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Matching Number Puzzle
We we’re giving this car number puzzle but Derek was having some difficulty figuring out where the pieces fit just by their shape. I added the number stickers to help him both with his number recognition as well as knowing where the pieces go in […]
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Feeding The Hungry Caterpillar
Derek wanted to play with the caterpillar we made yesterday. Had these little food chips from an actual hungry caterpillar game. We took them out and fed them to our homemade hungry caterpillar as Derek is too young to actually play the hungry caterpillar game. […]
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Egg Carton Caterpillar
Painted an egg carton and turned it into a caterpillar. We got to use some recycled stuff and Derek enjoyed the different material to paint on today. He also loves the hungry caterpillar book. Happy Earth Day.
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5 Little Monkeys
We stuck all the monkeys on the bed and placed the number 5 in the box. Then we sang the song and removed one monkey one by one (as they fall off the bed) while changing the number cards, until there are zero monkeys left. […]
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Foam Squares Tunnel
Derek likes to go into small dark spaces and shine a light around. We made a little house for Derek out of foam squares. He crawled inside and laid down with his light. We then made a tunnel for Derek to crawl threw. After a […]
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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 […]