Mavi is into coloring these days and I would like share the coloring pages (with trace and draw) I made for him so you too can enjoy it!
Download you copy by clicking here. Enjoy!
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Vito is 26 months old.
Few days ago I shared Mavi’s activities for this month. Now it’s time I share Vito’s.
1. Counting activity using Penguin cards and water bottle lids. When I introduced this, Vito was more interested in rolling the bottle lids than counting. He identifies the number in he lid then would roll it around the house. Yes, tiring for Mommy!
2. Matching activity for visual discrimination using our polar animal cards from here. Vito loves matching but I would only give him a maximum of 6 cards to match everytime we do this.
3. Counting penguins using the Hape Puzzle Numbers and Safari Toob Penguins. Vito enjoys counting the penguins!
4. Gluing black and white circles in a paper for fine motor skills. I made him use the gluing stick this time so he’ll know how to use it (I did the same thing with Mavi).
5. Montessori parts of a penguin puzzle. I got this from a local store, but you can also purchase this Montessori material from Tower High Learning (UK) or Leader Joy USA (US) or in Amazon. Vito loooves working with puzzles, this is one of his favourites! He knows where to place the pieces but finds it hard to fit them all together as of the moment.
6. Matching Safari Toob Arctic figures to matching cards. Will share the cards once I fix the file.
7. Filling the buckets with blue colored rice. I made him use a scoop instead of a spoon, but he prefers using his hands. But of course, it’s the perfect tool for sensorial activity!
8. Painting using black and white Giotto Bebe fingerpaints. I am introducing black and white this month, the predominant colors in the Polar Regions. I also used our Polar Regions Invitation to Play tray for introducing the said colors.
It was also a great way to practice color matching, by matching the lids to the paint bottles.
9. Scooping dark brown (almost black) and white pompoms. Another activity for hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.
These are Vito;s activities for the entire month of January PLUS the reading of books (daily), and letter activities for literacy (we’re working on P and W this month). Watch out for Vito’s activities for the month of February. Till next time, thank you!
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January is usually the best time to have winter themed activities or do either Antarctica or Arctic activities. It is the time when kids can envision these frozen part of the planet due to the cold/extreme weather. To start with, I set up an invitation to play tray in our shelf and displayed books to go along with it. These can be accessed by the boys whenever they want to and not age specific, big boys and little brothers can share and play with the tray!
Our invitation to play tray contains the following:
The books we used are: (FREE shipping in Book Depository!)
For Mavi’s activities, we started by doing a visual presentation of what Antarctica and the Arctic region looks like. This was accomplished by recreating the landmarks of both polar regions. You can read more about it here.
I also prepared some fact cards about the different animals that lives in both regions. Here Mavi matched the animals to what the card is describing. If you want to try this, have your kids read the description, in this way they can practice their reading skills and improve their vocabulary.
More fact cards from our Polar Region Pack. These cards describes the regions with high quality images.
We watched March of the Penguins and Mavi and I feel sorry for the mommy Penguin. A lovely documentary showing the hardships of the female penguin just to feed their chick. I highly recommend it. Here are some of our visual materials which I made years ago when Mavi was just in preschool. These images were sourced out randomly in Google, printed and laminated.
Same thing with these pictures except that I printed them in a photo paper. These shows the different transporation used in Antarctica (scientists and tourists), the different ice formations and in general, the environment in Antarctica.
Benefits of these activities:
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