Yeah sorry Paisley, maybe next year you can open your own presents!
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Paisley is ONE!!
Friday, October 21, 2016
Paisley Play
Snugly Baby: Paisley now willingly gives hugs and kisses, and if I pat her back while holding her she pats mine.
Counting Fun with Puff Balls
These two activities need similar supplies so I included them in the same posts.
Little plug for IKEA... I love their kids dishes for utility uses but also for learning. These are two activities in which I use the dishes but you could probably use any colored dishes.
For this activity you will need a set of IKEA bowls or cups and puff balls of matching colors from walmart. Oh and we use a cookie sheet or cake pan to contain play (optional).
Step 1.) Separate Puff Balls into piles for each player.
Step 2.) Set up boundaries. We like to use the piano bench and pretend there are lasers on the legs that will cut off little kids arms if they cross them, but a simple line on the floor would work too.
Step 3. ) Have fun throwing puff balls into the matching colored bowl or cup and do not allow them to change where the balls land till the end.
Step 4.) Take each bowl individually and pick out the matching colored puff balls. We like to line them up so we can count them and easily compare amounts of correct colors. We also like to designate a place for the colors that landed in the wrong bowl or outside of a bowl and make a big deal saying, "TRASH!!" as we place a puff ball in the pile.
Step 5.) We continue to line up the colors and compare amounts til every color is finished. Sometimes we take it a step further and count how many we got right compared to the trash to see if we "WON". This helps practice the larger number sequence.
Step 6.) Depending on kids attention and excitement we will leave the correct puff balls in their line and redo throwing the Trash pile. Again you can compare second round puff balls with the first round puff balls. Just keep finding reasons to use the words... (More, Most, Least, Greatest, Smallest, Fewest,and Equal)
Step 3.) They "crack" the egg into their bowl and count the number of puff balls. When they get the number right the child gives me that number of high fives. For example two puff balls= two high fives. If they had zero puff balls we pretend we are going to give a high five and then miss at the end declaring, "ZERO!" That really helps the kids not be sad when they get the number zero.
Little plug for IKEA... I love their kids dishes for utility uses but also for learning. These are two activities in which I use the dishes but you could probably use any colored dishes.
First Activity)- Color Toss
Objective: Students will learn at different learning levels easily covering vocabulary such as colors, counting, and comparing with more or less. LOVE FOR MULTIPLE LEVEL LEARNERS!For this activity you will need a set of IKEA bowls or cups and puff balls of matching colors from walmart. Oh and we use a cookie sheet or cake pan to contain play (optional).
Step 1.) Separate Puff Balls into piles for each player.
Step 2.) Set up boundaries. We like to use the piano bench and pretend there are lasers on the legs that will cut off little kids arms if they cross them, but a simple line on the floor would work too.
Step 3. ) Have fun throwing puff balls into the matching colored bowl or cup and do not allow them to change where the balls land till the end.
Step 4.) Take each bowl individually and pick out the matching colored puff balls. We like to line them up so we can count them and easily compare amounts of correct colors. We also like to designate a place for the colors that landed in the wrong bowl or outside of a bowl and make a big deal saying, "TRASH!!" as we place a puff ball in the pile.Step 5.) We continue to line up the colors and compare amounts til every color is finished. Sometimes we take it a step further and count how many we got right compared to the trash to see if we "WON". This helps practice the larger number sequence.
Step 6.) Depending on kids attention and excitement we will leave the correct puff balls in their line and redo throwing the Trash pile. Again you can compare second round puff balls with the first round puff balls. Just keep finding reasons to use the words... (More, Most, Least, Greatest, Smallest, Fewest,and Equal)
Second Activity)- Easter Egg Addition
Objective: Students will focus on simple addition. BUT I LOVE THIS ACTIVITY IN ORDER TO TEACH ADDING ZERO!
