Tot School

33 months

This week we spent more time on our winter theme. There is just so much to do and it is all so fun! Plus, my kiddos were sick again so I didn’t really have to plan much and could just snuggle and play!

I have been putting some puzzles out in our play room and rotating them every few weeks. We seem to be getting more use out of them this way rather than having them as Tot School activities!

My little Buddy loves his Busy Ball Popper. He plays with this every single day and loves it!

Playing with Barrel of Monkeys. Buddy just likes to take them in and out of the cup. Moo-Bear tries to attach the monkeys, sometimes!

We made snow, an idea I got from Growing Up Our Style. She didn’t really like the feel of it on her hands so we got out a sponge. Then she decided she wanted to finger paint so we did that, too!

We played Don’t Break the Ice and Cooties. I remember playing Cooties when I was little and loved it. Moo-Bear really enjoyed them, too. She kept calling them her friends!

We also froze some things in ice (and used food coloring to color it) and then she used a little hammer to get them out. Actually, we ended up taking it to the tub and pouring warm water over it. She loved this. I got the idea from Counting Coconuts (I think).

I love that little Buddy is now joining us for some tot school fun. He loved playing with this homemade shape sorter. He really likes to drop objects into buckets, etc.

Love my little Moo-Bear. Here are a few fun shots from this week. She keeps me laughing!

And my little Buddy. He is such a funny boy and oh so happy!

Thanks for checking out our week. If you want more ideas go to 1+1+1=1. Have a great week!

Tot School

32 months

This was our 2nd week back and we had a great time. Now that Buddy is getting a little bit older he is joining us in the school room for play. I am blessed to have a lot of space in my house so we have a playroom and a school room. The school room is the formal dining room, but we never use it. I have a dining table in there right in the middle of the room. But, it didn't leave much space for playing on the floor. I decided to move it against the wall to give us more of an open space and let me tell you it has been great. We spend so much more time in there with our school toys (the playroom had educational stuff, too). The kiddos love going in there to play and for some reason just changing rooms throughout the day breaks up the monotony

This week we focused on winter activities from 1+1+1=1 and the S is for Snowman from COAH. We didn’t do all the activities we had planned b/c of a busy week and we got some snow so we spent time playing outside, too! Next week we will finish up the winter theme and hopefully move on!

Moo-Bear has got down the 3 sizes (small, medium and large) so I thought it was time to include some more and arrange from largest to smallest or vice-versa. She had a difficult time with this. She definitely knew smallest and biggest, but didn’t quite understand that there was a size order. Something to keep working on. This activity was from COAH.

Another activity from COAH. This was color matching. I cut out and laminated the different colored scarves and Moo-Bear matched them to the snowman’s hat. She did great with this. Color matching is very easy for her now.

We got out the Aqua-doodle this week and she has loved it. She was drawing circles for me and trying to trace her hands and fingers.

My little buddy playing in the snow. Yes, this is his sister’s snowsuit from last year. We don’t get much snow here so I am too cheap to buy him a new one. This is probably the only time we will get snow. He wasn’t too impressed with being out in it. It could have been b/c he isn’t walking yet and it is kind of hard to crawl through snow. Especially when the snowsuit is so tight that it restricts your movement!

And Moo-Bear out in the snow. She loved every minute of it. She is so much fun!!!

My little munchkins. I just love these 2!!

So, that was our week. We did do more school type things, but my camera was dead and it took me 2 days to remember to charge it. Hope everyone had a great week and check out 1+1+1=1 for more great ideas!