tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35373823058763971812024-03-13T12:42:57.085-04:00Teach.Talk.InspireJaymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07923304464008448607noreply@blogger.comBlogger195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537382305876397181.post-4886825193230317612020-08-03T06:19:00.004-04:002020-08-03T06:19:20.911-04:00Helpful Tips For Teaching Your Toddler At Home<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As the Fall and new school year are approaching, I have been thinking a lot about what I want to say on the topic of teaching your toddler at home. Over the last year and a half, starting when Little Miss Toddler was a little over a year and a half, I started setting up daily "after nap" activities for her that we can play and learn together doing. This has since evolved into more structured activities throughout the day. Due to the current health situation, my family and I have chosen to keep our daughter home this school year and homeschool her for preschool. As we begin this new chapter, I am excited to share what we do daily, the things we learn together, and how we have gotten to this point.</div>
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I never want anyone to feel like they have to do learning activities at home with their children but I am so passionate about finding fun and engaging ways to to teach our little learners that it has naturally come about. I believe in purposeful play and creating learning opportunities in a playful and casual way.</div>
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Creating these learning opportunities or playful invitations shouldn't be stressful and if it is, I'm here to help! I wanted to share these 3 tips that I have learned as we have started incorporating more toddler activities into our day. I hope that these things I have learned along with Little Miss through trial and error help you feel more comfortable teaching your toddler at home!</div>
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<b>3 Tips For Teaching Your Toddler At Home:</b><br />
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<b>1. Follow Their Lead</b><br />
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Following your child's lead is everything. Finding the topics and activities that they love makes learning at home much more enjoyable. Follow your child's interest to help create learning opportunities around their likes. If you find that your child is more engaged in sensory activities, then find more opportunities to learn through play doing sensory activities together!</div>
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<b>2.</b> <b>Keep It Playful</b><br />
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A child's job is to PLAY! These learning activities are meant to be invitations to invite your child to play in a deeper way. Early childhood education is all about helping children develop their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical skills and these playful invitations help do just that. If your child isn't interested in doing an activity that you set out or gets frustrated easily, do not worry about putting it away and trying it again later. I also encourage you to try and set the activity up in a different way to see if that interests them more. <br />
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<b>3. Create a Predictable Routine</b><br />
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Creating a predictable routine and following through with it helps your toddler at home more than you realize. We started learning activities as a way to transition after nap. Little Miss started to recognize that when she woke up, there would be an activity waiting for her and it helped with the transition after nap and the odd time between nap and dinner. Outside of learning activities, a predictable routine for toddlers is essential for them to keep consistency and set them up for success. Toddlers don't necessarily need a set schedule but have a predictability to their daily routine helps them know what to expect and can help them handle their big emotions if they know what to expect.</div>
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I hope you find these 3 tips helpful when trying to incorporate more hands-on learning activities in your home. Don't ever feel like in order to start doing more learning activities with your toddler that you also need to go out and buy all of the things at once. Use what you already have in your house to enjoy the time together. These learning activities are a great way to bond and fill your toddler's emotional cup. </div>
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Before the beginning of each month, I send out toddler activity guides to help insure you to create different activities surrounding set themes for the month. Each guide has over 25 activities for you to use with your toddler to learn and play together. The guide has math, literacy, social/emotional, and sensory activities from other creators as well as from my companion activity packet. </div>
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If you would like more simple to prep and standards based activities for your 2&3 year olds to do at home with you, then I have you covered! In my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/August-Learn-and-Play-Toddler-Activities-5830593" target="_blank">August Learn and Play Activity Packet </a>I have created 15 learning activities for your toddlers to use at home. These activities cover math, literacy, sensory ideas, science, and social studies activities. I hope you love learning and playing with your toddlers all month long.</div>
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These 15 activities to be used with your toddlers throughout the month of August, can be found in my Teachers Pay Teachers store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/August-Learn-and-Play-Toddler-Activities-5830593" target="_blank">here!</a></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">Kindergarten Readiness. Getting your child ready for Kindergarten seems to be a very popular buzz term currently. As a parent and former teacher, I understand the fear that goes into sending your child to Kindergarten at the beginning of the year. The uncertainty of trusting your child to another adult in an unfamiliar setting is so nerve-wracking. Together, we can help set your child up for success with 8 practical skills you can practice leading up to the first day of school. </span><br />
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Before I share the 8 tips I have collected from my years in the classroom as well as fellow teachers, I do want to mention that most of the skills you will read about are not academic based. Yes, kindergarten is more focused on academics than it has been in the past. However, it is also a time that should be focused on play and developing social emotional skills with their peers and teachers. Setting the foundation for them with these 8 Kindergarten Readiness skills will help set them up for success this school year.</div>
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I also want to mention that even though we may not know what a typical school day will look like because of current events surrounding Covid-19, these skills are still applicable for a virtual school, brick and mortar, or homeschool setting. Make sure to scroll to the bottom of this article to sign up for your FREE Kindergarten Readiness Checklist!</div>
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Remember, together we can set your child up for success with these 8 Tips For Getting Your Child Kindergarten Ready:</div>
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<b>1. Ability to Express Their Wants/Needs</b></div>
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One of the first things you can practice with your child is encouraging them to be comfortable talking to other adults to share what they need or want during the day. Teach them how to ask for help when a problem arises. Giving them the confidence to ask for help will be so important for them once school starts.</div>
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<b>2. Maneuvering Their Clothes Independently</b></div>
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This may not seem like such an essential kindergarten readiness skill but it truly is! Students come to school with jackets, tricky shoes, zippers and buttons on pants galore and they need help and guidance for how to take them on and off on their own! There are many opportunities throughout the day in Kindergarten where children need to be responsible for their clothing. Like putting their jacket on or taking it off, zipping their jacket, pulling their pants on and off to use the bathroom and buttoning or snapping their pants. Shoe tying is also an important skill that would be helpful to have before Kindergarten starts.</div>
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<b>3. Eating Snacks And Lunch Independently</b></div>
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With changes to school environments coming, we are unsure of what new food policies will look like. With that being said, it's still so important to teach your child how to eat their snacks and lunch independently. Pack lunch with them and show them how to open, close, and safely store their food in their lunch bags.</div>
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<b>4. Listen To A Story Without Interruption</b></div>
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Read alouds are an essential part of the Kindergarten day and it is such an important skills for children to be able to sit, listen, and interact with a story. A typical read aloud will last around 10 minutes so this is a skill that can easily be practiced at home with repeated read alouds with your child. Showing them how to wait to ask a question or comment about the book until the teacher pauses or until the story is complete.</div>
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<b>5. Recognize Full Name & Write Their First Name</b></div>
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This is one of the few academic tips I have on this list! So much of Kindergarten is having your child recognize their name and write it. To set them up for success, practice having them recognize their first and last name. This can be on books, on their backpacks, on a name tag, etc. Then, have them practice writing their first name. </div>
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Something to add about writing their first name is that it is okay if it's in all capital letters first. Let me say that again, CAPITAL LETTERS ARE OKAY! Developmentally capital letters are easier to form and may be the first way your child learns to write. Lowercase letters will come when your child is ready for them!</div>
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<b>6. CUT</b></div>
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The ability for your child to use scissors independently is a major piece of kindergarten readiness. But, this skill doesn't just come. Allow your child to have a lot of experiences where they are working their finger muscles and fine motor development. </div>
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There are a few key factors that will help your child learn to cut properly. First, make sure you are showing your child to keep their thumb on top while cutting. You can do this as playfully as drawing a smiley face on their thumb while they're practicing! Also model how to properly sit while cutting and keep their other fingers safe. You can start practicing with scissors by offering play dough or modeling clay instead of paper to build their fine motor muscles. But the key is practice, practice, practice!</div>
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<b>7. Letter Sounds and Letter Names</b></div>
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Having your child recognize letter names is important but also exposing and practicing letter sounds is an essential pre-reading skill. Exposing your child to both letter names and letter sounds will help set them up for success. </div>
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<b>8. Teach Your Child Perseverence</b></div>
