Bear is 25 months
Tot school is very minimal these days. (Also, picture taking while holding Baby Boy is next to impossible.) We are spending time outside, doing a lot of pretend play, reading many books, talking in rhyme (me mostly, but Bear does come up with some of her own), singing lots of songs, doing puzzles, and of course doing art.
Bear's favorite part of the day is "circle time" which is just us singing songs and rhymes to learn numbers, letters, days of the weeks, colors, and science topics such as butterfly lifecycles, plant parts, etc. I found a great rhyme using a felt ladybug and dots at A Mommy's Adventure. Bear keeps asking for that one.
We are still talking about the lifecycle of butterflies. One of our songs, sung to "Up on A Housetop" reviews the lifecycle quite nicely.
First comes the butterfly and lays an egg, Out pops a caterpillar with many legs Watch how the caterpillar spins and spins a cozy chrysalis to sleep in. Oh, oh, oh, Look and see, Oh, oh, oh, Look and see, Out of the chrysalis, my oh my, comes a pretty butterfly.
We found a dead butterfly and Bear was able to touch the antenna and the proboscis (long curled up tongue), and admire all the pretty colors.
Bear's been working on all her gross motor skills - running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and also doing yoga poses! We love Yoga Kids videos! She can even do the tree pose (balancing on one leg). It's so cute to see.
She worked at her "easel" (fine motor control and strengthening of the wrist) and we started a name recognition "puzzle" game that I made with all our names. Just printed our names and glued them to construction paper, then made letter tiles to match. Bear has recognized her name in print since she was 12 months old, but with this, she is learning that she has to go in order from left to right to place the letter tiles.
We planted three bean seeds given to us by a kind man at the feria (the outdoor fruit and vegetable market). They sprouted quickly.
The highlight of the week was going to a fabulous garden and sitting in lime trees and eating a picnic lunch. We go there almost every weekend, but it is still one of Bear's favorite things to do.
Bear's favorite part of the day is "circle time" which is just us singing songs and rhymes to learn numbers, letters, days of the weeks, colors, and science topics such as butterfly lifecycles, plant parts, etc. I found a great rhyme using a felt ladybug and dots at A Mommy's Adventure. Bear keeps asking for that one.
We are still talking about the lifecycle of butterflies. One of our songs, sung to "Up on A Housetop" reviews the lifecycle quite nicely.
First comes the butterfly and lays an egg, Out pops a caterpillar with many legs Watch how the caterpillar spins and spins a cozy chrysalis to sleep in. Oh, oh, oh, Look and see, Oh, oh, oh, Look and see, Out of the chrysalis, my oh my, comes a pretty butterfly.
We found a dead butterfly and Bear was able to touch the antenna and the proboscis (long curled up tongue), and admire all the pretty colors.
Bear's been working on all her gross motor skills - running, jumping, kicking, throwing, and also doing yoga poses! We love Yoga Kids videos! She can even do the tree pose (balancing on one leg). It's so cute to see.
She worked at her "easel" (fine motor control and strengthening of the wrist) and we started a name recognition "puzzle" game that I made with all our names. Just printed our names and glued them to construction paper, then made letter tiles to match. Bear has recognized her name in print since she was 12 months old, but with this, she is learning that she has to go in order from left to right to place the letter tiles.
We planted three bean seeds given to us by a kind man at the feria (the outdoor fruit and vegetable market). They sprouted quickly.
The highlight of the week was going to a fabulous garden and sitting in lime trees and eating a picnic lunch. We go there almost every weekend, but it is still one of Bear's favorite things to do.
Sitting in lime trees sounds like lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteYour minimal sounds like a great week! What a pretty garden to visit!
ReplyDeleteI think it is great that you still do so many things with your little girl even though you have a newborn! I think you have a future scientist/ecologist/biologist (some type of ist)on your hands! How did you realize that your daughter could recognize her name at 12 months? I try to put my daughter's name everywhere and I will read it to her and sing a song about her name. Sometimes when I sing she will look to the place where her name is written but I don't think she is recognizing it yet.
ReplyDeleteBear sounds really advanced for her age. My daughter is almost a year older and still can't do a "tree pose". It's pretty funny to watch her try though :) Happy teaching!
ReplyDeleteI'm amazed at all you do while taking care of a newborn too! You are such an amazing mom! I really like the idea of doing a "circle time" every day - I think my son would really like this. Thanks for the idea!
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