Tot School

Connor is 24 months old

This week, we officially began to do some basic Christmas activities. Even though Christmas is still about 6 weeks away, when we go out, Connor has started noticing all the Christmas decorations in the shops. I want him to begin gaining an understanding of Christmas and why it is celebrated.

 

For Craft Day, Connor created a Christmas Tree. This was a very simple craft. I provided him with a Christmas Tree outline, crayons, pom poms and glue. He really wasn’t interested in using the crayons and wanted to just glue the pom poms on the Christmas Tree.

 

 

He also decorated a Christmas Tree during his bath time. Using craft foam, I cut out another Christmas Tree outline and different shapes to represent the decorations. This was a great activity as we were able to review shape names at the same time.

 

 

He really wanted to continue playing with this tree after his bath, so for the following day, I prepared a Christmas Tree decorating station for him. All that was needed was one of those small Christmas Trees and some decorations. Now, he can go and decorate his own tree whenever he pleases.

 

 

The final Christmas related activity that I prepared for Connor this week was a Christmas sticker book. I love the fact that stickers are so inexpensive. I have a whole folder of stickers set aside for all different topics and seasons. They are a great quiet activity and we spend a fair bit of time talking about the images. Last week, I purchased a whole bunch of Christmas related stickers. Connor is quite happy doing this activity in the mornings before and after breakfast while I prepare for the day.

 

 

 

Another new activity that Connor did this week was transferring pom poms with large plastic tweezers. Initially he needed some assistance, but after trying it a few times, he began to do it on his own.

 

 

The next activity is one I have seen on other blogs and have been meaning to set up for quite some time. It’s the game Connect 4. Connor had fun with this, however, he was quite insistent that each row could only have one colour. So, towards the end, he was a bit confused when he realized that the number of rows was not even and the circles could not be distributed evenly.

 

 

And of course, there were puzzles completed and lots and lots of books read.

 

            

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