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There are going to be plenty of situations where your child may not get something the first time. They may lose a game or have to keep trying to master a skill over and over again. This can be very difficult for a young child. Empowering them before kindergarten starts with the tools to keep going when things get hard will help them so much! Teach them to say, "I can do hard things!" Or "I can't do this...yet." Those simple phrases will be so helpful for them to become their inner dialogue.</div>
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I hope you find these 8 skills for kindergarten readiness helpful in preparing your child for a successful and smooth transition to school! </div>
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<br />Jaymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07923304464008448607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537382305876397181.post-28645457091729893922020-06-29T06:39:00.002-04:002020-06-29T06:39:25.766-04:00DIY Name Board For Beginning Name Practice<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Do you have a little one at home who is beginning to practice spelling and writing their name? This name building board is a perfect DIY project to whip together for them to practice at home. I wanted to create more activities that we can reuse over and over again that will help prep Little Miss for her "official" start of preschool. I have been seeing the cardboard activity trend for so long and honestly who doesn't have a huge stash of boxes taking up space in their garage currently?!</div>
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I am a huge advocate of hands-on activities and this name building board is no exception. When a child is learning their name there are so many complicated steps that go into it. I wanted this board to give Little Miss multiple opportunities to recognize the letters in her name, build it, and then finally trace it.</div>
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This name building board serves as a hands-on, tactile, and reusable way for your toddlers and preschoolers to practice recognizing, building, and tracing their name. </div>
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<b>Here's How to Set Up Your Name Building Board:</b></div>
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Grab a piece of cardboard, a Sharpie marker, an a stack of post-its to set this up!</div>
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There are 3 parts to this name building board to expose your little one to their name as much as possible. </div>
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1. Match It-Match the post-its to the letters on the board that were prewritten in Sharpie marker</div>
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2. Build It-Build their name with magnets, letter stamps, letter stickers, etc.</div>
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3. Trace It-I cut and glued parts of Ziploc bags to create the reusable write and wipe part that I put over her name in Sharpie Marker. If you have packing tape or contact paper it would probably hold up better than the bags!</div>
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<b>Here's What You Need To Make This Board:</b></div>
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I don't know if this is something that happens to all newly turned 3 year olds, but lately Little Miss Toddler has been fighting bedtime! We have always had a pretty clear routine for bedtime but lately each step takes 10 times longer or Little Miss will request more water, more potty breaks, or more songs.</div>
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As much as I want to indulge everything she says (Yes, I'm a sucker) I know it's not what is the best thing for any of us. So, when I saw the ladies over at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/biglittlefeelings/" target="_blank">Big Little Feelings</a> on instagram, about saying BYE to bedtime battles, I knew it was the information we needed. Their suggestion was to keep the chaos as calm as possible with a structured routine. I could tell that our routine had gone much to the wayside with Little Miss's newfound bedtime requests and the end of the day exhaustion by her parents, our routine was slowly slipping away. With their suggestion, I created a bedtime routine and morning routine checklist to help us keep the routine structured and as predictable as possible. </div>
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I know one of the things that have been breaking our predictable routine is the lack of boundaries we have been having with Little Miss at bedtime. We have allowed all of the wiggle room with her requests and not setting expectations from the beginning. With this new bedtime routine checklist, the expectations are laid out clearly and we give her the power to check off each step that she completes and will reward her with a sticker each morning that we successfully complete the chart. </div>
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Big Little Feelings shared how bedtime SHOULD be boring and not exciting so that our toddler's bodies and minds can calm down in time to go to sleep. My hope is that these FREE checklists will help both you and your toddlers have a successful and calm bedtime and morning routine.</div>
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To download these free editable morning and bedtime routine checklists for kids, simply click the link <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1lq1bgQyPRU6vzBivxfFrrIjoi_ShmO/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">HERE</a> or in the picture. I chose to type in Little Miss's name at the top, which you can do by creating a text box and typing your child's name at the top. I printed the chart and laminated it so we could reuse it over and over again. I wanted her to use a whiteboard marker to check off each completed step on our bedtime routine checklist. </div>
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I have created both girl and boy versions for our morning and bedtime routine checklists and a more detailed bedtime routine checklist and also a simple checklist. You can print and use whichever checklist would work best for your family. Other ways you can use these checklists is to print out one each morning/night and use stickers on them, or print one copy and place into a page protector to use a whiteboard marker on them as well. </div>
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My goal with these checklists is to create a much more predictable routine for bedtime and morning so that the requests stay to a minimum because she understands what is expected. I hope that these checklists provide you with a better system to help your bedtime routine and morning routine run more smoothly.</div>
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Hi everyone! Today I wanted to share a roundup of some of our favorite and EASIEST activities to get your toddler and preschooler practicing the alphabet! My whole method to teaching letter names and letter sounds revolves around playful exposure. I like to set up simple and fun activities with toys that my daughter loves so she's more motivated to play and also materials that we already have around the house. The less stress I put on the learning, the more laid back and fun we can have with it. I try and do an alphabet activity at least 4-5 times a week and she is really starting to pick up on the letter names now! She just turned 3 and I am in NO rush for her to master them because developmentally, it will come when she is ready. But, if she continues to enjoy these activities, I will continue to create them!</div>
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These 6 easy alphabet activities are perfect for your toddlers and preschoolers and engages them in many different ways. I hope you can take these ideas and run with them in your own home!</div>
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<b>1. Character Alphabet Match</b></div>
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If you have a large collection of character figurines taking up space in your playroom like we do, then this activity is perfect for you. It doesn't have to be Disney princesses like our current obsession, but I highly recommend using your little ones' most loved toys to your advantage! Paw Patrol? Peppa Pig? Animals? Sesame Street? They all work here!</div>
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To set this activity up, I simply wrote capital letters onto five different strips of painters tape. If you don't have painters tape, grab some! It is one of our most used supplies. Then, I used dot stickers to label my daughter's collection of Disney figurines. If I had one whose name started with that letter then I tried to match it but if not they just got random letters and it worked just fine. We picked a princess or character, looked at the sticker, and matched them on the alphabet line together. Such a playful way to practice!</div>
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<b>2. Fridge Alphabet Line Magnet Match</b></div>
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This fridge tape alphabet line and magnet match took under 5 minutes to prep and will keep your little ones occupied for a few days! It was so perfect for when I needed to make breakfast or dinner and needed Little Miss Toddler engaged in an activity but wants to be close by. To set this up I wrote out lowercase letters onto 5 strips of painters tape. I then set out our lowercase letter magnets for her to match the letters to. You can do this with uppercase and lowercase matching, letters of their name matching, number matching, the list is endless. </div>
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This easy alphabet activity is perfect for your block lovers! To set this up, I used a whiteboard marker to write on our MegaBloks with a few capital and lowercase letters. I used some of our colorful paper to write the matching letters onto them for our simple matching mats. I then placed them around the room and had Little Miss Toddler hunt for the letters. She loved finding the letters and matching them to our matching mats. We talked about the little letters and the big letters, words that start with those letters, and their sounds. </div>
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Next up is building letter towers that leads right into independent play! My favorite and always the goal for all our activities at home. The best part? The letters wipe right off and there are so many other variations to this. Use it with numbers, letters in their name, matching capital and lowercase letters, rhyming words, sight words. The possibilities are really endless. </div>
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This alphabet activity is so simple to set up which makes it one of my favorites! I grabbed a few paper plates, a marker, dot stickers, and large alphabet stickers that I had from Target a few years ago but any alphabet sticker or just writing the letter will do. I love a small list of materials! I wrote the same letters that you have on each plate onto the dot stickers. For our version, I chose a few letters that we have been working on but you could spell out your child's name if you wanted to! Write those letters on a few different colored dot stickers, and set them out for your little one to sort. I don't know what it is about paper plates but it just makes the activity slightly different enough that it turns it on its head!</div>
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Popsicle stick puzzles are a classic activity we love so much! We have used them multiple times for shape activities but thought it was a good time to introduce some alphabet versions of this classic too. This is a perfect example of a hands-on approach to learning and practicing letter names and uppercase and lowercase. To set this up is super simple (the name of the game here)! I used large popsicle sticks and taped them together to help me draw the different capital and lowercase letters on both sticks at the same time. Using the different colored crayon helped my daughter identify the matches because she is still learning all of her letters.</div>
