Zhu Zhu Pet and Gross Motor

My children have a Zhu Zhu Pet and Adeline has claimed it as hers.  She just loves it.  I actually think it is a great toys to help encourage gross motor and work on speech.  This little hamster moves all over with the touch of a button, so we "push" and "go".  We also talk about "under" a lot because he is always under the furniture.

I love the gross motor aspect also because it motivates Adeline to crawl, because she wants to chase it.  I like her to be crawling sometimes to continue to build up her upper body strength.

  
This little guy is fun and very motivating!

Tot School -- Scooting Along with Fall Fun

One of Adelines favorite activities is playing with the scooter board.  Today was very exciting because she did many new things on her board.  Usually she will sit on the board and I will move her around holding on to her ankles and saying "ready, set, go"  she loves that.

Today I sat her on her board and she started moving herself using her feet.  She went back and forth across the room.

Next, I put her on her tummy.  She has always been scared on her tummy on the board, but she took off.  She started to pull herself across the room.  She thought it was great.

Riding on the scooter is another great activity that works with vestibular stimulation.  The vestibular system has a strong influence on muscle tone, which is at the core of most development and/or learning disorders


Later we got into our contact paper and made some fall leaves 

Contact paper is one of my favorites to use with Adeline right now because I am just not into the glue yet.  Here she can just stick it on and we are all set.