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Counting Pom Poms
Each caterpillar had a different number of circles that you place a Pom Pom on and count. Derek would put the Pom poms on but not always in order so it would mess up his counting. He lost interest pretty quickly as when we got […]
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Tracing Shapes – Water Mat
We used Derek’s water mat today. It came with foam shapes and a stencil that we tried to trace. This was very advanced and challenging for Derek. We then just drew happy faces and other pictures on the mat. Overall this is a great mat […]
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Making Shapes w/Popsicle Sticks
The intention of the activity is to make shapes using Popsicle sticks. You can either use the Popsicle sticks to cover the picture to make the shapes or you can use the picture as a guide to make our own shapes with the Popsicle sticks. […]
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Matching Shapes w/Objects
Matching shapes in real life. I had made the outline of a few shapes on the floor in painters tape and then gathered some of Derek’s play food. The intention of the activity is to match the play food by shape to the shapes on […]
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Do A Dot Shapes
We didn’t have any do a dot markers so we improvised. First we used paint and a q-tip. This didn’t go as planned as Derek just wanted to draw and scribble on the paper with the paint and q-tip completely ignoring the intention of the […]
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Pattern Blocks w/Play Dough
Used the pattern blocks to make shapes in the play dough. Then we hid the blocks in the play dough to find. Lots of fine motor work with this activity as well as identifying shapes. Got daddy and uncle involved in playing too. After a […]
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Shape Matching Eggs
This was one of the things Derek got in his Easter basket. This kept him busy for about 10 minutes trying to match the shapes. His go too is to match by colour but after a bit of reminder that we were doing shapes he […]
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Easter Hand & Foot Painting
Derek enjoyed getting his hand painted. His foot was a bit ticklish but he still let me paint it. The end result turned out great.
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Painting Rocks
Derek enjoys painting and liked painting the rocks. His favorite part was putting glitter on the rocks. This was done with washable kid paint so we will see how the right is hold up when we take them outside.
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Spring Sensory
The intention was to have a sensory bin of farm/spring related items out for Derek to explore. Things included were shredded paper, plastic eggs, stuffed animals and play food. All in the farm/spring theme. Derek wasn’t really into it until I brought out the little […]