While engaging on #festiveseasonplayideas I came across two different posts, one from @r.lees_mumma_to_the_sullivans and another from @apprenti509 that inspired me to try my own love potion water sensory play with B, which proved to be a big hit. Instead of dying the water with food coloring, we used passion fruit tea bags which smelled delicious, provided lots of opportunities for language, and gave way to natural science experiments throughout…
Penry’s Great Adventure is not a book you’ll find at the library or at the store, but we were fortunate enough to have had it included in our curriculum box. This wasn’t how they had intended I use it (what’s new? 🤷🏻♀️), but it’s a perfect pairing to this literacy activity that I’ve been itching to try. Want to try salt writing at home? Dye…
Here’s yet another low prep activity for a busy day. All I did was draw the string lights outline with a marker and offered B a pile of buttons. Suddenly she was placing her @pawpatrol pups on the table (we have a new obsession) and sorting the buttons to share with her “friends” based on the color of their clothes. She actually extended my activity, and I was so…
I drew 2 Christmas trees and had B decorate each with the corresponding dot stickers (can you tell I’m rolling in dozens of new colors of dot stickers? 🤣). Honestly, I hadn’t planned on doing both in the same day, and I wouldn’t have except that she requested “another Christmas tree.” Thankfully, I had one! 😅 One tree worked on numbers 1-12 and the other tree on letters…
Some blessed soul who must have understood B’s deep love for animals got her a vet kit for her 2nd birthday. A year and a half later, she still plays with it multiple times a week. What I love most about open-ended toys are the possibilities they open up for language development and dramatic play. My 3-year-old uses words like x-ray and CT scan, cast…
Back when I was an SLP at a PPEC sharing a room with @janet_ortiz18 , she introduced me to this great game by @educationalinsights (no, this is not an ad). It works for SLPs, it works for early childhood teachers, and it works for any parent able and willing to sit down and enjoy their child’s company a little differently for at least 10 minutes. This developmentally appropriate game works…