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I took out the same 8 letter puzzle pieces that we were building so she could use them to help solve the letter puzzles. This was a quick but super engaging way to practice the beginning of the alphabet! Use this to build your little ones name, match shapes, build more of the alphabet, sight words, addition/subtraction problems, so many variations. </div>
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There is something so good about the combination of soap, water, and a toddler. Am I right?! They just can't resist it. That's why these letter sponges are the perfect thing to throw into a soapy water sensory bin for some easy and fun alphabet practice. Have your child make you some alphabet soup and talk about the letters they use in their bowls. Or, prepare a matching mat for them to match their letter sponges too for some added practice. As your child gets older, you can have them spell sight words with the sponges in the soapy sensory bin as well.</div>
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I hope that these 6 easy alphabet activities for toddlers have given you some hands-on ideas to use at home! These ideas are meant to be used to engage your child in fun and meaningful activities while also teaching them and exposing them to the alphabet. Teaching your child letter names and sounds can be done in a playful and exciting way! </div>
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I am so excited to share this simple alphabet activity with you today! I set this up for my daughter on a Tuesday after a long weekend because those days just call for a super fast set up that doesn't require much thinking! This activity came to me right before my daughter was going to wake up so a quick set up was the perfect fit! this fridge tape alphabet line and magnet match took under five minutes to prep and kept us occupied for a few days.</div>
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This activity is perfect for when I'm making breakfast or dinner and need Little Miss Toddler to stay engaged in an activity but wants to stay close to me. It's such a win-win! To set this up, I wrote out lowercase letters on five strips of painters tape. Side note, there are so many uses for painters tape with toddler activities! I highly recommend you stock up on some.</div>
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I then set out our letter magnets that I got from Target Dollar Spot last year but there are so many great alphabet magnet sets out there and I will try and link a few below. To start the activity off, we sang the alphabet song together and pointed to the letters as we sang and then I let her get right to work. She did this activity on her own but I was there asking her about the letters and narrating for her the letter names and sounds. </div>
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When it comes to alphabet activities for my toddler, I like to keep things casual and natural. A lot of conversation between the two of us and a lot less quizzing, no "What letter is that?" We name it, say the sound, and talk about some words that start with that sound. </div>
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This activity is simple, engaging, and effective and can lead to some color sorting, beginning sound matching, capital and lowercase letter matching activities. If your fridge is not magnetic, not to worry, this can be done on a cookie sheet or on another magnetic surface in your home. A simple activity like this can grow and change with your child.</div>
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Happy almost summer friends! I am so excited to share our new June Learn and Play Toddler Activity guide with all of you! I started creating these guides back in January in order to take the stress out of planning activities for your toddler. I would find myself spending hours upon hours on Pinterest and getting lost down a hole before I could find a simple activity that I knew would be meaningful for my own daughter. </div>
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So, I created these activity guides that had a month's worth of activities that aligned with the early learning standards for 2-3 year olds. The activity guide has a combination of activities from other teachers, mothers, and ideas found online. While the other half are activities that I have created as part of a companion packet of hands-on activities. All together, this guide provides about 25 different activities that you can do at home with your kids throughout the entire month of June!</div>
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Each activity in the June guide and companion activity packet goes along with fun summer themes like beach, ocean animals, pirates, and ice cream! We want our toddlers to have fun learning while they play and these activities will help the do that. Some of our favorites from this month are the <b>Pirate Treasure Hunt, Move Like an Ocean Animal Game, Seashell Color Cards, Ocean animal letter cards, and Walk the Plank Pirate Color Game!</b></div>
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Hi everyone! I am so excited to share this super simple alphabet activity for you to set up at home or in your classroom for toddlers and preschoolers. Finding simple letter recognition activities for my toddler has been a challenge for me because I want to make sure my activities are hands-on and worthwhile for her to do! I was so excited to share this activity with her because it was with building blocks that I hadn't used with her in a while so I knew she would be excited to see them again! I'm hoping your toddlers and preschoolers will have fun sorting and building letter block towers with your megabloks!</div>
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It doesn't get much easier of a set up than this for your kids at home! I used a white board marker to write on our Megabloks with a few capital and lowercase letters. I didn't want to overwhelm my daughter with the entire alphabet so I like to use a few letters at a time. But, if your kids are ready for them by all means write all of the letters onto the blocks! I used some colorful AstroBrights paper to write the matching letters onto them for our simple matching mats, placed them around the room, and hunted for our letters! Little Miss Toddler loves a good hunt around the house so I knew hunting for these letter blocks would be a hit. </div>
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I hide them throughout our living room and entryway for her to easily find. She loved finding the letters and matching them to our matching mats. We talked about the little letters and the big letters, words that start with those letters, and their sounds. Casual conversation while she was playing is key to keep this fun and engaging.</div>
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My favorite kind of activity is one that can evolve into something else and then eventually lead into independent play. After she was done hunting for the letter blocks and matching them to their letter mats, it was time to build some letter towers! My favorite and always goal for all of our activities at home is to lead to this creative play so I love giving her opportunities to support her creativity. Let them build and explore the letter blocks by building towers and create to their heart's desire!</div>
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The best part about this activity? The letters wipe right off and there are so many other variations to do with this activity! Use it with numbers, letters in your child's name, matching capital and lowercase letters, rhyming words, sight words. The possibilities are really endless! I would love to know if you will give this one a try!</div>
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We have been loving playing and creating sensory bins this Spring. Sensory bins are such an amazing way to get your little ones engaged in so many different kinds of play. They can lead to the discovery of new textures, independent play, and endless pretend play to expand your child's imagination.</div>
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One of my favorite things to do is try to create a new sensory bin each week for my daughter to enjoy during those afternoon slumps. Here are a few of our recent sensory bins that we have been loving this Spring! </div>
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<b><u>Frozen Shaving Cream Insect Sensory Bin</u></b></div>
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This shaving cream sensory bin is the perfect messy play to mix things up for your little bug lover! To make this insect sensory bin all I did was squirt some shaving cream into a bin, add a few drops of green food coloring, and added some of our bug figurines from <a href="https://www.melissaanddoug.com/" target="_blank">Melissa and Doug</a> that I have collected. I froze the bin for a few hours after mixing the shaving cream together before we played with it. This new sensory bin texture was super fun to play with. I encourage a lot of different sensory play for Little Miss Toddler because she's always weary of them at first. I put this insect bin inside of a larger bin to contain the mess and added some fine motor tools with a bowl of water to extend the rescue play! </div>
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I mean it when I say, FREEZE ALL THE THINGS! I love frozen toy rescues and this one is no different! Prep this one in no time and save it for an afternoon that you need to entertain and occupy your kids. Little Miss Toddler loves these little rubber ducks and now that we're starting our <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/May-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Packet-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5502618" target="_blank">May Learn and Play Toddler Activities</a> we will be doing a lot of talking about pond life! So we started with a duck pond frozen rescue activity! Once we rescued all of the ducks from their icy pond, we counted them and played in the water bin that the ice left by putting them onto different "logs" aka the bowl! I served up this frozen duck pond to Little Miss with a bowl of warm water, a squeeze bottle, a bowl of salt, a play scoop, and tweezers to help with the extraction.</div>
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I like to place the ducks inside the container with water and a few drops of green food coloring and put it into the freezer overnight. A little before you're ready to play, run the frozen pond under some warm water to get it out of the container to loosen and transfer to a large shallow bin for the rescue mission. Take the little duck pond into the bath for an extra layer of tub fun!</div>
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We are big fans of water beads over here so I loved putting this pond life sensory bin together for Little Miss Toddler! I used one of our May picture books for inspiration to create this sensory bin. To create this bin you need:</div>
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We used two tablespoons of water beads and six cups of water and let the water beads sit in a large bowl for up to 4-6 hours. I added fine motor tools like spoons, shovels, handy scoopers, and extra bowls and let my daughter explore and have fun! This one led to some imaginary animal play and then Little Miss decided that her princesses needed to take a swim in the pond too. I said, why not?! I hope you enjoy this one for your pond life study with your toddlers!</div>
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<b><u>Frozen Bug Rescue</u></b></div>
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I have mentioned this one before but it was worth mentioning again because it was so much fun! This frozen bug rescue uses the same bug figurines that we used for our frozen shaving cream sensory bin and we love using them over and over again! Little Miss Toddler loves these little bugs and they are perfect to freeze and rescue! Once we rescued all of the bugs from their icy block, we counted them, sorted them by color, and played in the water bin that this ice left. So many learning opportunities all in one is my favorite kind of activity! I served up this frozen block of buggy ice to Little Miss Toddler with a bowl of water, a squeeze bottle, a bowl of salt, a play shovel, and tweezers to help with the extraction. </div>
