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We are currently on holidays right now visiting TEXAS (hence me being a little bit quiet on social media). While playing in the pool this morning, I decided to do a little impromptu interactive homeschooling lesson while in the “pool” about evaporation, which eventually moved into fun hands on spelling lesson writing on the side of the pool. So much better for a toddler to learn this way! Read on for more details... . . We started off doing hand prints and watching the sun’s heat make them disappear. It led to a lesson about where the water goes and evaporation. (Then we watched the clouds roll by and made guesses what each cloud looked like for fun). . . . Then our lesson organically moved into three word spelling. . (My son is 30 months old and very keen and eager to learn to read and knows the alphabet, the sounds each letter makes and initiates himself to name multiple items off the top of his head that starts with any letter i call out or he sees). So for any one criticizing that this could be too advanced for him, he is VERY keen and asks me! . . 1️⃣First he would watch the way I wrote out the letters 2️⃣ My son would sound out each letter. 3️⃣Afterwards, I would say each letter quicker together so he could start understanding that these letters were sounding out a word. He would attempt to sag what the word was and was super proud of himself when he got it correct! 4️⃣Once we knew what the letters said, we then went over the letter again slower so we could show the word broken down back into letters. *️⃣I was super amazed that it held his attention for half an hour and then we moved on to jumping in the pool and waking ripples. So fun! . . . #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learnandplay #playislearning #playtolearn #sensoryplay #creativeplay #kidsactivities #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #eyfsideas #phonetics #toddleractivities #toddlerplayideas #learningthroughplay #learnathome #playathome #funlearningathome #playmatters #playislearning #playbasedlearning #toddlerplay

A LESSON ABOUT KINDNESS (with free printable flashcards). . It’s incredible how doing this activity calmed down my grumpy toddler. He was being quite a menace and his energy was quite scattered during the start of our homeschooling morning. I cut short our planned activities and I snuggled up next to him in the couch and we discussed kindness. I listed all the nice things he does that I find so kind and nice (and managed to get a beautiful kiss on the cheek out of it) and then we listed all the nice things that I do for him that he likes and how it makes him feel good. . While looking at the flashcards (some cards are kind actions and some are not), here is some talking points we discussed. ⭐️What does kindness look like? ⭐️What is not kind? ⭐️How would you feel if somebody did this to you? (Looking at each card: e.g Hug:Happy. Hit: Sad because it would hurt.) ⭐️On completion, I reminded him to use his manners. Saying words like “Thank you” is a way to show kindness with your words. . . These flash cards were free printables from the website NO TIME FOR FLASHCARDS. Here is their Instagram: @allienoflashcards. Thank you so much for this great idea and the hundreds more I found on your website. . . . . #feelings #kindnessquotes #kindnessmatters #flashcardsforkids #alphabetflashcards #emotionsflashcards #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learnandplay #playislearning #playtolearn #montessori #sensoryplay #creativeplay #kidsactivities #invitationtolearn #handsonlearning #preschoolathome #preschoolactivities #playtolearn #learningthroughplay #playathome #playislearning #playbasedlearning #preschoolathome #handsonactivities #kindergartenactivities #makinglearningfun #littleplayideas

✂️FINE MOTOR SKILLS: CUTTING. Here is a fun play invitation to work that hand strength by playing hair dressers. There are four sides with different hair textures to work on. There are paper, straw and yarn to chop and those chopped straws make great beads to thread on the pipe cleaners (which look like dreds). . . This was made from a large cardboard tube container that carried rolled oats in it. I taped some white paper over the top with some colored paper shapes to make up the faces. . 👦🏻👦🏼👦🏽👦🏿I used different color paper to represent all the different beautiful skin tones from all over the world. Then I hot glue gunned the “hair” on the container from the inside.. 👩🏻‍🚒👩🏼‍🚀👨🏼‍🔬👮🏻‍♀️For the bodies, I gave them all really cool occupations that my son could easily identify. There is a police man, a doctor, a fire fighter and an astronaut. . . . IM PRETTY PROUD OF THIS BECAUSE I CAME UP WITH THIS ALL MY MYSELF. What is your toddlers favorite cutting activities to learn using scissors? . . . #finemotor #finemotorskills #finemotoractivity #finemotorplay #finemotoractivities #gluepaperscissors #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learnandplay #playislearning #playtolearn #montessori #sensoryplay #creativeplay #kidsactivities #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #sensorybin #playbasedlearning #playislearning #playathome #cardboardboxcreative #cardboardtoy #recycleandplay @recycleandplay #getcreativewith @get.creative.with

