How can you use toys to help develop vocabulary and your toddler? My 17-month old, like most toddlers, I’m sure, is fascinated by “big kid” toys. So when my in-laws walked in with a Princess Palace playset, I knew she would be very interested. According to the ages listed, she is a little young for …
Shopping with kids isn’t my all time favorite thing to do. But if I must, you bet that I’m going to sneak in some learning fun for all. Here are my favorite Grocery Store Learning Activities. TODDLER/PRESCHOOL My favorite section of the grocery store to teach my toddler in is the produce section. There are so many …
This What Goest Together idea from Monkeyin Around is awesome! Collect a group of objects and have your child match the items that go together. I love how fast this was to put together and how effective it was. It was great for vocabulary development when I asked B WHY two items go together.
Give this listening activity with foam stickers a try! While I had the foam shapes out to make the foam shape puzzle from yesterday, I created this listening activity for B. We had so much fun with this that we did it twice. The first time I drew a line in …
Last week I featured a few activities that you can do with bottle tops. I wanted to include this sorting bottle tops activity too because it is great for vocabulary! I had B sort the tops into 3 piles (small, medium, and large). It was neat to see him figure out which pile they should go …
This morning on Excellence in Early Childhood Education I read an article posted by Shara-Lawrence Weiss (a guest writer) about using photos to teach concepts (birth to age 5) and the amazing results that can be achieved. I am totally inspired and wanted to pass on the article to you! You can use photos …
You can use this simple parts of the face puzzle to introduce or reinforce parts of the face vocabulary and/or to keep little hands busy while traveling. Materials: 2 identical pictures of your child (face shots) velcro Take a picture of your child’s face (5×7 or 8×10) and laminate it on poster board, a file …