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Showing posts with label Elise - 12 months. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elise - 12 months. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

busy hands - toddler edition

harvesting food from the garden
(Elise loves pulling, picking, and tasting!)

wading in the creek
(This girl is going to have some tough feet!)

 pulling the tape out of a 
tiny tape measure
and pressing the button
to suck it back up
(Elise repeats this activity over and over again.)

scooping up yogurt with a spoon
(Elise has also started practicing using a fork.)

finger painting with edible paint
(I made it by mixing equal parts flour and water
- and a couple squirts of food coloring.)

digging fingers and toes 
into some sand by the river
(Get this girl a sandbox already!  Actually, we're in the process
of building the ultimate sandbox,
but sometimes playing in nature's sandbox is truly the best! )

Tuesday, July 16, 2013

on the shelves - 12 months

 
a bag of personal care items
This activity is part treasure basket, part vocabulary lesson.  
After Elise takes out an object and explores it, I tell her what it is called.  
She doesn't repeat me yet, but I know she's soaking it up like a sponge! 

rings on a post
Elise has been enjoying this stacking activity for awhile now.  
To keep it interesting and add a little challenge, 
I replaced the wooden rings with silver bracelets.

hinged boxes
Elise continues to love opening and closing boxes. 
Every so often, I put out new boxes or change the objects inside.

birthday card basket
This basket holds the cards Elise received for her first birthday.
She enjoys looking through them - they're kind of like little books!

peg and cup
Elise spends a lot of time exploring how the peg fits into the cup.
This activity is slightly more challenging than the egg and cup - 
both came in a set from Pinkhouse Handworks.  

a tube of balls
Do you recognize these felt balls?  They're from the gobbi mobile I made Elise last summer! 
(The tube is a Pringles can wrapped in fabric - I got this idea from Montessori Beginnings.)
Elise enjoys taking out all the balls, and then putting them back in the tube - again and again!
 Although it's a bit beyond her skill level, she works at putting the lid back on the tube, too.

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