Tot Book

 

I made this tot book a few weeks ago for Lucas and he absolutely adores it!  Here it is in case anyone would like to make one for their tot! 

If you make this for you tot and blog about it please share a link! I would love to see how it turned out!!

(If you have any problems downloading/printing please let me know this is my first time doing this and I am still learning!)

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Thank-You and Enjoy!

In the sensory tub this week...

For our sensory tub this week I rounded up some (waterproof) toys and then threw them into a plastic bowl with some water and froze it over night.

not the best picture, but you get the idea!

Then I filled our sensory table with water, food colouring, and baby soap.

I gave the kids some cups, spoons (big & small) and some other kitchen utensils, a ladle, silicone brushes, a whisk etc...

The kids really enjoyed this! We had a little friend with us for this activity, she loved using the whisk to make the bubbles reappear, and Lucas just liked being able to dump cups full of water on the ground without getting yelled at  - being told no. Dominic really liked using the brushes to melt away the ice he said he was an "archaeologist discovery new dinosaur bones and other ancient artifacts."

Our Play Room

I am writing this post as part of the linky going on over at 1+1+1 regarding Tot School Zones. Below are the photos of our current play room setup once we move however, I am planning on doing something completely different!

The boys love being in their playroom! It is a fun and inviting space for them, but for my husband and myself we don't like to spend much time there at all. That's why in our next house it will be more of a family room and less "daycare-ish"

In this photo is our sensory table, Dominic's work table, a play kitchen and LOTS of toys! That is something else that will be changing with our move, I already have 3 big bags full of toys that will be going to the thrift store because we just have way to much! A lot of the toys don't even get played with and it tends to be really overwhelming for the kids.

In this photo is some push toys (Lucas loves them all), our train table and parking garage, and on the black shelf is manipulative's and puzzles.

Here is our reading area a chair for each boy, and we put up some rain gutter bookshelves. In the baskets are some stuffed animals, dolls, doll clothes, and blankets.

Here is our messy area! where we do our crafts and play playdough, and anything else that I don't feel comfortable doing on the carpet (like rice in the sensory table!). See our easels mounted on the wall? It was originally this but it didn't fold and it just took up way too much space so I took it apart and had Shane mount it to the wall for us : )

This is our laundry/storage room. This is where I keep all of our books, puzzles, games, extra toys, and our craft stuff.

As I mentioned earlier I do plan on totally revamping the way our playroom is set up as well as the way we do tot school. Once we are in our new home and all is complete I will add some photos to share our new learning space!

Sesame Street Tot Book!

A few months ago while I was cleaning out our crawl space I came across one of Dominic's old Elmo dolls. Its one of those ones that you program with your computer so that Elmo knows your name and some of your favorite things like your favorite animal, favorite foods, etc. So after I cleaned him up a little I reprogrammed the doll to suite Lucas.... He instantly fell in love with it and now carries his "melmo" EVERYWHERE! Now if only I could get him to sit down and watch an Elmo video once in awhile. Not that I want him to be one of those kids that wants to sit in front of the TV... I just think it would be nice if he would watch just long enough for me to vacuum without having to do this!!

Anyways getting back to topic,  I have been wanting make a tot book ever since seeing all the ones that Carisa made over on her blog 1+1+1=1. So I took the time that was supposed to be spent packing : ) and made my very first tot book!!

 Here is a look at how it turned out.....

In the top left corner is a mini colouring book, in the bottom left corner is an accordion fold counting book with numbers 1 - 10. In the top right corner is a mini book naming some of the sesame street characters, and in the bottom right corner is an Elmo size sequencing set. In the middle is shapes, and it says "help Elmo find the different shapes"

Here is a look inside the mini colouring book.

and the mini sesame street friends book.

Here is the Elmo size sequence set.

Lucas loves his new tot book! Especially the Elmo sequencing... he cant sequence them yet but he really likes putting them in and out of their pouch.

I have every intention of sharing this tot book I just have a few small kinks to straighten out first, so be sure to check back soon!