The toddlers had a great time using their fine motor skills to squeeze the stamper bottles while decorating butterflies. The boys and girl took turns making rainbow butterfly wings. A heart shaped sucker was added at the end of the project for the little ones to enjoy at home!
Last week the Toddlers learned about the letter J. We read the story “Jamberry” and sang the “Letter J is on my head” song during group time. The children then split into small groups and spread jelly on warm biscuits.. Yum!
This month we will be learning about the color pink. During group time, we have been reading the book, “Little Pink Book”, and searching around the room for objects that are pink. The children used their fine motor skills to paint pink flamingos during art center and hearts at the easel.
For our first pet craft of the month we made calico cats out of shapes! The children used their fine motor skills to add circle eyes, triangle ears, rectangle whiskers, and a heart nose. During this activity we went over shape and color recognition!
The Toddlers will be learning all about pets this month. The dramatic play area has turned into a pet nursery. The boys and girls can feed their pets a bottle, carry them around in a carrying case, and rock them in the rocking chair. The block center is filled with lots of pink blocks to build towers with. We have lots of new pet puzzles and sorting games at the manipulative center. At the sensory tub, the children can search for pet mice in newspaper. We are going to have a fun month!
We might even get a pet of our own…
The Toddlers have been working on sorting over the past couple of months. This week the boys and girls worked on sorting hearts by shape and color. The children were put into small groups and practiced taking turns sorting into different piles. They’re doing a great job!
Today we made winter snow globes in the Toddler room. The bottle was filled half way with water. Then we added baby oil. The children loved watching all of the little bubbles form.
Next, we added one drop of blue food coloring.
Then the boys and girls used their fine motor skills to pinch and drop snowflakes into the bottles.
To finish the project the children shook up the bottles and watched the winter wonderland.
To review the concepts of top, middle, and bottom, The Toddlers made a tasty treat. A graham cracker bottom, icing in the middle, and freshly cut strawberries on top. The boys and girls used their fine motor skills to spread the icing all over the cracker.
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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