I've taken a few ideas from other homeschooling blogs, but haven't been consistent with it. Another issue for me is time. I don't mind spending some time getting things together for Atlie, but it's frustrating to spend an afternoon on something that she ends up not being interested in or only spends 5 minutes doing. So, I've been collecting ideas that are easy for me to construct and that I think will keep Atlie busy... at least for a little bit.
This week, we had felt pizzas and button snakes. The felt pizzas were super easy to make. First I cut out a dough-colored circle and glued it to a firm piece of paper. Next I cut out toppings: tomato sauce, mushrooms, ham, pepperoni, black olives, and green peppers. As you can see, Branna enjoyed it just as much (if not more than) Atlie.
The button snakes took a little more time to make than the pizzas, mainly because there was alot cutting, but they were still relatively easy to make. After cutting out shapes (I did squares, rectangles, and triangles) and cutting a slit in the middle of each, I sewed one felt piece to the end of a piece of ribbon and a button to the other end.
The ideas is to thread each felt piece on the button and down the ribbon. This activity didn't interest Atlie quite as much, but I think it was because I called them "snakes". Maybe I'll bring them back out in a few weeks and call them "worms" instead.
And of course, we still fall back on the usual free play. Here is Dr. Atlie making a very careful examination...
... and the girls painting. (Branna's picture is of her dog, Cooper.)
My projects for next week's Atlie Tot School include magnetic letter fishing and color matching activities. What are your favorite Tot activities?
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