Alphabet Bingo

I LOVE raiding the dollar section at Target and I found this fantastic game of bingo. We have adapted it for Jr S but it is still fun!! We have been using this for a few months now and we progressed from letter recognition to phonemic awareness to beginning Sounds. She still has a little trouble with the beginning sounds part for certain sounds but she loves it.  This is an old picture, now she can place her chips carefully in place.

Lazy in the new year..

We had a fantastic looooong vacation at my sisters place and now things are gradually falling in place with newer routines and some positive changes. So I did not have a new years resolution but I would love to be a little more active on the blog than before . With Jr S 's growth spurts we have been having a blast with new activities and older activities revisited.

Jumping fun

Jr S is not so keen on gross motor activities, So we created this jumping fun activity by having her jump in the squares and triangles ( also circles but it is not pictured) She still just goes on her tip toes and sort of bounces , no real jumps yet . But as a fellow mommy told me, enjoy while she cannot jump because after that there is not stopping.

Clothespin fun

Jr S loves to do this activity with clothespins , I got the idea from Chasing Cheerios. I love this blog, and have used many many ideas from her blog. I had colored the pinching ends of the clothespins with markers when Jr S was about 15-16 months so that she would be able to identify the place to hold her fingers . But now she can do the task without cues.

Update on Kumon Books

After using just the sticker part of Kumon books we finally ventured to cut and paste and it was great. She finished about 8 pages in one sitting. I liked this activity , it focuses not only on fine motor but uses texture (glue) and analytical skills (while orienting the piece to be pasted) and gives a fun end product which can be proudly displayed on the Art Wall.

transfering rice grains

Another Montessori inspired activity, finally Jr S graduated from using bigger beans to using rice grains. She loves this task and is quite meticulous about clean up too. I adapted this using small  Anchor measuring cups.

Paper collage

We practiced tearing paper, what a great re-use of all my magazines and then pasted the pieces . Just a fun open ended activity.