp knife helped me get started then scissors did the rest this creates a stencil of sorts that is fat enough for crayons to be used activity place the stencil on the blank paper and grab a crayon trace up and down inside the stencil saying singing up and down up and down with the appropriate motions of the crayon let your child choose a crayon if your child will allow put the crayon in his hand and guide his hand going up and down just as you demonstrated before use less guidance as you see your child ready to do it independently show him the line he made using the stencil and crayon if his interest holds try this going from side to side as well saying left and right left and right to work on directions skills fine motor pre writing position direction i took this last one because at the time my son was holding the crayon perfectly just as you would grip a pencil to write of course he moved his hand a bit right as i took the picture but you can see that he s not holding the crayon in his first and is putting sufficient pressure on the crayon even if the angle is slightly off using enough pressure is something he s had to work into i ve had to explicitly encourage and demonstrate that since he began coloring at 12 months if you do this activity with an 18 24 month old they may or may not have good pressure on the crayon yet that s fine it s one of the benefits of letting kids color actually as for the hand position there is no need to force correct hand positioning at 2 years old but just look at your own hand as you naturally hold the crayon keep it in mind and when your child seems open to it try to gently guide your child to holding the crayon similarly bad grip habits are annoying to overcome in kindergarten and first grade somehow my son has always had a pretty accurate grip at least 50 of the time with little explicit instruction on my part it may be because i tend to color with him yes i know that may not be cool but hey coloring is fun sometimes an accurate example to model is all a child needs most kids need some sort of real practice and instruction at some point in fact i hold my pencil incorrectly to this day because of my kindergarten instruction or lack thereof as you can see in the photo below tobias is doing something similar angling his hand down towards him which makes it hard to write neatly so for him i ll need to work on fixing that asap mostly by trying to correct my own grip posted by amanda at 8 46 pm 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels fine motor skills positions preschooler toddler writing leprechaun have i ever mentioned how much i love brayden s preschool teacher she is the best i have zero complaints about her which is kind of rare for me i usually see room for improvement somewhere with her nothing love her she is the perfect teacher okay so this cute leprechaun is something brayden brought home from preschool hence the ode to teacher by me skills taught with this activity you can talk about colors and shapes it is also a fun art activity and of course a fun way to celebrate a holiday age range this is another one of those activities where young toddlers can even do it because it is easily assembled supplies small paper plate but you could use a white piece of paper you probably want it to be stiff so if you need to use paper stiffen it with some cardboard behind it like cardboard from a cereal box or something curly noodles they colored theirs orangy red but you could leave it the original color if you like crayons green construction paper black construction paper yellow construction paper glue prep for the toddlers cut out the shapes to make the hat you will need a green square a green rectangle a black rectangle and a yellow square for the preschoolers draw the shapes for the hat but let them cut it out for the older children have them draw and cut out the shapes for the hat gather supplies activity have older children draw and or cut out shapes for hat have all children draw and color the face for the leprechan glue the hat together glue the hat on the plate glue noodles on hat for whiskers let dry then display posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 0 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels holidays shapes st patrick s day tuesday march 16 2010 nice to meet you my daughter who tends to be on the shy side was having trouble speaking to people when introduced or when prompted i don t mean talking to strangers i mean the people you ll encounter more regularly at church neighbors family that comes to visit every few months etc at 2 i don t expect her to carry on a full conversation but we are teaching her to say hello and answer brief questions how are you _____ i like your dress aren t your sparkly shoes pretty when asked so we tried playing what i call the nice to meet you game materials dress up clothes any will do activity i dressed up and tell her that we are at church store etc and she s will her mommy i then say hello and compliment her the conversation goes something like this elderly lady at church hello how are you this morning daughter good how are you lady fine thank you i like your pretty dress daughter thank you then i change clothes and we try it again it s that simple sometimes i close her door to her room and knock or we use her grocery cart and pretend we re at church we ve talked about how when someone says i like your ____ it s a compliment and she s to say thank you for older children this is a good way to role play encounters with strangers semi strangers it s a good time to talk about a code word for your family and things to do and never to do at 2 we haven t gone there yet because of lack of understanding at her age however she is not out of my sight except when i specifically drop her off at her sunday school class with her teacher for your particular situation be aware of the situations your child will be in and use your discernment posted by raegan at 12 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels practical life skills monday march 15 2010 learning colors you don t always need to do an official activity to teach about colors i think a fun and simple thing to do is to incorporate it into your day i started this with kaitlyn when she was about 18 months old and i was shocked at how quickly she grasped it and how well she understood what i was teaching her doing these things are great for the little pre toddlers and it is still fun for the older preschoolers color hunt start the day off with a color hunt as i type this st patrick s day is approaching so let s use green as our sample color you tell your child today we are learning about the color green then hold up something green this is green can you see anything else in the room that is green then go on a hunt through the house looking for green items you might have pictures pillows paint plants you will be surprised at how much you have you can take your hunt outside if you live somewhere with green outside right now boo color fashion i always have the whole family wear our color we are learning about that day if possible wear green shirts socks underwear be sure to point out as your child is getting dressed everything with green on it color food i also like to try to eat food that is the color of the day so for green we might have broccoli a salad or celery if you like to dye food you could have pancakes colored green you could make cupcakes and dye them green and or dye the frosting dye your milk green and make green cookies have green jell o and green pudding the point here is to point out to your child that the color of the day week is all around her show lots of excitement about it and she will to posted by valerie plowman at 1 00 am 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels pre toddler preschooler toddler friday march 12 2010 animal toss my girls are about 19 months apart so it s really nice to find activities that they can do together this idea is from the sibling busy book and was really fun for both girls 2 and 11 months when we first started playing materials laundry basket or some sort of large basket crib or bed depending on what is safe for your kids stuffed animals activity put child ren in the crib or bed or couch etc show them how to toss the animal and try to get it in the basket start the basket close to the bed couch crib and gradually move the basket farther away i filled the crib with stuffed animals they had a blast doing this and i got the added benefit of contained happy children while i put laundry away this activity eventually ended with both of them rolling around giggling hysterically love it posted by raegan at 12 00 am 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels gross motor skills wednesday march 10 2010 shamrock potato print kids love paint it is fun to paint in various mediums i was thinking about st patrick s day which led me to think about potatoes which led me to decide to do a potato print picture with kaitlyn for st patrick s 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