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A little truth time here, I am not a baker. So, instead of trying to bring Little Miss Toddler into the baking mess that I usually make in the kitchen, I decided to set up a little sensory baking invitation instead! This was such a fun and simple set up that you could absolutely recreate at home! I used a muffin tin and some plastic cups, filled them with shaving cream, and added some decorating accessories like water beads, sprinkles, and birthday candles. No water beads? No problem! Use shredded paper, gems, pony beads, mini erasers...the possibilities are endless!</div>
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Trying to fill our days with colorful and hands-on activities. These water beads are a favorite around here and I soaked them overnight to get them a little bigger to fill our colorful pots with. A cheerful invitation to plant flowers was the perfect Spring activity for this afternoon. You could adapt this and have your little ones sort their water beads into the colored pots to match or just invite them to plant and play. If you've never used water beads before I highly recommend them, they're so fun to play with! Save this one to try with your little ones when you need to add a little color to your day!</div>
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Have your little ones practice matching basic 2-D shapes this month with this fun and and hands-on frog lily pad shape match game! Cut out the lily pad shape mats and the shape frogs to go with them. Have your kids match the frogs to their correct lily pad shape. For added fun, place the frog shapes into a sensory bin with dried peas or blue water beads and have them sort the shapes that way. </div>
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We know that Mother's Day will look a little different this year but who says you can't still have your Mother's Day Tea? I set this color sorting pom-pom activity up for Little Miss Toddler and I to do together and it was so much fun. We read our Mother's Day books together first, then used our fine motor tools like tweezers and handy scoopers to sort the pom-poms into the correct color tea cup. Use this activity to talk about colors, practice fine motor skills, and play pretend!</div>
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Whether you're looking for additional activities to do at home with your kids while school is closed or you want to add some more hands-on activities into your daily routine with your toddler, this set of learning activities for May will be a big hit! I hope that the guide helps to keep you organized for the entire month with your activity suggestions and that the activities provide hours of learning and playing together with your little ones at home. </div>
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Frozen bug rescue is such an easy but fun science and sensory activity for your kids! If you are in need of a simple set up but one that takes your kids a long time to do, this is it! We absolutely love frozen rescue activities over here and this one is no different. Little Miss Toddler loves these little bugs from Melissa and Doug, and they are the perfect bugs to freeze and rescue if you are studying bugs or if your little one is just interested in them!</div>
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Once we rescued all of the bugs from their icy block, we counted them, sorted them by color, and played in the water bin that this ice left behind. So many learning opportunities all in one is my favorite kind of activity! I served up this frozen block of buggy ice to Little Miss Toddler with a bowl of warm water, a squeeze bottle, a bowl of salt, a play shovel, and tweezers to help with the extraction. </div>
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Hi everyone, how are you doing? I am so glad that you are stopping by today. I have been sharing more and more about our daily activities that I am creating for my daughter and wanted a place to hold all of our ideas, resources, and activities in one place. This daily plan of activities for my toddler has really helped us stay in a routine and engage her in a meaningful way. Of course, amongst these activity ideas are a lot of playing, reading, and talking but when we need a break in the day or a transition away from something else, these activities have really been coming in handy.</div>
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My hope is that once I plan these activities for my 2 year 10 month old daughter, I can come on here and share our plan for the week to help you plan some activities you can do with your toddlers at home. I never expect to get through all of these activities in a day but it's nice to have things prepped and ready ahead of time when we need a change of pace. Especially that we're staying safe at home during this Covid quarantine, I want to make sure I have multiple things on hand to keep our day running as smoothly as possible.</div>
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During this Covid-19 quarantine, I have been trying to find fun and simple games I can play with my toddler that keeps her engaged and moving. I know for many of us, keeping our toddlers entertained is one of the biggest challenges of this time spent at home and I am hoping that sharing some of our favorite games, puzzles, and indoor activities to play together will help provide some ideas and inspiration to add to your day to day! These games and activities are all linked in my Amazon storefront <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/teachtalkinspire?listId=J92ETRPK6R8U" target="_blank">here</a> for easy delivery to your doorstep. These games and activites are perfect for your toddlers but can also be enjoyed by older family members too. </div>
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When choosing these games I try and keep a few things in mind. Interest, time spent playing, and ease of directions. My daughter is 34 months old and has a shorter attention span still so I want to make sure that these games are fun but also don't require much time sitting in one place.</div>
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<b>1. MudPuppy Jumbo Puzzles</b></div>
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These puzzles are perfect for little hands and have been brought out multiple times already! We have the ballerina one and love it! There are many different variations out there for themes. These ballerinas and zoo animals are just two examples. </div>
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<b>2. Beginning Matching Picture Games</b><br />
We have been playing this Frozen II matching game and my daughter is loving it! I haven't put out all of the cards yet because I don't want it to be too overwhelming to her. I chose this one because we have a big Frozen fan in our house and I have a feeling you may as well. <br />
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<b>3. The Lucky Duck Memory Game</b><br />
This interactive memory game is so fun for toddlers but is also a great way to review shapes and colors. It's a very easy set up once you put the initial shape stickers onto the bottom of the ducks and can be played over and over again with multiple players.<br />
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<b>4. Peacable Kingdom Acorn Soup</b><br />
This counting game is so much fun to play with your toddler! It's an opportunity to practice counting and play imaginatively by cooking up fun soup recipes with all of the ingredients! We have been feeding our soup concoctions to our baby dolls and loving it!<br />
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<b>5. Toddler Scavenger Hunt at Home Cards</b><br />
There have been so many amazing scavenger hunts online recently and I don't think you can have enough. I love these toddler scavenger hunt cards that focus on having your little one find objects in the home. It's a great way to get your little one up and moving and still having fun at home!<br />
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<b>6. Seek-a-Boo</b><br />
Seek-a-Boo is one of our first ever games that we played! It's so fun to get your little one up and moving and trying to find the objects that you call out. This is a great game for vocabulary development and so much fun for toddlers. The cards have large pictures on them and are easily grabbed with little hands.<br />
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<b>7. Peacable Kingdom Monkey Around </b><br />
This is the game that keeps coming up day after day! My daughter has been loving this cooperative game and we have even started playing it over Facetime with family members who we can't see right now. The cards are interactive and ask the players to do actions solo or together and each action is giggle worthy!<br />
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<b>8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar ABC Spin & Seek</b><br />
If your toddler or preschooler is already having fun recognizing their lowercase and uppercase letters and loves the Eric Carle classic, then this game will surely be a hit for your family!<br />
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<b>9. Jooki- Personal Music and Story Player</b><br />
This screen free music player has been coming with us everywhere. And by everywhere I mean in the living room, in the bathroom, in our backyard, in our front yard, and on bike rides with us. I absolutely love the security I have of putting child friendly playlists and audio book lists on my app and she still feels like she has full control over her personal music player. This is an investment piece but I know it will be used in our family for years to come.<br />
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I hope that these games and indoor activities will be helpful and fun for your family while we're staying safe at home and beyond. These toddler games and activities have quickly become a bright spot in our day and keep us learning and playing together! I have even more toddler games and indoor activities linked in my Amazon storefront <a href="https://www.amazon.com/shop/teachtalkinspire" target="_blank">here</a>. </div>
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If you are looking for more ways to learn and play with your toddlers at home, I have over 13 activities that are perfect for you! These hands-on activities that are part of my April Learn and Play Activity Packet were created specifically with your 2-3 year old in mind to practice early literacy skills, early math skills, fine motor, and gross motor skills. These activities are easy to set up and perfect for you to play together! You can find them in my Teachers Pay Teachers store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/April-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5362284" target="_blank">here</a>. If you like these activities and want to play and learn with your toddler all year long, you can find the bundle of monthly activities here and get them sent straight to you at the beginning of each month <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Learn-and-Play-Activity-Packs-Growing-Bundle-23-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5204260" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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I hope these activities and games keep you and your toddler engaged and entertained for the next few weeks!</div>
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<br />Jaymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07923304464008448607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537382305876397181.post-82137607989850488112020-03-26T07:19:00.002-04:002020-03-26T07:28:17.581-04:00The Ultimate Toddler Guide and Activity Packet for April<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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How do I play with my toddler? This is the question that kept popping into my head over and over again once Little Miss turned two years old. I wanted to make sure that I was playing with her in a meaningful way while also teaching her important skills she would need once she started preschool. The teacher in me just had to know that I was providing meaningful and worthwhile activities for her while still having fun and playing together. I started to create the Learn and Play guides and activity packets for this reason. I wanted to make sure I was exposing Little Miss to important skills that she would need to be successful but not with a worksheet. Because let's be real, what toddler is going to sit for a worksheet? I can barely get mine to do a coloring book! </div>
