Tiny Tot School: Orange

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!