LEARNING TO COUNT PAST 20. . . I made this little activity mat for toddler who is now starting to learn to count past 20. (For the last month I have included counting to fifty verbally in his bed time stories to kind of bring it to a boring end while he is starting to drift off. I have different animals volunteer to count 10 cars at a time that they see in a car park. He was paying attention because he recognizes the numbers I am talking about now for this activity). . ⭐️We counted all the numbers up to twenty. ⭐️Then we discussed all the patterns we saw in the chart. For example, The first number in each circle counts up as we go DOWN and the second number in each circle goes up as we go across. ⭐️ As we got to the end of each row (e.g number 30) I would say “thirty” and he would count upwards on decimal so he could get the gist that each row was counting but you say that thirty number in front of it until you get to the next number 40. So it sounds like 👩🏻 “Fourty”. 👩🏻 “Fourty” 👦🏼 “One”. 👩🏻 “Fourty” 👦🏼 “Two”. 👩🏻 “Fourty” 👦🏼 “Three”. . ⭐️From then on, we was able to count the numbers up himself with help. . . We are going to work on this for a few more days and then start trying to do more practical activities. . . 😊COOL TIP: My son loves counting but if your toddler finds it a bit dry and boring, I have found it’s better to take yourself out of the equation and animate your toddlers favorite teddy or toy to take over the lesson (with a high pitched voice) lots of excitement and cuddles that they are doing this together. My toddler almost dies of happiness when his teddies do the teaching. Plus, he is more eager to please his teddy. . . WHAT IS YOUR BEST TIPS FOR TEACHING UOUR TODDLER TO COUNT? Please share with me. . . . #countingactivity #mathsonmondays #learningtocount #homeschoolingmom #homeschooling #homeschoolfun #homeschoolcurriculum #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learnandplay #playislearning #playtolearn #montessori #sensoryplay #creativeplay #kidsactivities #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #sensorybin #playbasedlearning #playislearning #playathome

CARDBOARD FRACTIONS PUZZLE FOR TODDLERS. . At my home, we always have a puzzle out and lately I have really enjoyed making them to give more variety. . . This puzzle is to introduce fractions without the hard sell that he is doing “maths” by playing with a bright and inviting puzzle that looks like “cake” with different shapes sprinkles on top. . . If this activity goes well, I have more ideas in mind to do more fractions. . . Because I want my son to work this all out for himself, I made lots of little cheats to help him work it out. He has not done a puzzle like this, so I made it easier for him. I’m going to show this to him completed then pull all the pieces out and mess them all random and then let him figure out how to put it back together. . ⭐️The sprinkles shapes and stickers on top of the pieces match the border of the corresponding frame. ⭐️When you join the puzzle pieces together, it will join part of the sprinkles. ⭐️There is a border to show what part is on the outside-to help with orientation.. . . . #learningthroughplay #learningathome #learnandplay #playislearning #playtolearn #montessori #sensoryplay #creativeplay #kidsactivities #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #sensorybin #playbasedlearning #playislearning #playathome

SENSORY TABLE: Nature Scene. . . . I’m pretty proud of this one because it has so many interactive elements. . ⭐️WATER: Food coloring with some glitter sprinkled on top. ⭐️LAND: Kinetic sand patted down. A path made from flat white beans. The mixed rocks are soup mix beans. (Not appropriate for kids who would swallow these as raw beans are toxic to ingest). I put in a few animals and trees. ⭐️BACKGROUND: I printed off a landscape image off the internet over three pages and I really feel like it adds to the scene. ⭐️ROADS: They are made from black painters tape and cut up little white masking tape. Load up the roads with cars and some traffic signals. . If you watch the video (SWIPE RIGHT), what was amazing to watch when he first saw the sensory tub was he instantly wanted to do a sink or float experiment. Also, it was a lot of fun for him plonking the rocks into the water. It makes a fun sound and is interesting watching it fall down the deep bucket. . . This table is from @ikeausa and cost roughly $50 and about $3 for the buckets from memory. . #sensoryplay #finemotor #finemotorskill #finemotorskills #finemotorplay #finemotoractivities #finemotorfriday #creativeplay #toddleractivities #toddleractivity #babyactivities #kidsactivities #kidsactivitiesblog #invitationtolearn #invitationtocreate #manywaystoplay #invitationtoplay #sensorybin #sensoryplayideas #sensoryfun #flisattable #flisattableplay