Teeny Tiny Tot School

Although J-jo is still less than a year old, Bear and I have a lot of opportunities to teach him throughout the day.  Here are some things we play with him to help him learn things like colors, shapes, prepositions, and fine motor skills all while having fun!

In and Out.
J-jo loves to drop things into this jar.  Hexagons from the pattern blocks and cylinders from his wooden blocks.  We talk about the colors as he drops things in.  This activity is really good for his hand eye coordination and he loves it.

He tries to stack his barrels because I am always stacking them for him to knock down.  As he plays at this he refines his hand-eye coordination as well.

The latches board is really Bear's toy, but she never plays with it anymore.  However, J-jo loves this.  He can't do the latches, but he can open and close some of the doors if they are left propped open by part of the latch.  Bear and I tell him "open" and "close" as he plays with the doors.

Here he is learning the word "soft" as he strokes the bear.

In and out, open and close with an old jewelry box and some cubes.

In and out, open and close with a little book that came with a small puppy toy.

And his first sensory tray.  I put some flour on his tray and he enjoyed feeling it.

and trying to eat it:)

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