This week I planned three activities for Levi's "school time" on the couch, for the three days we'll be home in the morning. Two days in, I've done one of them. Better than none, right? Anyway, I didn't take any pictures, but I essentially followed Jenae's last "Toddler Time" activity, found here.
I brought down several pairs of Levi's socks. First we played "same or different" with two pairs of white socks and one pair of brown socks. That was easy, but I wanted to be sure he understood the words "same" and "different." Then I put one of each pair (5-6 differently-patterned pairs) on the couch, handed him the matches in a pile, and had him match up his pile to the row on the couch. Finally, I gave him all the socks and had him hand them to me in pairs. That was a bit trickier -- or, he just got bored and refused to match up the last four. I'm not sure which. :)
Oh, and we opened and closed our school time with the weather song. All in all, it took slightly less than fifteen minutes, though he definitely lost interest after about 12 minutes.
If it seems like I'm stealing a lot of my ideas from www.icanteachmychild.com . . . I am! That's what blogging is for, right? But today I stumbled upon another site (thanks, Pinterest!) that looks fantastic for this whole school-for-toddlers thing: The Princess and the Tot. I linked you right to the "Tot School" page, because that's what I'm focused on, but there's more than just Tot School to be found there!
I brought down several pairs of Levi's socks. First we played "same or different" with two pairs of white socks and one pair of brown socks. That was easy, but I wanted to be sure he understood the words "same" and "different." Then I put one of each pair (5-6 differently-patterned pairs) on the couch, handed him the matches in a pile, and had him match up his pile to the row on the couch. Finally, I gave him all the socks and had him hand them to me in pairs. That was a bit trickier -- or, he just got bored and refused to match up the last four. I'm not sure which. :)
Oh, and we opened and closed our school time with the weather song. All in all, it took slightly less than fifteen minutes, though he definitely lost interest after about 12 minutes.
If it seems like I'm stealing a lot of my ideas from www.icanteachmychild.com . . . I am! That's what blogging is for, right? But today I stumbled upon another site (thanks, Pinterest!) that looks fantastic for this whole school-for-toddlers thing: The Princess and the Tot. I linked you right to the "Tot School" page, because that's what I'm focused on, but there's more than just Tot School to be found there!
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