Fine Motor Sorts

Today we are keeping things simple.  This activity combines one on one correspondence with sorting colors and fine motor.

I cut some pieces of foam the size of our ice cube squares and placed them in the bottom of each square. construction paper could be used also.  We then did some matching and sorting with pompom balls.  Adeline is not able to use these neat punchers from Lakeshore Learning but I wanted to show them as an option.  We use our fingers for now.

   

Shamrock Learning

  Since St Patricks's day is coming soon we did some shamrock learning today.  I found a shamrock coloring page, printed up a few and colored them each a different color to make a matching game on our oil pan board.

 I used the same coloring  page to create this shamrock counting activity.  For this activity I added the numbers and circles and Adeline needed to add the correct pompoms.

We also worked on a little one on one correspondence since we had the pompoms out.

  

Thanksgiving Fun

Today we had some fun learning about some of the things we see in the fall and during the Thanksgiving season.  I have been doing some reading about some of the Montessori  methods and I feel like they work so well with what we are trying to do with Adeline.  I will be incorporating more of these things into our day.

One important aspect is teaching our children how to use everyday tools.  Today we put together a sensory box of fall items and Adeline practiced using a tong, and ladle.  The tong was a little more difficult but she really enjoyed using the ladle.  This exercise requires a lot of turning the wrist and arm, all important skills.   Her favorite were the pumpkins that I found on clearance at Wal mart.

One on one correspondence with pumpkins.