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<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/April-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5362284" target="_blank">The April Learn and Play Guide and Activity Packet</a> took on a special meaning because I was not just creating this for my own daughter but I wanted to create this as a way for busy parents to learn and play with their own toddlers while they may be juggling so many changes during this Covid-19 quarantine. I always pour my heart into these activities because I want my own child to enjoy them, but this month I love them so much more because I know they will help so many other busy parents entertain their toddlers. </div>
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Both the April Learn and Play guide and activity packet are aligned with developmentally appropriate standards for 2-3 year olds. These standards cover skills that they need to be successful at their age. I have tried to incorporate all of the important categories that will set them up for success. Each activity is carefully created to help develop toddler's sensory, gross motor, fine motor, early literacy, early math, social/emotional, science, and social studies development. These activities will expose them to important skills in a fun and hands-on way!</div>
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The activities include Easter counting mats from 0-10, Spring letter mats, In Your Own Backyard Nature Hunt, Spring Garden cutting tray cards, Jelly bean color sort and threading practice, Bunny Hop Color game, Easter bunny emotion card matching game and so much more. My hope is that these activities keep your toddler moving, playing, learning and having fun.</div>
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The Learn and Play Guide that gets sent out to my newsletter has the remaining 10 activities that I have carefully gathered from around the internet that are perfect for sensory activities, crafts, and science experiments throughout the month of April. Sensory activities are crucial for toddlers and preschoolers and I am so excited to try all of these activities with my own daughter this month. We have already done the Fizzing Easter Egg Science experiment from <a href="https://myboredtoddler.com/fizzing-easter-sensory-bin-for-toddlers/" target="_blank">My Bored Toddler</a> and it was a huge hit!</div>
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I am constantly trying to incorporate fine motor practice for my daughter because that is truly the foundation for writing as she continues to grow. The packet of activities has multiple opportunities for her to work on strengthening her muscles. In particular, the jellybean bead counting fine motor tray that you see above is one example. This activity combines both beginning pattern work with fine motor development. The goal is to choose the color jellybean beads or pony beads if you don't have these and create an AB pattern (pink, red, pink, red) of beads on the pipe cleaner. This is one example of a hands-on activity that we will complete together during the month of April. </div>
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With the Learn and Play guide and activity packet, I also try to focus on activities that help develop social/emotional skills for our toddlers. This time in their life is so confusing and difficult that it's important to have an open and honest discussion about emotions and how they are feeling. I have included an Easter Bunny emotions match game to play with your toddler that will get you talking and learning about different emotions. You can do this as a match game with a matching mat or cut up all of the cards to use as a card matching game. I hope this activity allows you to talk and play together about emotions without your child even knowing they're learning!</div>
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The April Learn and Play Toddler Activity Guide and Packet is a meaningful way for you and your toddler or preschooler to spend time together. Setting these activities up for your child for when they wake up, throughout the day, or after nap time is an excellent way to keep them engaged and entertained during this difficult time. The key is to plan ahead so you can be ready with these activities when your child may need a break or you want to set some special time for you all to spend together. You can purchase the activity packet in my Teachers Pay Teachers store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/April-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5362284" target="_blank">here</a> and sign up for future guides to be sent to your email by signing up for my newsletter <a href="http://eepurl.com/droxdz" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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Please let me know if there are other ways I can assist you while you are home with your toddlers and young children. I hope these activity ideas lessen the load you may be carrying so that you can have some fun and a way to learn and play together!</div>
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During this stressful and unprecedented time at home with our little ones, I am trying my best to find online opportunities to keep my toddler engaged. My 2 1/2 year old daughter, even though she's not currently in school, is constantly out and about and learning as we play. We are already missing our music class, gym class, and preschool play class that we attend regularly. For this reason, I have reached out to friends online and also researched myself to share virtual classes that have either been set up during this Covid-19 Quarantine or have already been running that would be fun and interactive for your littles while we're at home. I hope you find these at-home learning opportunities a way for you and your child to connect while also connecting with others. I will continue to update this list as I learn about more virtual classes for our kids.</div>
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<a href="https://www.cosmickids.com/" target="_blank">Cosmic Kids Yoga</a></div>
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-Kids yoga practice</div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/makinmusicrr/" target="_blank">Makin' Music Rockin' Rhythms</a></div>
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-Live music classes held on their Facebook page</div>
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<a href="http://www.capemaycountynj.gov/1400/Virtual-Zoo-School" target="_blank">Cape May County Zoo Live Virtual Tours</a></div>
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-Virtual zoo tours updated daily</div>
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-Live circle time for preschoolers</div>
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-Themed activities shared daily</div>
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-Live competitions for kids activities on their Facebook page</div>
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-Sign up and register for toddler, preschool, and music classes online through Zoom</div>
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<a href="https://www.discoveryeducation.com/community/virtual-field-trips/" target="_blank">Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips</a></div>
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-New animal live shows each day at 3 pm.</div>
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-Live story time on Instagram Live at noon</div>
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-Live puppet shows daily</div>
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-Every day learn to doodle with the author of Elephant and Piggie and the Pigeon books!</div>
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-Get your little ones wiggles out with the most fun on demand videos! I always used the indoor recess videos for my students as well. "Pop See Ko" is a personal favorite!</div>
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-Local My Gym indoor playgrounds are sharing exercise videos on their Facebook pages</div>
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I will continue to update this list as more opportunities become available online for our little ones while we're all learning and playing at home. Stay safe, healthy, and remember that we're all in this together.</div>
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A day at home with your toddler, or in our current circumstances, days at home with your toddler. What can that look that?! Tensions and anxieties are high right now and my main goal is to help alleviate some of that stress for my fellow moms. If you thrive off of routine and predictability like my daughter and I do, I hope this daily schedule provides you a sense of calm for these crazy days ahead.</div>
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Since I am currently a stay at home mom to my daughter, 33 months old, our days have to have a sense of predictability for both her and I. Usually we do get out of the house at some point in the morning but for our current circumstances, I tweaked some of our routines a little to fit the current need of social distancing. If you suddenly find yourself at home with your toddler and not sure what to do to fill the hours, I hope you find this schedule helpful!</div>
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<b>7 am Wake Up: </b>If this wake up time does not suit the needs of your toddler, then by all means change it! My daughter is an early riser so some mornings we are stretching her to stay in her room until 7 am! If your little one will sleep longer, adjust the times to suit them! 7 am has become a nice wake time for us. If she wakes up before then, she knows to stay in her room until her ok to wake clock, we use the <a href="https://amzn.to/2TRdz7X" target="_blank">Hatch Baby Nursery</a>, turns pink.</div>
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We wake up, have some milk and cereal, and cuddle up on the couch with our morning basket. The morning basket has become a semi new routine for us but is working out really well! We keep our morning basket very simple with 4-5 books with our favorite characters, a Look and Find book, Lift the Flap books, number or letter flash cards, a blank notebook, stickers, and crayons</div>
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<b>8-9 am Breakfast and Simple Activities: </b>While I make breakfast, Little Miss is usually engaged in some sort of independent play (usually with her baby dolls) or helping me in the kitchen but this would also be a perfect time to set up some books for an invitation to read or a simple activity that your little one can complete on their own. </div>
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<b>9-10 am Clean Up/Get Dressed: </b>This is the time of the day that has become an all out clean the house and clean ourselves time! I use this time in the morning to clean up breakfast, straighten up the house, do laundry, and get dressed. But, I should mention that Little Miss usually accompanies me during most of these activities! She loves to help with laundry, clean the windows with her <a href="https://amzn.to/3aRHkeC" target="_blank">Melissa and Doug cleaning set</a> or get ready with me in the bathroom (and usually get into my lipstick!)</div>
