Yay, it's yellow week here for Curls Tot School! Yellow is such a fun color, and we are having a lot of fun learning about all kinds of yellow things. Curls shelf has some simple yet educational and fun tot trays this week that he's working on!
One-To-One Correspondence (Early Math)
After
last week's one to one correspondence using an ice cube tray, I wanted to really keep going with some more practice. Curls really seems to enjoy it, so this week we are using 6 yellow foam fish and a muffin tin.
We have been doing this at the table while Princess and Dirty D are reviewing their math skills ahead of returning to school. Curls really enjoys being involved with the morning math time!
Fine Motor Skills
The only thing about this that I changed up from last week is of course, the poms are yellow instead of blue. So now the game is putting "lemons" in the bowl. Once again, this is one of Curls favorite activities, he pulls it out of the shelf to do at least three times a day! He is getting a little better with it too, and doesn't get as frustrated as he did last week.
Despite the fact that Curls was not interested in color sorting at all last week, I feel like it's an important activity to have out and available. This week we are using 8 colored foam discs in yellow and purple that came with one of Dirty D's toys a couple years back. The sorting mats are just two coasters that perfectly match the colors of the discs. It's really amazing the things that you can find around the house and put together to make a great tot tray!
Curls has done a little sorting so far, but he has more fun putting the discs on his fingers as if they were rings!
Lacing (Fine Motor & Hand/Eye Coordination)
I've been wanting to do some type lacing activity since I started, but couldn't really figure out the best way to start. I saw the idea of using clay to hold up popsicle sticks and it works pretty good. For the rings, I just cut a few yellow pipe cleaners into pinkie finger lengths and made them into tiny circles. I used wire clips to make sure there were no sharp points too. Curls really, really loves doing this, I'd say it's his favorite this week.
Sensorial - Visual Discrimination
During our
red week I pulled out Curls red nesting/stacking cups from this set that he received for Christmas, and he really enjoyed them, so I was looking forward to pulling out the yellow ones! He loves playing with these, and actually does very good stacking them.
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| And having Princess join him in playing like they are phones! |
Life Skills-Sponging Up Messes
Curls has really been showing a lot of interest lately when it comes to helping me clean, so I have been having him sponge up any spills he makes and sponge off his spot at the table after meals. He really loves it, so I'm enjoying the help while he still wants to do it! When he is doing this, I usually am starting dishes, so I don't often grab the camera with wet hands.
Next week, we will be learning the color green!
Here's where I linked up!
Curls has really been showing a lot of interest lately when it comes to helping me clean, so I have been having him sponge up any spills he makes and sponge off his spot at the table after meals. He really loves it, so I'm enjoying the help while he still wants to do it! When he is doing this, I usually am starting dishes, so I don't often grab the camera with wet hands. 
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