Stick!

I think this was one of  Adeline's favorite activities, she had fun with her magnetic stick.  These little magnetic sticks are great!  We picked ours up at a local teacher store but they also carry them on Amazon.  I purchased some metal washers and we played "stick".  This activity is a great fine motor tack that also works eye hand coordination.  Bigger washers would also be good to add more weight.

Oh, do you see that pincher grasp!  This activity was very motivating.  We pulled them "off"  after they were all  "on".  So much vocabulary can be used with these.  We also talked about the circles.

Tot School --- Dollar Tree Therapy!

     I love the Dollar Tree, but you know every time I go I spend $20-$30.   I never get out of there spending just $1.  But I have found that if I spend some time in there I can find some good deals, and I am always looking for a deal!    Like these frogs and lizards and cookie sheets.  So many things can be done with a cookie sheet, on these I added some Velcro strips.  I also added Velcro to the frogs and lizards.  This makes a fine motor activity.  Get those fingers moving!

Later, we can do some patterning with the frogs and lizards or some adding and subtracting.   For now we pull them off and put them on.

     Later I turned the tray over and played with magnetic letters.

     We have been working on colors so I made some flashcards for Adeline, but I don't like to leave these with her.  You just never know.  So I also made this book that she enjoys looking at because it is similar to her flashcards.

      I also made a parts of the head book.  She loves this one, I catch her looking at it and pointing to her "eyes" and "nose".

I Can Swing!!

  

   Adeline's OT gave me a great idea to move our swing down very low so that she can touch the ground.  I would have never thought of this idea.  For quite awhile Adeline was scared sitting on the swing but yesterday she was ready to conquer it and she did great.

    

She even needed to have baby give it a try.

 On Baby.

Ian karate chopping the bubbles

Adeline telling the bubbles "all done"

Picture taken by Adriana