February Tot School

 Jeesh!  Where has the month gone?!?  I'm a bit behind in my posts!  I realized that Valentine week I took a ton of pictures so that post will follow later (today hopefully).

Items for sink and float

We talked about sinking and floating and Tootsie did pretty well sorting them.  She played with the items and the water for a long time.  She ended up in only her undies and the towel got so wet we had to exchange it for a new one half way through!

We've tried some other hole punches in the past but Tootsie doesn't have the hand strength get to make them work.  I found these at Michaels and they are a little easier for her but it still takes some effort.  We punched out the shapes and saved them for an art project.

I picked up a packet of lint rollers at the Target Dollar Spot awhile ago .  We used them to pick up the punches we made.  It only worked so-so.  I will probably figure out a different way to use the rollers. Tootsie also cut out the outlines of the punches and added them to the lint roller paper.

Tootsie wasn't excited about this tray at all.  I convinced her to punch a few holes around the square with the toothpick but that was it.  She never went back to it during the week.

This idea came from theprincessndthetot.  I drew the colored x's on the paper and Tootsie matched the dots.  We're doing a lot of color work because color recognition isn't something that she has picked up yet.

She stuck this one on her knee and called it a bandaid.

Then she ran around and stuck them to things in the room of the same color.

Mitten Tape Math came from Toddler Approved. I added the dots to help Tootsie figure out the number.

I taped the mittens to the wall and tore off the tape for her then Tootsie counted them out and added the correct number.  She really enjoyed this activity!

We read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom several times this week to go along with our Animal ABCs from 1+1+1=1and began making our own coconut tree to add letters to as we work on them.  I cut the trunk and tapped it to the wall and then we worked on the leaves and the coconuts together.  

We mixed blue and yellow paint to get the green for the leaves.

Tootsie wanted to add glitter so we started with green.  Note to self:  never turn your back on a three year old with glitter.  She took the top off and dumped.  When the green was gone she moved on to red and silver.  Our coconut tree ended up looking a little Christmasy.

She also couldn't resist painting her arms and tasting it all.  I carried her from the kitchen table to the bathroom, stripped her and dumped her in the tub.  There was so much glitter on her we could see it sparkling in the water and she had it in her hair for a week!

The coconuts went a little more smoothly.

The finished product!

Other activities this week included:

After painting the coconuts she wanted to paint more shapes so I cut a few out for her and taped them to the easel.

Lots and lots of water play.  We added pony beads to the water and she loved it!  She poured and scooped and raided my kitchen and hers for utensils to use.

This isn't really a tot school photo but she just looked so cute!  Tootsie picked these reading glasses out at the Dollar Tree and I popped the lenses out for her.  She calls them her sunglasses and totally loves them!

An illustration of just how much Tootsie doesn't like to get her fingers messy.  She was eating cheese doodles and didn't like the cheese on her fingers so she grabbed the dish cloth to wipe them off.  She ended up using it to pick of the cheese doodles and put them in her mouth!