We've been crazy busy this week, so I'm pretty tired today. Well, 'cause of that and the night owl 8-week-old at our house... =) But I did find a website that's a tired mother's best friend. Check out all the examples of
Tot Trays here. They inspired me to come up with this activity with what I had on hand. And that was... a plastic bowl, a half used box of colorful pasta spirals, a ton of pennies, and the little glass bowl I use for soy sauce when we have potstickers. Which we're not eating right now because they are incredibly time intensive, yet delicious. So... dump a handful of pennies in the pasta, stir them around, and then have your toddler pick them out and put them in the glass dish. The glass dish makes a satisfying clink when the pennies hit it. =)
This is one of my best thrift store finds ever! When we were at the beach, we stopped at a local thrift store that was not owned by the overpriced Goodwill people. They'd also never heard of CPSIA. =) And that's where I found these great bear beads and the foam board they go in. They're perfect for Seth's stage of fine motor skills right now. And... the whole thing was $2! I'm also looking for educational toys, and they're hard to find for cheap...
And this picnic table was $5! It'll be great for doing messy crafts outside and having picnics. Seth loves picnics these days.
We've been crazy busy this week, so I'm pretty tired today. Well, 'cause of that and the night owl 8-week-old at our house... =) But I did find a website that's a tired mother's best friend. Check out all the examples of Tot Trays here. They inspired me to come up with this activity with what I had on hand. And that was... a plastic bowl, a half used box of colorful pasta spirals, a ton of pennies, and the little glass bowl I use for soy sauce when we have potstickers. Which we're not eating right now because they are incredibly time intensive, yet delicious. So... dump a handful of pennies in the pasta, stir them around, and then have your toddler pick them out and put them in the glass dish. The glass dish makes a satisfying clink when the pennies hit it. =)
This is one of my best thrift store finds ever! When we were at the beach, we stopped at a local thrift store that was not owned by the overpriced Goodwill people. They'd also never heard of CPSIA. =) And that's where I found these great bear beads and the foam board they go in. They're perfect for Seth's stage of fine motor skills right now. And... the whole thing was $2! I'm also looking for educational toys, and they're hard to find for cheap...
And this picnic table was $5! It'll be great for doing messy crafts outside and having picnics. Seth loves picnics these days.
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You want me to tell you something I did for my pre-K kids? It seems like something you would like and the kids loved it.
Get some red cardstock and cut out apples. Write numbers on the front and with a hole punch, punch out holes to correspond with the numbers.
Now here is the fun part - go to a store like Academy and buy tackle worms - for fishing. The rubber ones that feel real and wiggle.
The kids stick the worms thru the holes in the apple. It's so fun!
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