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<b>10-12 pm Activity Time: </b>This is where things have changed with our need for social distancing. This usually is when Little Miss and I will get out of the house for either a class, a playdate, or to run some errands. However, now we are going to use this time to get creative and do more of our favorite sensory or craft activities! If the weather permits we will have some outdoor time too either on our play structure, with our favorite scooter, or with our bike! I have also enjoyed putting some educational activities together for Little Miss with chalk in the driveway or some water! More to come on those ideas!</div>
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<b>12-1 pm Lunch Time: </b>This is our time to start lunch, eat together, and wind down for rest time. Little Miss has really been enjoying snack trays in muffin tins for lunch with some of her favorites like cheese sticks, ham roll ups, goldfish crackers, cucumbers, olives, and a little sweet treat. Once we finish lunch, we usually have a little kitchen dance party to Frozen 2 or The Party Cats before we start reading stories for nap.</div>
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<b>1-3 pm Nap/Rest Time: </b>Little Miss Toddler still very much needs an afternoon nap and this is the time where we read about 3-4 books and wind down in her room. She goes down for her nap around 1-1:30 and I try to keep her resting in her room until 3 pm. This is also the time I try to get a little work done, work out, or start to prep dinner.</div>
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<b>3-5 pm Activity Time/Outdoor Play: </b>Pending how your little one wakes up from their nap or comes out of their rest time may mean different things here. Little Miss benefits from some more time cuddling on the couch after she wakes up and then we can do an activity together. She benefits from a slower start to the afternoon. After we do our learning activity or sensory play we more often than not, head outside! We use our favorite outdoor toys or go on a walk to collect treasure or hunt around the neighborhood.</div>
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<b>5-6 pm Dinner prep/TV time/Dinner: </b>Having this designated TV time has been really helpful for us! I don't say no to screens but I have started to use it as a tool to help give us both a break. She can choose what she watches, with mom's guidance, and I can cook dinner or finish it before we eat. Lately, she has been watching Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood, Mother Goose Club, or her favorite movie Tangled. We eat dinner when my husband finishes work (usually he gets home from work but now will be working from home).</div>
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<b>6-7 pm Bedtime Routine: </b>This one is pretty self explanatory. We try and start the bedtime routine about a half hour before it's time for lights out. Usually this looks like some rounds of hide and seek, some time in the playroom, and then a bath, books, and lights out around 7-7:15.</div>
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Having this predictable schedule will keep you and your little ones calm during this very unpredictable time. This is the schedule that has worked for us but always know days can vary and so can times. Do what works for you and your family. This is just a guide to help give you a general idea of what to do with your toddler while you're at home all day. I hope you find it useful and it serves to help make your days home together more enjoyable and stress free!</div>
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<br />Jaymehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07923304464008448607noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3537382305876397181.post-38661497842721925122020-03-08T14:44:00.003-04:002020-03-08T14:48:42.199-04:00St. Patrick's Day Jello Rescue-A Sensory and Fine Motor Activity for Toddlers<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Happy March everyone! I wanted to pop in really quickly and share one of the easiest sensory activity set ups I have done so far for Little Miss. This low prep activity took less than 10 minutes to put together and with a little bit of wait time, can be ready for your little one in no time. Toddlers and preschoolers both need all the help they can get to practice their fine motor skill development and the best way to do that is in a fun stress free environment. This sensory and fine motor activity is just that!</div>
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If you have never used Jello as a sensory base for her, I highly recommend it! It's edible which is perfect for babies or young toddlers who still may be prone to putting things into their mouths. If that's the case, simply prep this activity without any of the additional materials inside of the jello and let your little one explore! If you do have an older toddler or preschooler then this activity can be prepped and used in its entirety. To prep this activity I used two boxes of Lime Jello and made it according to the directions on the box. I then added some fun St. Patrick's Day manipulatives such as plastic gold coins, green and yellow pom-poms, green and gold jingle bells, and cut up green beaded necklaces. </div>
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I then refrigerated the Jello mixture for 4 hours so everything could set inside of the jello mixture. Once the jello mold was complete, I kept it in the bowl and put it in a large plastic bin with some other fine motor tools to help the rescue mission! To promote play and keep this activity going longer I also decided to add a bin of water to help her rinse the manipulatives off once she rescued them form the Jello mixture. Little Miss Toddler requested scissors all on her own and it was such a great suggestion, I was so proud! This was such a fun and simple activity to do for St. Patrick's Day and can easily be adapted for any other holiday or play theme! </div>
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If you're looking for more ideas, activities, and resources to do with your toddlers during the month of March or throughout the year, check out my activity packets in my Teachers Pay Teachers store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Learn-and-Play-Activity-Packs-Growing-Bundle-23-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5204260" target="_blank">here!</a></div>
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My favorite thing to share with you all lately has been my <b>Toddler Activity Guide and Companion Activity Packet</b> for March is no different. I am so excited to have 10 different activities that are standards-based for 2 and 3 year olds. These activities focus on fine motor development, sensory experiences, early literacy, early math concepts, social/emotional development, and social studies and science. </div>
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Some of our favorite hands-on activities for toddlers in March incorporate Lucky Charms! What little one doesn't love Lucky Charms cereal?! I can't wait to sort, stack, and count these marshmallows with my little one. She won't even realize she's practicing counting and grouping with this tasty treat.</div>
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These toddler activities are perfect for your 2 and 3 year olds but can always be adapted to meet older preschooler needs to help them practice important skills. These activities can be completed with multi-ages if you have siblings who want to do the activities together!</div>
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Along with the 10 hands-on activities that are included in the Learn and Play Activity Packet for the month of March, there is also the Ultimate Toddler Activity Guide with over 15 additional activities to complete with your little ones. These activities include hands-on crafts and activities to do with your toddler throughout the month of March. One of our favorite ones that we've done so far is this St. Patrick's Day cutting tray! I included green streamers, green plastic straws, green beaded necklaces, and green and yellow paper strips with preschool safe scissors. My little one went to town on this activity and had a blast cutting all of these things! She didn't even realize she was practicing her fine motor development and important skills to get her ready for school!</div>
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One of my favorite sensory bins for the month of March has to be the classic rainbow rice bin! I turned this into an activity for Little Miss and I to do together! We dyed the rice color by color which gave us a chance to discuss the colors of the rainbow, which colors were included, and which ones were not. It made her even more excited to complete the Rainbow Letter Hunt mat that I set out with the rainbow rice bin.</div>
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This rainbow rice sensory bin will be used throughout the entire month, when it's all mixed together it will be a fantastic sensory bin filler that we can use over and over again with different activities! If you would like to get in the know for upcoming toddler activity ideas, more resources, or get on the list to receive a FREE Toddler Activity Guide for April, sign up for our mailing list <a href="http://eepurl.com/droxdz" target="_blank">HERE</a></div>
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Hi everyone! I wanted to pop in today to share some of our newest counting activities for your toddlers and preschoolers with these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dinosaur-Counting-Mats-and-Number-Activities-5252820" target="_blank">Dinosaur Counting Mats and Number Activities</a>. If you have dinosaur lovers in your house or in your classroom, these hands-on activities will be perfect to help your little ones recognize numbers from 1-10. This printable pack has 6 different activities that you can use with your little ones and their favorite dinosaur figurines or just simply with the printables inside of the packet. </div>
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Inside of the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dinosaur-Counting-Mats-and-Number-Activities-5252820" target="_blank">printable packet</a>, you will find activities that include numbers 1-10 play dough mats that you can print and laminate or put in page protectors for your little ones to explore with. There are also dinosaur picture mats that your dinosaur lovers can use to find how many of each dinosaur there are in the pictures. There are options to have them simply circle with a white board marker or fill in the numbers themselves next to the picture once they have counted the dinosaurs. </div>
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The dinosaur create a picture activities are so much fun! Included in the <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dinosaur-Counting-Mats-and-Number-Activities-5252820" target="_blank">packet</a>, you will find dinosaur number cards, printable pictures, and a background mat to create your own dinosaur picture based off of the numbers on the create a picture number sheet. Your little ones won't even realizing they're counting and practicing their numbers because they will be having too much fun creating. </div>
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There are so many other <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dinosaur-Counting-Mats-and-Number-Activities-5252820" target="_blank">hands-on activities</a> to help your little learners practice their numbers with these dinosaur activities. Another helpful tool inside of this packet are the numbers 1-10 number cards. These cards can be printed and laminated so your little one can count the pictures with manipulatives and then trace the numbers with a white board marker. These cards can be put on a ring for repeated practice or hung up for reference to practice number identification. </div>
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There are also dinosaur number wheels to use with clothespins that your little ones will love! I don't know what it is about clothespins but Little Miss Toddler loves the chance to use them whenever she can. You can simply write the numbers on the clothespins for 1-10 and have your little one clip the picture to count the dinosaur or print and glue the matching pictures onto the clothespins for added practice. I know this one will be a hit with your little ones!</div>
