Maddie is 15 months.
So... I didn't take any pictures of tot school this past week. It was a crazy week, and I didn't get around to it! I wanted to still write a post though because I want to remember what we've done.
Math - Counting orange flowers
I used foam cutout flowers - just three of them - and wrote the numbers 1,2,3 on them. We practiced laying them out and counting. Maddie enjoyed this for maybe two days and then did not want to do it anymore after that. She did enjoy trying to hold all three in one hand though.
Cognitive Skills - Number Foam Puzzle
This is a new puzzle that Maddie hadn't seen before. It's a foam puzzle so it feels and behaves differently than her wooden Melissa & Doug puzzles she is familiar with. This was probably one of her favorite activities this week! She loved taking the pieces out... she never quite matched any up and put them back in, but not for lack of trying!
Fine Motor Skills - Craft Sticks in a Cheese Container
I opened up the three holes side of a parmesan cheese container and put orange craft sticks on her tray. This was easily her very favorite activity this week! She loved putting the sticks through the holes - she figured out pretty quickly how to do it and kept saying "I did it!!" " I did it!" each time she succeeded. It was so adorable and I love how excited she was.
Art - Orange Paint and an Orange Car
I gave Maddie orange paint and an orange hot wheels car to paint with. She wasn't super interested in making tracks with the car, so I gave her an orange square toy to stamp with. She liked that quite a bit, once she figured out how to use it!
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Friday, January 22, 2016
Tiny Tot School: Purple
Maddie is 15 months.
We are slowly but surely making our way through the colors. I'm still not sure Maddie fully recognizes any of the colors, but she really enjoys doing tot school and she's still pretty young, so I know she'll catch on here before too long!
Fine Motor Skills - Clothespins on a Purple Cup
She could fairly easily pull the clothespins off, and she really enjoyed taking them off and putting them in the cup, then shaking the cup so they all fell out. :) She was never able to get the right "pinching" motion to be able to take them off this week.
Fine Motor Skills - Tearing Paper
Maddie really enjoyed this activity! Once I showed her how to tear the paper, this was all she wanted to do. The first couple days, I had to start the tear for her, but by Friday she could tear the paper independently.
Math/Science - Purple Magnets
Maddie has never really seen how magnets work before (I need to get some fridge ones she can play with!) and she was enthralled! She loved to try and stick them together and to the pan. I cut out some squares and circles in order to encourage some sorting, but Maddie was definitely not interested in that, only in how the magnets worked. :)
Art - Gluing Tissue Paper and Painting a Frame
We added to her "God Made Everything" book by gluing tissue paper to a purple flower. Maddie was very interested in the glue but did NOT like it on her hands, haha. She loved painting her picture frame, as you can see!
Also, totally off topic, but I pulled out my 50mm f1.8 lens again to take pictures this week. I forgot how much I love the ethereal quality of the pictures I get from it!!
We are slowly but surely making our way through the colors. I'm still not sure Maddie fully recognizes any of the colors, but she really enjoys doing tot school and she's still pretty young, so I know she'll catch on here before too long!
Fine Motor Skills - Clothespins on a Purple Cup
She could fairly easily pull the clothespins off, and she really enjoyed taking them off and putting them in the cup, then shaking the cup so they all fell out. :) She was never able to get the right "pinching" motion to be able to take them off this week.
Fine Motor Skills - Tearing Paper
Maddie really enjoyed this activity! Once I showed her how to tear the paper, this was all she wanted to do. The first couple days, I had to start the tear for her, but by Friday she could tear the paper independently.
Math/Science - Purple Magnets
Maddie has never really seen how magnets work before (I need to get some fridge ones she can play with!) and she was enthralled! She loved to try and stick them together and to the pan. I cut out some squares and circles in order to encourage some sorting, but Maddie was definitely not interested in that, only in how the magnets worked. :)
Art - Gluing Tissue Paper and Painting a Frame
We added to her "God Made Everything" book by gluing tissue paper to a purple flower. Maddie was very interested in the glue but did NOT like it on her hands, haha. She loved painting her picture frame, as you can see!
Also, totally off topic, but I pulled out my 50mm f1.8 lens again to take pictures this week. I forgot how much I love the ethereal quality of the pictures I get from it!!
Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Maddie: 15 Months
Dear Maddie,
You are just blossoming into a little girl these days, although I am holding on to "my baby" for dear life! :) You are so much fun. Your little personality just shines and I am so glad I get to be your mother.
-Gross motor skills: You can crawl (very quickly!), and pull up to your knees. You like to "walk" across the room on your knees and your new trick is to try and "jump," also on your knees. You refuse to pull up to standing, however. You feel safe on your knees, I guess. You love to dance to music!
-Fine motor: You have really great fine motor skills! You can easily color with a crayon or marker, as well as pick up teeny tiny pieces of things on the floor that I don't want you to.
