The idea of Tot School is GREAT but there are SO MANY resources, where do you start? When do you start?
For us, Hayden expressed an interest in letters at 13 months. So at that time I began doing a letter of the week based Tot School with him. By 18 months he knew all of his letters, so I decided to switch over to planning Tot School around themes. When planning each theme, I really try to make sure there are activities that work on early math skills, literacy, fine motor skills, gross motor skills and sensory play!
I try to plan for 3 activities a day. Some days we do more, some days we don't fit in any. Sometimes an activity can last 30 seconds and sometimes he comes back to it all week long. The key to planning Tot School, is remember to be flexible! It is all about learning through play, so make it FUN and engaging for your child!
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