Sensory - "Lemonade" Sensory Bucket
In retrospect, this is a better July activity than November one... oops. Even though we were inside, poor Maddie's fingers were almost blue from the cold. I colored water yellow, added ice and some whole lemons, and a few scoopers and let her go to town. She LOVED this. Mostly because she liked to suck on the ice (don't worry, she was fully supervised the whole time). Also, pigtails are my new favorite look for her.
Tray #1 - Banana Peeling
I neglected to take a picture of this one, but I cut a banana into about 1 inch wide slices, and gave her about 3-4 at a time. I showed her how to take the peel off and then eat the banana. I didn't think she would get it, but I was wrong! She instantly understood and quite enjoyed the activity even! The snack is a great motivator. :)
Tray #2 - Yellow Poms in a Paint Pallet
The idea is to help her learn one to one correspondence. Surprisingly (again!) she actually understood the concept the first go around. She would carefully take each pom and place it in its assigned spot, then look at me, grin, and dump the pallet onto the floor, where she would carefully put each pom back in the yellow bowl. We counted the poms each time as well.
Tray #3 - Yellow Stickies on Yellow Paper
She enjoyed the blue sticker activity so much, I knew she would enjoy this one! Once I showed her how to peel off the Post-Its, she was in toddler heaven. She peeled them off and stuck them right to the paper. Funny girl - I stuck one to my forehead to be silly, and she gave me a dirty look, took it off my head, and put it on the paper. OCD much, child? ;)
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