Tot School: Squares {22 months}

The past few weeks Luke has been learning about squares.  What can I say...I love themes.  Luke doesn't mind them.  Here are the activities Luke and I have been up to the past few weeks:

Square Sensory Basket

Rating: 5/5

Skills:
Sensory development
Vocabulary
Shapes: square
Colors

Activity:
I loaded a basket full of square blocks and Legos.  I wasn't sure Luke would even be interested in this sensory basket, but he asked for it numerous times during the past weeks.  We talked about how each piece was a square and also talked about the colors of each Lego.

Squares and Dot Markers

Rating: 5/5

Skills:
Shapes: square
Vocabulary
Colors
Fine motor development
Art

Activity:
I used a square dot sheet from www.3dinosaurs.com and Luke used a dot marker to mark around the square.  Well, he didn't really mark around it, but we did talk about how it was a square and the colors he was using and he really loved using the dot marker.

Play-dough on a Square

Rating: 3/5

Skills:
Sensory development
Shapes: square
Vocabulary
Fine motor development

Activity:
Luke used the same sheet from www.3dinosaurs.com and put play-dough on the sheet.  My goal was for him to make a square, but he just used the paper to put the play-dough on.  He also insisted on getting his trucks out and using them on the play-dough.

Gluing Squares

Rating: 4/5

Skills:
Sensory development
Shapes: square
Vocabulary
Fine motor development

Activity:
I cut out many squares for Luke to glue on his square sheet of paper.  He LOVED gluing his squares on paper...he used up the squares pretty darn fast.

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