Tot School

Nathan is 23 months old

Another great week of tot school has come and gone... and not surprisingly, is being posted a bit late! :) This week, we had unseasonably warm weather, which afforded Nathan and his best buddy Izzy, some time to soak up the sun outdoors. We colored with sidewalk chalk a lot this week, yep, even on the trees. Yaya and Papa came to visit and they also colored quite a bit with our little man.

We colored with sidewalk chalk a lot this week, yep, even on the trees. Yaya and Papa came to visit and they also colored quite a bit with our little man.

We got out some musical instruments several times this week and worked on rhythm, following directions, and colors.

This was a test run to see if Nathan understood small, medium and big. He had trouble with this at first, but quickly grasped small and big which I knew he knew. Medium introduced a new size, but eventually, he got the hang of it.

Sorting different objects by color... aka "crashing" the objects into the tray and trying to "crash" them into the right hole. His persistence paid off and he managed to get them all sorted correctly.

Here's a closer look. He had to put the pipe cleaners through the buttons... each and every one. That made my husband and I laugh.

Spelling his name with lids provides another good challenge. I know he can do it, but for some reason, he hates the lids. I think I'll try a new strategy here.

Spoon skills... Nathan eats well with both a spoon and a fork, but we're trying to break his habit of turning the spoon upside down. We practiced this a lot this week.

Spooning lentils into a funnel with daddy. He loved this... especially the daddy time.

FRUGAL TOT SCHOOL... and great for restaurants... there are two holes in the gerber baby food lid; one vertical and one horizontal. He loves to put things in slots/holes still, so this is a favorite.

Puzzles, puzzles, puzzles.

Group tot school was at Colton's house this week. His mommy planned some great activities for the kiddos and they loved it. They started with instruments of all kinds and we sang songs, danced, and made music.

Then we moved to lacing beads in a pattern, the kids didn't really get the pattern, but it was a great color exercise and fabulous fine motor development.

BEANS!!!

All three kiddos love beans dumped on their heads... thus there was much dumping, and much cleanup!

This was Nathan's favorite activity... a tube from a roll of fabric and different sized balls. He must have done this a thousand times. He quickly figured out which balls were too big to go in the hole and started giving those to Izzy and Colton. Little Stinker!

Running in circles, dancing, and moving to the music.

Ring around the rosie is always better with a friend...

or two.

Bowling! A huge hit due to the crash factor. Hee hee!

It was a great week and we look forward to another week of new ideas and old favorites. Join us and participate in tot school too! Check out Carissa's blog to see what other moms are up to with their tots!