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I hope your little ones love these <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Dinosaur-Counting-Mats-and-Number-Activities-5252820" target="_blank">dinosaur counting activities</a> as much as we do! </div>
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If there is one activity I can get you to save and prepare for your little ones at home or in the classroom; it's this one! Water and ice are amazing sensory experiences for our young learners. I know that my 2 1/2 year old daughter still plays longer and is more engaged with water or iced based activities. Because I know this about her, I wanted to combine some of her favorite sensory experiences to create a fun and engaging Valentine's Day sensory and science activity! It does take a few hours to prepare this activity but I promise you the time spent playing with this is completely worth the prep time!</div>
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If you have ever played with water beads before, then you know how amazing they are! I must admit that the first time I introduced them to Little Miss Toddler, I was more captivated than she was! They're squishy, cold, slimy, and just plain fun! I decided to use just pink water beads that I ordered from <a href="https://amzn.to/2u9zJbQ" target="_blank">amazon</a> to keep the Valentine's Day theme at the forefront. You do not have to use just pink to create this Thaw a Frozen heart activity but I found it helped engage her even more!</div>
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To prepare this activity, the afternoon before I poured 1 tablespoon of water beads into a bowl and covered it with 3 cups of water. I then just left it on the counter for the water beads to grow! So easy! After the water beads grew in the water, I transferred the beads into two silicone heart baking cups that I purchased from the Target Dollar Spot. I added half water beads to half water to make sure that the water beads would freeze throughout the entire heart. I placed the two molds into the freezer and kept them there overnight. You do not have to freeze the molds for an entire night, an hour will do just the trick if you're in need of an engaging activity quickly!</div>
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The next morning, I took the frozen hearts out of their molds and placed them into a silicone tub with the remainder of the pink water beads. I then set up some of our favorite Learning Resources <a href="https://amzn.to/2GUwQhK" target="_blank">Fine Motor Tools</a>, silicone funnels, a bowl of water, and more syringes to help thaw the frozen heart. I challenged her to thaw the frozen hearts and get the water beads from their icy blocks. I guided her to use her tools to try and unfreeze the ice by transferring the warm water using her fine motor droppers and spoons to thaw the frozen heart. </div>
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As we continued to thaw the frozen heart, I added a small bowl of salt to help speed the process along. We watched how the salt was able to unfreeze the ice even faster along with our warm water. Little Miss Toddler was so into it that she added the scooping into another bowl all by herself! I was such a proud mama bear! I promise you this one science and sensory activity will be such a hit throughout the month of February or adapt it and use it the entire year with a slight change of water bad color or silicone molds! This activity is full of new sensory experiences, fine motor skills, following directions, observation, and leads to such imaginative free play! I hope you are excited to try this along with us!</div>
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Are you looking for more activities to do with your toddlers or preschoolers throughout the month of February? Make sure you check out my February Learn and Play Activity Packet that has 10 standards based activities and more activity ideas for the entire month by clicking <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/February-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5204124" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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This is the second month that I am creating these Learn and Play Activity Packets, A 2-3 Year old standards based guide, and it has been my greatest pleasure! Knowing that I am creating activities for my own daughter to learn and play together with and then having other families and educators use them with their toddlers has been fantastic. I am going to continue to create a Learn and Play Guide and Companion Activity packet for each month of the year so you and your little ones can learn and play together all year long! I wanted to take some time to explain the Learn and Play Guide and Companion Activity Pack and how we will be using it throughout the month of February. So, if you're new here let me explain what this resource is, why I created it, and how to use it!</div>
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As my daughter (2 1/2) has continued to grow and mature I have been scrambling all over Pinterest each day trying to find worthwhile activities for her to do with me at home. I want her to be encouraged to play independently but I also want to lay the groundwork for academic success. As a mom and also someone with a masters in elementary education, it was bothering me that I couldn't find activities that I knew would be aligned with early childhood standards for her age. After too much time combing Pinterest and Google, I decided to do the work myself! I was so excited to find <a href="http://flbt5.floridaearlylearning.com/standards.html#d=I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII&a=two_year_olds" target="_blank">Florida Early Learning and Developmental Standards for 2 Year Olds</a> since that is our home state. I started reading through their standards and categories of early learning and started to compile lists of standards that I wanted to focus on each month. I have compiled the standards that I am hoping to work on with my own daughter in the FREE February Learn and Play Resource Guide that will go out each month to my newsletter community and is also included in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/February-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5204124" target="_blank">Activity Packet</a>. These standards guide me in creating and choosing activities for my own little toddler at home. </div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">What Kinds of Activities Are Included?</span></b></div>
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In my February Learn and Play Resource Guide that is sent out each month to my newsletter community, I include all of the <b>sensory, art, gross motor, early math, early literacy, science, and social studies</b> crafts and activities that are created for free by myself or other friends online. I basically act as your own Pinterest search for 2-3 year olds! The activities that are included in the guide are all easy set ups and downloads to recreate at home with your little ones to learn and play together. They have pictures and links to all instructions that you would need online. I have also included book recommendations for the month as well as comprehension questions to use with your little ones before you read together, while you're reading together, and after you're done reading together. The Companion Activity Packet then has 10 more activities that I have created based on the 2-3 year old Early Learning Standards. These activities also fit the categories listed above. </div>
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The standards I have chosen to use for activities I have found online or created myself include:</div>
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use of large muscles to move in the </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.63in;">environment</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">•Shows
motivation for and appreciation of reading</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">•Begins
to show motivation to engage in written </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">expression
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">•Begins
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">•Manipulates
objects by flipping, sliding and rotating to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">making them fit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">•Demonstrates
knowledge related to the dynamic </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">properties of earth and sky</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">•Recognizes
basic physical characteristics (landmarks, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">land features)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">•Uses
imagination and creativity to express through open</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">-ended, diverse and process-oriented art </span></div>
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The activities included in the February Learn and Play Companion Packet can be found in my Teachers Pay Teachers store separately <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/February-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5204124" target="_blank">here</a> or you can purchase the Growing Bundle which includes both January and February and then you will receive an instant update when each new month of the year is added for no additional charge! The bundle for activities packets can be found <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Learn-and-Play-Activity-Packs-Growing-Bundle-23-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5204260" target="_blank">here</a>! I would love for you to be able to play and learn with us all year long! If you are not a member of our email community in order to receive your FREE Resource Guide before the beginning of each month, I would love for you to sign up here:</div>
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Happy almost February! I have always loved the month of February. The colors, the kindness, and the fun holiday activities always keep me in a good mood. I wanted to share today a very simply Valentine's Day Sensory Bin that you can set out for your little ones at home or in the classroom that can be used throughout the entire month of February.</div>
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Sensory bins are one of my favorite activities to do with my daughter, 2 1/2, because it engages all of her senses, allows her to explore different textures that she may have originally been cautious of, and encourages independent play. My goal as her mother and first teacher is always to find new ways to engage her in independent play and expose her to new skills and experiences. This Valentine's Day sensory bin will be used throughout the month in our home first as a way to get excited about the holiday and the month, then to use with color sorting cards, other academic skill cards throughout the month, and finally as a tool for independent play.</div>
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Usually, when I introduce a new sensory bin to her, we take some time exploring the new materials, discussing the colors and textures, and then just having me step back and letting her play. I usually add a few spoons, scoopers, and bowls for initial play before I get into any academic skills.</div>
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For this Valentine's Day sensory bin I used two different dried beans for the filler this time that I have yet to use and I love how it came out. I picked up two bags of dry red beans from the grocery store and one large bag of white pinto beans. I alternated them when I filled them into the large plastic tub that I have. Once the beans were settled in the bottom of the bin I added in different sized Valentine's Day colored pom-poms. I can't wait to use these to discuss different sizes with Little Miss and maybe even order some from smallest to largest. I then added pink, purple, red, and white colored acrylic gems to give the bin a little sparkle. The final touches to this sensory bin were a pink scooper, heart shaped silicone ice trays that I would like for her to practice scooping into, and then Valentine's themed cookie cutters that I purchased from the dollar spot at Target.</div>
