Tot-School

RockerTot is currently 22 months old.

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We had a fun week of Tot School. I was sick and it rained all week, but RockerTot was begging for his "school trays" daily. He almost didn't mind being stuck inside. He's developed an obsession (harmless) with this "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" video on YouTube. He's also discovered dinosaurs and rediscovered his love for bedtime stories.
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Grandma bought RockerTot Corduroy's ABC Felt Read and Play book that came with 77 felts (most of which are letters). It was a big hit this week.


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We found many circles throughout the house this week. I drew circles on this styrofoam cup and he decided to poke toothpicks into the circles. (Mental note: markers on styrofoam smear... even a day later.)


He loved placing circle stickers onto a large circle of card stock.


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He colored a picture that RockerDad printed of the dinosaurs from "The Land Before Time".


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I made a coconut tree from construction paper and taped it to the fridge. He used his magnets to act out the story of "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom". You can read more about this activity at Totally Tots.


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He found foam A's and B's in a hide and seek bowl ...


... then placed them on the appropriate pages in his alphabet notebook. Here he is tracing a lower case b with his finger.


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I made a simple pattern/matching page for his mega blocks. He did much better than I expected, he just didn't like the lone blue one so he kept adding it to the stack of two. Oh, well.


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We also sorted his Mega Blocks by color... he pulled out a block (while sitting in the container) and placed it on the correct stack. He really enjoyed this!


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Our "science" experiment. I got this idea from K @ heart's blog. We dissolved one of those expanding sponge animal capsules. The first one looked kinda wonky, so we tried another. RockerTot really enjoyed this, but was a little impatient to see the result.




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He threaded straw pieces onto dowels. I made handles on one end of each dowel by cutting a flexible straw where the accordian part meets the long side. I glued the short end (including the accordian part) to one end of the dowel with white glue. He thought these were really cool and he tried sooooo hard.


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I just had to bring the spaghetti back out with the Mrs. Dash shaker. He gets so excited when he sees this on his tray.


RockerTot's Favorite Read-Alouds this Week:



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As always, I'll end with my favorite photo(s) from this week:

This was RockerTot's very first time splashing in puddles. As the second photo illustrates, the rain boots did nothing to keep him dry.


What can I say? He loves hats and shoes. I wonder what he's planning to cook in RockerDad's Cubs hat...

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