Saturday, August 8, 2009

Tot School August 8

Tot School


This week in Tot School:

We worked on the letters H and I. We put hand prints on the H's, created a House and tree from shapes (Crumpet glued them on, so it looks a bit like the house has been hit by an earthquake...) and we made an ice cream cone complete with sprinkles for our I.

We went on a Hunt for Insects.

We played with puppets a lot this week.

Crumpet decided to sort his diapers (sigh, still in diapers :)) by pictures, and then we counted them and talked about more and less.

We learned about how the Earth's rotation causes day and night using a flashlight and a globe. Crumpet thought this was really neat. (from "Slow and Steady, Get me Ready")

We finally tried painting using spray bottles.

We built a lot of forts this week.

We practiced taping a variety of objects to paper. Crumpet found this very difficult and gave up quickly. Crumpet loves making pretend cakes with playdoh and blowing out his birthday candles.












We made a paddle from a paper plate and a popsicle stick and used it to chase balloons around the house. Crumpet loved this and it kept him active for a long time, on several different days. When the paddle broke, we used wooden spoons which worked even better.
We had a fun week. Hope you did too!

5 comments:

  1. Great ideas! I love the globe idea. I have been meaning to check out "Slow and Steady Get me Ready" from the library for some time.

    Thanks for posting!

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  2. The spray paint art looks fun. Love the play doh bday cake--such a cute idea. You are very creative!

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  3. So much fun! I love the balloon/paddle idea! I saw this on someone else's blog and have been meaning to do it with Sunshine! Maybe this week!

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  4. I really like the balloon and paddle idea too! And I may have to use your shapes house when we work on the letter H too! Great ideas!

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  5. This sounds like a good week. It's neat that you let him use real candles on his pretend cake - he must be a very careful boy.

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