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Setting this Valentine's Day sensory bin up took no time at all and I am confident it will be a hit throughout the month of February! I will be using this sensory bin to pair with my February Learn and Play Activity Guide for 2-3 year olds. The FREE resource guide with helpful links, a standards-based play guide, book recommendations, and comprehension question list will be sent out at the beginning of each month.</div>
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I hope you enjoy this Valentine's Day sensory bin and it keeps you and your little ones playing and learning together all month long!</div>
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Over the holidays Little Miss Toddler got her first magnetic tiles play set from <a href="https://www.magnatiles.com/" target="_blank">Magna-Tiles</a> and I don't know who has been more excited about them; myself, my husband, or her. They are truly toys that will grow with her and our family and I can't wait to continue to do more and more play activities with them. From the moment she opened them it has been nonstop playtime. We try and build the highest towers, my husband has created an amazing Elsa castle, and we have started to use the tiles for learning activities as well. The first activity I wanted to share with you using our Magna-Tiles are these number boxes for beginning number recognition. </div>
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Little Miss has become very aware of numbers in the real world, mostly counting things out and counting to twenty while playing. We have yet to heavily practice recognizing the numbers with their amounts and I would like that to change. Since Little Miss Toddler is now 2 1/2 years old, this is the perfect time to really engage in number recognition practice since some children begin to write numbers by age 3. I never want to push my daughter into anything that she's not ready for but I want to continue to expose her to activities that will be valuable for her before starting preschool.</div>
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This number boxes with magna-tiles was a very simple set up which is what I love! I have been working hard to create morning activities for my daughter to have set up and ready for when she walks out of her room in the morning. Trying to get our day started on the right foot without the television is always our goal. This activity combined two things we are currently loving; magnetic tiles and sensory bins! Since we are working through my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/January-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5122500" target="_blank">January Learn and Play Activity Guide</a>, I wanted to continue to keep the activity winter themed. So, I created a very simple arctic sensory bin to use with our magnetic tile number boxes.</div>
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I paired the sensory bin with the number boxes I created using the magnetic tiles on a cookie sheet and labeled the boxes 1-5.</div>
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For the activity, I encouraged her to choose the same number of objects from the sensory bin to place into the corresponding number box. We used my Mitten Counting Mats also from my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/January-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5122500" target="_blank">January Learn and Play Guide </a> to help her count and recognize the numbers that each box was labeled. Once we counted out the correct amount, we placed those objects into their number boxes. This activity was so simple to set up and perfect for introducing or practicing recognizing numbers for little learners. </div>
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This is my favorite kind of learning activity because it lends itself so easily to independent play. When we were finished counting out our objects from the sensory bin to place into our number boxes, Little Miss was ready to build with her magnetic tiles and use her animals from the sensory bins to live inside of her towers. Learning through play is always the goal!</div>
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If you have a set of magnetic tiles I encourage you to try this activity out. You can pair the number boxes with more magnetic numbers that they have to place inside the matching box or with other materials around your house. If you do not own a set of magnetic tiles yet, I highly recommend them! (not sponsored we just love them!)</div>
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Who doesn't currently have a house full of Frozen obsessed fans at the moment? I know I do and that includes myself too not just my daughter! As Little Miss Toddler shows more and more of her interests, I want to capitalize on them and use them for learning and fine motor activities. As her Frozen obsession continues to grow, I knew I wanted to set up a little playdough invitation for her. </div>
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I used a very simple playdough recipe to create our homemade playdough:</div>
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2 tsp Cream of Tartar</div>
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Once the playdough cooled, I used our chip platter to organize a few different Frozen figurines and loose parts to complete the Frozen small world and playdough invitiation. My favorite figurines for sensory play and playdough invitations comes from our busy books. The Frozen figurines that I have set up for this play are from the original Frozen Busy Book but if you click on the image below you can purchase the Frozen 2 version for similar play! (affiliate link)</div>
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I also set up small brush trees that I purchased from the Target dollar spot, blue and white stones that I purchases from Hobby Lobby, popsicle sticks to build our castles and mountains with, and some blue playdough tools to keep the Frozen theme going. </div>
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Once you set up a playdough tray, it can be very tempting to introduce it to your toddler and let them go to town. However, if your toddler is anything like mine it is so important to TEACH them how to play with playdough. My daughter would originally just poke it a few times and walk away. I would get frustrated and had to realize that if I didn't show her how to play with it, she never would know. The first thing that has helped Little Miss Toddler play more with playdough invitations is to give her an extra surface to work on like a cookie sheet. Since showing her to put the playdough onto a baking sheet her play has expanded! We built the Frozen castle and created a bridge for the trolls to walk over and see all of their friends. </div>
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With this Frozen playdough invitation or any other invitation to play that you set up for your littles make sure you set your expectations clearly by modeling play for them first and then letting them expand on it with their own imaginations! For children 3 and younger, I recommend full adult supervision so that they don't put anything into their mouths. So long story short, roll up your sleeves and get in there with them! Whether it's playdough or other kind of play invitations!</div>
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Do you need more play based learning activities for the winter? I have created a full resource guide of different activities and resources to keep your little ones engaged in a meaningful way with my January Learn and Play Activity and Guide! You can see more of it in my TpT store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/January-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5122500" target="_blank">here</a>!</div>
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I can't begin to express how excited I am to share this new standards based resource guide and companion activity pack for 2-3 year olds with you all! This idea came to me over the last month because as my daughter continues to grow and learn and is showing more and more interest in doing learning activities with me at home. I felt like I was constantly scrambling around trying to find activities that best suited her age and development for each after nap or morning activity. It was taking up so much time and hours and hours scrolling through Pinterest just didn't feel right. I couldn't find a guide or resource out there that truly targeted the standards and developmental milestones for her age group in a way that was easily accessible to parents. So, I thought well why not create my own?! That's how the Learn and Play Resource Guide and Activity Pack was started!</div>
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I wanted to create a plan for parents, caregivers, and teachers alike to all use with their littles one that they would feel confident about during the month of January. I created two parts to this resource that all go along with the Florida Learning and Early Development Standards for 2-3 Year Olds since that's where we live. The resource guide has activities that can be used throughout the entire month of January that fit 8 categories of early childhood development; <b>sensory, gross motor, fine motor, literacy, early math, social/emotional, science, and social studies. </b></div>
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Some of these activities have been created by me, while others are ideas and crafts I have found from other blogs and resources. In the FREE resource guide, you have links to all of the resources that I have collected from around the web including, winter sparkly process art, snowflake doily process art, snowflake play dough tray, winter finger plays, and day and night pictures sorts. The FREE resource guide can only be accessed through my email list and it also contains book recommendations as well as questions to use with your little ones before reading, during reading, and after reading. If you would like to sign up for my newsletter to receive the February FREE Learn and Play Guide sign up <a href="http://eepurl.com/droxdz" target="_blank">here!</a></div>
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In addition to the January Learn and Play FREE resource guide, I wanted activities that I could easily pull out and use with Little Miss Toddler that I knew for sure would meet the standards that I had picked out for this month. The activities provided in this pack cover the following standards:</div>
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Inside the 10 activities that can be used throughout the entire month of January include Arctic Animals sensory bin and matching, a Penguin alphabet letter match, play dough emotions task cards, snowman emotions charades, Penguin color sort activity and sensory bin, mitten counting mats, Snowman pattern strips and practice activity, New Years goal setting sheet, and Sequence of the day labels and chart. </div>
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This activity pack is sold separately in my TpT store but also includes the standards that are being met by these activities and the full January Learn and Play Resource Guide. You can purchase this packet in my store <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/January-Learn-and-Play-Activity-Pack-A-2-3-Year-Old-Standards-Based-Guide-5122500" target="_blank">here!</a><br />
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My hope is that this guide helps you plan your activities for your 2-3 year olds for the entire month of January without the stress of scrambling around trying to search for activities. This guide and activity pack is all you need to engage your little ones in meaningful and worthwhile play. They won't even realize they're learning while they're playing! This activity pack and resource guide has suggestions for how to do these activities but you can always modify and change them to best fit you and your child or student's needs. I hope these resources make the New Year stress free and create enjoyable ways for you and your little ones to learn and play together. </div>
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