Halloween Tot School

We are so excited about Halloween! We have been reading books about Trick or Treating and can't wait to use this as our Tot School Theme this week!

Target Dollar Bin strikes again! We had fun with these Halloween themed paint rollers!

Halloween themed sensory bin with black beans and some Dollar Tree finds!

 

 

Pool noodle pumpkin stamping! I cut a piece of the pool noodle and then I used a make up sponge for the stem!

If you have a truck lover-- you HAVE to check out the printables from Living Worlds Apart! Pretty sure that is how little man learned his letters! This was a cute Halloween themed practice! I didn't think he was ready to match all three pieces, so I just cut it into two!

We went on a hunt for pumpkins around the room, and he had to match the correct shape to each pumpkin. Garbage truck decided to help with the fun!

Fizzy ghosts!!! We used baking soda mixed with a little bit of water to make our ghosts! Then we added eyes! He used a spoon and medicine dropper to add vinegar--- and he was excited to see the reaction!!!

So easy---- gathered all our small pumpkins and gourds, added a bit of water, and he played! :)

Movement cards are always a hit for this wild boy!

Here he is rolling like a pumpkin!

Practicing counting to 5 and 1:1 correspondence!

Pumpkin tray with lots of odds and ends!

Only lasted but 30 seconds before he brought the trucks over to play!!

Another Target find- cute little sticky face pumpkin! He did this over and over!

Very serious about his painting!!

Cloud dough--- equal parts flour and vegetable oil and lots of messy fun!!!

We're Going on a Bear Hunt! Bears Tot School

He has become obsessed with the book, "We're Going on a Bear Hunt" so we used that for our theme this week in Tot School!

 

He is currently 20 months old!

Our first activity was tape resistant painting of a forest! So EASY! I just taped some tree shapes on his paper, and he painted over it! When it was dry, we peeled the paint off and he had created a forest! :)

 

 

Each week I try to make sure we have some activities that practice our letters! I saw this from a fellow momma on Instagram,and thought it was perfect! Using a brown paper bag, I drew a bear and then I cut out little fish! On each fish I wrote a letter, and he fed the bear the fish! It was adorable to watch, and he loved this!

 

 

This we played with ALL week! A "Going on a Bear Hunt" inspired Invitation to Play!

 

Sorting by colors using bear counters!

Stomping and counting bear tracks!

 

 

Tracks stamping using sponges! 

 

 

Anyone else have more Mega Blocks than they know what to do with?!? I got this awesome printable from 3Dinosaurs Forest Pack! He loved matching up the tops and bottoms of each animal!

He is in a phase where he loves to count EVERYTHING :) but he doesn't quite get 1:1 correspondence yet! I made this quick little activity to practice, and who doesn't love an activity involving FOOD!

Free Printable Here: Bears 1:1 Printable

Bear tracks painting and then he gave them a much needed bath!

 

 

 

 



Fall Tot School

We have been busy reading LOTS of books about fall and we are ready for Fall Tot School this week!

 

He has been asking to paint everyday, so I loved this idea of stamping with corks!

 

Working on sorting by colors!

 His truck had to help out!

 Q-tip painting and reviewing letters L and P!

I have a small felt board from my teaching days! I tried to have him match up the letters to spell his name, but he wasn't into this activity!

Decorating a contact paper tree with leaves!

He went on a hunt around the room to gather the leaves, and then I helped him put them in numerical order! He can count to 10, but can't put things in order by himself!

Dot painting, always a favorite! He was upset it was over!

We used a cardboard tube and cut it in half! Then I taped it back together to form a leaf!

There Was An Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything--- such a fun book! We read this book a LOT this week!

We put together the scarecrow as we read through the book! He loved saying the sound effects!
Printable from Toddler Approved!