Scooping Poms
Rating: 5/5
Skills:
Colors: red, yellow, green, blue
Fine motor development
Counting
Sensory development
Activity:
Luke loves poms. This was a simple activity to throw together when I was short on time. I gave him a big bowl of pons along with a 1/4 measuring cup and another container. We scooped pons from one bowl to another and talked about the colors he was scooping.
Color Basket
Rating: 3/5
Skills:
Colors: red, yellow, green, blue
Sensory development
Activity:
I put some items from previous color activities into a basket and let Luke explore. We talked about the color of each object and he enjoyed sorting the pons into the cups, although not correctly. We will get there.
Color Matching
Rating: 5/5
Skills:
Colors: red, yellow, green, blue
Sorting
Counting
Fine motor development
Sensory development
Activity:
This is an activity I have been using all month with different items. I put four pieces of felt on the floor and we sort objects onto the felt. We have used legos, magnetic letters, pipe cleaners, and puzzle pieces. The options are endless. Luke is really into cars right now, so we are going to sort his cars later this week.
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We most definitely don't have a consistent schedule with tot school either, but I try to do it everyday which definitely doesn't get done haha. That's awesome that your son is sorting and matching colors! I've really been trying to get some color activities into our days, but have been pretty slow at doing that. My son also refuses to sort so I've been stuck on that. I really like your ideas here and how you set up this post!
ReplyDeleteOne more thing - I had to do a double take when I saw the photo of your son in the fire truck pjs - my son has the same ones and it confused me there for a minute haha.
Thanks for your comments, Yuliya! Luke loves sorting, he just isn't quite sorting the colors correctly. We will get there...someday. :) We try to do Tot School everyday as well, but we are still working on that. I am giving myself grace this summer with all the extra 'to dos' around our house. Good luck with Tot School and your little guy!
DeleteWe have most of these same toys! As for a schedule...I have mostly turned it into a "to-do" list. I have 5 tasks I want to accomplish with my tot each day (from a general list of skills such as: literacy, early math skills, fine/gross motor, artsy, social, etc.) And I loosely plan an activity that accompanies the goals. Sometimes my tot is really into the activity and everything runs great...sometimes he puts his nose up in the air in which case I change it up. For example I wanted to do pom-pom color sorting one day but he wanted to play with his trains instead, so I accommodated his desire by playing a game of train sorting :) Keep up the great work you're doing, looks like your son is enjoying it!
ReplyDeleteI love your to do list idea. I try to do something like that just for the week, not everyday, but I really need to get more organised. I never feel like I have enough time to actually make/do all of the prep that I want to or that I think up. Sigh. I just need more hours in the day to do everything on my to do list! I do think that making up goals for everyday would help though :)
DeleteThanks for the idea Clarissa! I have a to-do list as well for Tot School. My goal is two tasks a day and sometimes I don't even get to that, but we're working on it. Luke takes a long nap in the afternoon, so it gives us limited time to work on things. I love how you are so flexible...I need to work on that! You can find my Tot School planning form here: http://www.countrygirlinthemaking.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-beginning-tot-school.html
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