-Verbal: You are extremely verbal! You babble a LOT, and are constantly talking to yourself and me in a language I don't understand. Words you CAN say: Mama, Daddy, Kayla, Grandpa, uh-oh, bottle (baba), puppy (pup-pup). eat, hi, bye bye, baby, boots, duck, and several more I'm sure that I can't remember. You can sign "all done" and "eat."
-You absolutely LOVE playing with your baby doll. You are the best mommy to her! You feed her her ba-ba, put her to sleep, burp her, and rock her. Over and over and over again. That is probably your favorite toy at the moment.
-You know what a chicken, duck, and horsie say. You also know where your eyes, nose, and "Santa" (your tummy) are. You are very bright, and can easily identify things I ask you to find. In the bath, we play find that toy - I will ask for Katarina Kitty-Cat, or the duck, or the turtle, etc, and you will find it and bring it to me. You always get it right!
-You wear size 18 month clothes and jammies, although they are a bit big on you still. You wear some 2T pants for length. You wear size 3 diapers and size 3 shoes.
-You are just over 18 pounds (10%) and 30.5 (50%) inches long. Still small for your age.
-You are extremely shy around new people. You give everyone THE SCOWL until you decide that they are okay, and then you become flirty and chatty and try to make friends.
-You love Daniel Tiger. You will sit and watch that show like no other show. It's an easy way for me to calm you down or distract/redirect you when necessary.
-You also love music. Any song that comes on, you immediately begin dancing.
-You are becoming a picky eater. You only sometimes will eat what I put in front of you. Unless it's a giant spoonful of peanut butter. You always eat that! :)
-You only have one bottle per day now, at night. All the rest are gone!
-You are still a terrible night sleeper. You mostly sleep in my bed, but that is becoming more difficult, as it is becoming apparent that you sleep like me - like a crazy person! However, sleep training you is soooooo hard. We've been working on it, but it's still a work in progress. There have been so many nights recently where I"m just about in tears, begging you to please please please just go to sleep. I'm so exhausted.
We are so happy that you are part of our family, Madelynn Kate. You are so sweet and loving and we love you so much!
Love,
Mommy
You are just blossoming into a little girl these days, although I am holding on to "my baby" for dear life! :) You are so much fun. Your little personality just shines and I am so glad I get to be your mother.
-Gross motor skills: You can crawl (very quickly!), and pull up to your knees. You like to "walk" across the room on your knees and your new trick is to try and "jump," also on your knees. You refuse to pull up to standing, however. You feel safe on your knees, I guess. You love to dance to music!
-Fine motor: You have really great fine motor skills! You can easily color with a crayon or marker, as well as pick up teeny tiny pieces of things on the floor that I don't want you to.
-Verbal: You are extremely verbal! You babble a LOT, and are constantly talking to yourself and me in a language I don't understand. Words you CAN say: Mama, Daddy, Kayla, Grandpa, uh-oh, bottle (baba), puppy (pup-pup). eat, hi, bye bye, baby, boots, duck, and several more I'm sure that I can't remember. You can sign "all done" and "eat."
-You absolutely LOVE playing with your baby doll. You are the best mommy to her! You feed her her ba-ba, put her to sleep, burp her, and rock her. Over and over and over again. That is probably your favorite toy at the moment.
-You know what a chicken, duck, and horsie say. You also know where your eyes, nose, and "Santa" (your tummy) are. You are very bright, and can easily identify things I ask you to find. In the bath, we play find that toy - I will ask for Katarina Kitty-Cat, or the duck, or the turtle, etc, and you will find it and bring it to me. You always get it right!
-You wear size 18 month clothes and jammies, although they are a bit big on you still. You wear some 2T pants for length. You wear size 3 diapers and size 3 shoes.
-You are just over 18 pounds (10%) and 30.5 (50%) inches long. Still small for your age.
-You are extremely shy around new people. You give everyone THE SCOWL until you decide that they are okay, and then you become flirty and chatty and try to make friends.
-You love Daniel Tiger. You will sit and watch that show like no other show. It's an easy way for me to calm you down or distract/redirect you when necessary.
-You also love music. Any song that comes on, you immediately begin dancing.
-You are becoming a picky eater. You only sometimes will eat what I put in front of you. Unless it's a giant spoonful of peanut butter. You always eat that! :)
-You only have one bottle per day now, at night. All the rest are gone!
-You are still a terrible night sleeper. You mostly sleep in my bed, but that is becoming more difficult, as it is becoming apparent that you sleep like me - like a crazy person! However, sleep training you is soooooo hard. We've been working on it, but it's still a work in progress. There have been so many nights recently where I"m just about in tears, begging you to please please please just go to sleep. I'm so exhausted.
We are so happy that you are part of our family, Madelynn Kate. You are so sweet and loving and we love you so much!
Love,
Mommy
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