I created this activity when I noticed my kids couldn't quite figure out what adding zero meant. In this activity you treat zero as a quantity and go through all the steps. Which seems silly but really helps them realize what adding zero does to a quantity.
You will need Easter eggs, , puff balls, egg carton (for easy storage) some IKEA bowls and a plate.
Step 1.) First I fill puff balls into the Easter eggs in different quantities. and then hide them in one room.
Step 2.) I have one bowl for each child at the table and one plate in front of me. The kids each go find one egg and bring it back to the table.
Step 3.) They "crack" the egg into their bowl and count the number of puff balls. When they get the number right the child gives me that number of high fives. For example two puff balls= two high fives. If they had zero puff balls we pretend we are going to give a high five and then miss at the end declaring, "ZERO!" That really helps the kids not be sad when they get the number zero.
Step 4.) Each child dumps their cracked egg (puff balls in the bowl) onto the plate and I scramble it all up. And we together count the sum.
Step 5.) The kids then have to give each other the sum quantity of high fives before they go search for another egg.
*My kids love this game, and after the first round I let them refill the eggs with as many puff balls as they want. And they always want a ton! So second round is always more difficult but they love that they made it so hard and get a good kick out of finding a mother load of puff balls.
Toddler Schooling
Hey guys I am starting a new page and label called toddler schooling.
I want to easily share and store ideas that I use to teach objectives to my kiddos.
Read my basic tips in the new page listed in the top left.
Please comment after a post on a lesson if it helped you or you have some inspiration to add to help me out.
Thanks!
I want to easily share and store ideas that I use to teach objectives to my kiddos.
Read my basic tips in the new page listed in the top left.
Please comment after a post on a lesson if it helped you or you have some inspiration to add to help me out.
Thanks!
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Animal Friends
Does every parent wonder if the world is full of kids with strange habits or do your own kids take the cake? Someone has to have the weirdest kids / "coolest kids".
First there was Daphney... despite many complaints and raised eyebrows I have allowed my daughter to fall in love with this ferret puppet that we essentially own without custody of because he is the library's. Currently he couldn't smile in the picture because he is sleeping and couldn't be woken up.
It is very weird to love a pet ferret more than any other animal she could check out and after a lengthy stay of three months we return him only to again place a hold on him the following day. Click to view past post on pet ferret.
WEIRD FRIEND?
Demitri's is even better though....
See that big fluffy lion behind him?- that is not his new best friend. No Demitri has been carrying around ZuBah; said with three syllables and a strong B sound. But he also goes by "fake worm" (Pictured in his right hand). My sons new favorite friend is a fake fishing worm that he found in his dads tackle box. Fake worm has done everything with Demitri the past few days- except anything to do with water because of a fear of drowning.
I think we need to get a puppy before Paisley decides to top these two goons.
First there was Daphney... despite many complaints and raised eyebrows I have allowed my daughter to fall in love with this ferret puppet that we essentially own without custody of because he is the library's. Currently he couldn't smile in the picture because he is sleeping and couldn't be woken up.It is very weird to love a pet ferret more than any other animal she could check out and after a lengthy stay of three months we return him only to again place a hold on him the following day. Click to view past post on pet ferret.
WEIRD FRIEND?
Demitri's is even better though....
See that big fluffy lion behind him?- that is not his new best friend. No Demitri has been carrying around ZuBah; said with three syllables and a strong B sound. But he also goes by "fake worm" (Pictured in his right hand). My sons new favorite friend is a fake fishing worm that he found in his dads tackle box. Fake worm has done everything with Demitri the past few days- except anything to do with water because of a fear of drowning.
I think we need to get a puppy before Paisley decides to top these two goons.
Just recently Demitri accidentally pulled the worm in half... it was a major breakdown. The band-aid really pulls off the worm look though!
End of the Swimming Season
Ignore the swollen eye... just mosquitoes from Hell! But look at that smile of pride!
She showed me her wonderful back stroke today that she thinks she self invented and loves now!
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