Make-shift Tot School-Feb. 15

As we are still living out of boxes and not all of my newly acquired (and unprepared) materials are readily accessible.  I made a big deal this week about asking for Bug's help to set up some of his practical life materials.  Hopefully it will create excitement to use them... he's already tried out the brush and dust pan.

In this photo, Bug tried out his brush and dust pan while Peanut watches from behind.  Bug's practical life cleaning bin is in the forefront of the photo.  It includes a spray bottle for window cleanings, a microfiber cloth, and duster.  I will be adding more as he gets a hang of these items.

The Valentine's Day sensory bin has been a hit.  Bug's played with it a few times.  The first few times he just searched out the little sticky hearts with arms and legs.  We did have a little bobble with his wanting to dump out all of the tissue paper but one "toy time-out" helped him realize that we treat our activities with care.  He graduated to sorting some of his finds into ice cube trays by color.  I will keep this bin around till the end of the month to see what else he wants to do with it.

The Valentine's bin includes the following:

-Large red poms

-Small glittery red poms

-Sticky, stretchy pink hearts with arms and legs

-Hard, pink tinted plastic hearts

-Red felt hearts

-Shredded red tissue paper (medium)

-Pink and red heart bucket (metal)

-Plastic red measuring cups