Themes

Mouse’s First Fall

We love bookish play here so I always make it a point to do some book based activities every week. This book goes along with our fall leaves theme. The story is about mouse and minka having fun with leaves piling them up and hiding in them. M loved the book especially the part where …

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Fall sensory bin

It’s October here and a perfect time to learn about the fall leaves and the changing colors. I love to make a sensory bin on the theme and mostly I leave it out until we finish( sometimes I keep it inside if they play too messy) These bins are great to learn many skills such …

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Apple Sorting

I really love the idea of centering activities around a theme. Apple theme is going strong but I am doing in a very slow pace not just to overwhelm M. Today set up this sorting sensory bin. Things needed Red and green pom poms TP rolls Velcro dots Brown construction paper Green foam sheet Split …

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Apple Picking

A gross motor fun activity to go with the apple theme. It was also reiterating the apple picking at our local orchard. For this activity I cut out tree trunk from one of the many amazon boxes we have. Recently I got this green poster paper from dollar tree and I cut a tree top …

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Apple Painting

M is not much into arts or crafts. However she loves just simple crayons and paper. But I want to expose her to more mediums of art. So a taste safe paint and using cut apples this simple activity was born For the taste safe paint I used yogurt and food coloring. Just mix them …

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Apple Sensory Bin

M is getting very clingy these days. So its real hard to get things done. With cooking cleaning and working with for R I have hardly any time left to do activities with M that need some preparation. Mostly I squeeze in my prep work while she naps but I also want to take that …

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