tot school ~ highlights from the past few months

 

 

 

That was a much longer break then I had originally anticipated, but I am glad to be back! Here is a collection of pictures from the past few months…

        painting with scrapers  

        drawing circles in the sand

        free art with dot markers

      torn paper collage…kinda. He lost interest : )

        lots of puzzles

         playing DS Games with big brother

         Lucas inherited an old cell phone which he LOVES! Its been great helping him learn his numbers.

        Mr. Shaggy Doo – got a hair cut

                                           Lacing and wearing wooden shoes

        Threading beads

                                          building with wedgits

 

         making bus trains ~ my mom gives him a one of those little yellow buses every time we go to her house for a visit.

         rice and lentils in the sensory table

         meeting petey the bird
                                            … and taking him for a ride on mack

         play dough sculptures ~ with googly eyes, big beads, and feathers

        painting a mini birdhouse

         more collages

        and glitter 

 

       dying Easter eggs

 

be back soon!

I have been really terrible at this blogging thing recently! So much has been going on in my family over the past few months I just haven't had the time, the pictures, or the desire to blog.

But I hope to be back soon with some of the activities we’ve been doing as well as some crafts and some new recipes!

finger paint gone wrong

I made a batch of finger paint this morning from the recipe I found in the book First Art by Maryann Kohl, I followed the recipe/directions but it did not turn out quite right - I think maybe I over cooked it....

It looked great but when we tried to use it, it was too thick and jelly like to paint with.

Luckily Lucas like the jelly glops of  gloop…

and our painting activity turned into a sensory activity…

We played in this squishy mess for a good part of our morning

I hope to recreate this mess again soon ‘cause this little man had a blast!

fix it friday ~ #88

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tot school ~ 27months

Lucas is 27 Months

I don’t have too much to share this week. We didn’t go with a theme life has been a little to hectic so we just focused on the things Lucas likes to do, and had a lot of fun ~ which really, is the best way to do tot school!

Lucas really likes working with glue, he asks for it daily. We easily go through a bottle a week – or day if I let him ; )

feathers and glue

a fun simple open ended art activity

I brought out our peg boards this week…

we built towers

  and sorted out the pegs by colour.

we played with vinegar and baking soda again, this time Lucas really got into it ; )

We also had a lot of fun with puffy paint!

Lucas really enjoyed playing with this maze,  you use the magnetic pen to move the balls to the different animals… its great for exercising his fine motor skills and hand eye coordination!

Lucas helped set up a marble track and LOVED racing his marbles around

This week I brought out our Melissa and Doug sequencing set. We don't follow the cards yet we just make our own patterns.

and sort them by colour.

After reading Chicka Chicka Boom Boom we matched our letters to the letters at the back of the book. 

then we put them on to our coconut tree  

Over the past few weeks Lucas has really been into the movie Cars, and it has really sparked a lot of imaginative play which has been really nice to see!In this photo he has his buses talking to each other.

This last photo is may favourite! My two boys playing cooperatively together – a rare moment!

That’s it for this week! Visit 1plus1plus1equals1 to see what other tots are learning.