Organizing appropriate puzzles, books and toys and making them available during school time for my little one, is a necessary way to keep things running smoothly during the morning learning times. I am also adding a weekly activity planned with inspiration from Slow and Steady, Get Me Ready (see page references below). Listed below are weekly activities that I hope to have the older three kids do with our 2 year old keeping him happy and busy while I am teaching. Some are longer activities, some are just quick games.
Week One: Big and Little--Make homemade playdough and teach concept of big and little. (p. 119)
Week Two: Making Necklaces--Using our Lauri necklaces, show how to feed the string through the teddy bears to make a necklace. (p. 121)
Week Three: My Family--Get a family picture and point to family members asking child to name everyone and if possible, tell you something about each person. (p. 124)
Week Four: Painting--Using the Crayola No Mess fingerpaint and paper, let the fun begin. (p. 128)
Week Five: Farm Animals--Get a few picture books with animals and gather together a collection of beanie babies and have fun matching names and names and sounds. (p. 129)
Week Six: Jack Be Nimble--Teach rhyme and have child jump over a cup or a small candlestick. (p. 131)
Week Seven: The Three Bears--Read story and focus on counting 1-2-3. (p. 133)
Week Eight: Sock Match--Using four different pairs of socks, mix up and have child match them and name whose socks they are (Mommy's, Daddy's, etc.) (p. 134)
Week Nine: Dress Up Dolls--Using the wooden doll boards, have child dress the boy and girl dolls.
Week Ten: Clapping Hands--High, Low, Right, Left, Behind, In Front... (p. 147)
Week Eleven: My Color Booklet--Fold over 8.5 x 11 paper twice and use each side to color eight primary colors--have child do this on his own and then label the pages and work on learning the colors.
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