Day: April 3, 2019

One Too Many

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In the past, I worked with Veronika on handing her one toy when she already held another in her grasp; it’s a great way to help little finger muscles practice gripping and letting go. Today, the challenge was harder: what would she do if she was holding two toys and presented with a third?

Use toys that are very similar for the best results (otherwise this becomes more like a game of toy choice). We have small shapes that she can grab on to easily, and which are quite alike, so they worked great for this game.

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She took hold of the circle when I handed it to her first, and it was easy to take the rectangle in her other hand.

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But oh no! What would she do now that triangle came along?

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It took a moment, but then rectangle was dropped.

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Uh oh, here comes rectangle back again! Who would be sacrificed?

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Down goes circle!

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She delighted in the game, and I could almost see her brain processing what to do each time. And of course there was the good fun of simply handling and gnawing on the shapes, as well.

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I Spy Books

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Here’s a homemade take on classic I Spy books! Although not nearly as detailed or tricky as the real thing, it’s a fun project to put together, and you can involve your child in the process from start to finish.

First, we needed to create a few tableau that would later be cut apart to make our I Spy pictures. Travis liked setting the stage on a big piece of white poster board.

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We chose three categories: his superheroes for the first; his cars for the second; and miscellaneous toys that he has collected for the third.

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I had the pictures printed while he was at school for a surprise when he came home!

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Next, we needed to cut them up so we could shuffle things around a bit. This was mostly a grown-up step, but big kids might want to decide what items should go on which page.

Once we cut and pasted, I slipped the pieces of paper into the sleeves of a small photo album.

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For the facing page, I typed up a list of things to find in each section. Travis was intrigued trying to guess what numbers matched which words!

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Now it was time to sit down for a challenge! Could he find three green cars?

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Two members of the royal family?

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This project was cute and engaging, a definite hit!

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