Toddler Fun aka Tot School
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
I always have so much fun just watching Fritz find things to do. I barely have to guide him to things, though if I don’t what he finds to do tends to be a little naughtier than I’d like. He’s just so fun, though, that I can’t get too mad (though any markers, crayons, or pens I find get put on top of the refrigerator… my walls thank me for that).
Fritz spent a lot of time outside this week. I don’t have any pictures of that because usually if I’m outside at the same time he is I’m holding Adrian and can’t use the camera. And then there’s the problem of most of those pictures come out blurry since he’s in constant motion when he’s outside. He has started this week to pull himself along on his little wooden tot bike and then once he gets going he lifts up his legs and keeps rolling along. It’s adorable and I really must get a picture of him doing that.
He played with marshmallows one day. The mini ones tend to be stickier than the big ones and they are just perfect for making a tasty sculpture. This is one of those things he found for himself to do. I had them hidden in the back of the refrigerator. Did I mention he can open the refrigerator now? And does on a very regular basis? So much for that hiding place.
Building with blocks is always a favorite thing for him to do. And, again, it’s something he does on his own. He has three sets of blocks and he loves them all equally. I used to rotate them so he only had one set at a time, but now he combines them so they are all available to him all the time. He has a set of plain wooden cubes, a set of Duplos, and a set of HABA ones that are really cool in various colors and shapes.
In “real” school, he learned about the letter D this week and enjoyed saying “/d/ /d/ Daddio!” like Tad on the Letter Factory DVD. He finished learning about eyes and moved on to lighthouses. He also learned about the number four and about octagons. He attempted to make some out of play-doh.
He really liked learning about eyes. He is quite proud of his knowledge of body parts and eyes seem to be his favorite part.
Each week he gets to color a picture of the week and a letter of the week. They go up on the wall. This is the first week he’s been interested in the pictures after they’ve been taped to the wall. He really does love eyes!
He got ahold of Ani’s moon sand and had fun playing with it. Of course now we’ll spend the next three months sweeping it up. It seems like no matter how many times you sweep it up there is more left on the floor. It is pretty fun stuff, though. We had it hidden in the unfinished side of the basement and the big kids found it and brought it out. Fritz had a ball playing with it.
Friday night we downloaded the Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) music video by C+C Music Factory. The kids all had the greatest time dancing to it. Over and over and over. We knew Fritz was getting tired when he started “dancing” by spinning in tighter and tighter circles.
At the National Book Festival, Fritz got his picture taken with Ord from DragonTales. Jamie placed him in front of Ord and Fritz proceeded to slowly back away with this look of “you’ve got to be kidding me.”
So there’s our fun-filled week! For more tot school posts go here!
I always have so much fun just watching Fritz find things to do. I barely have to guide him to things, though if I don’t what he finds to do tends to be a little naughtier than I’d like. He’s just so fun, though, that I can’t get too mad (though any markers, crayons, or pens I find get put on top of the refrigerator… my walls thank me for that).
Fritz spent a lot of time outside this week. I don’t have any pictures of that because usually if I’m outside at the same time he is I’m holding Adrian and can’t use the camera. And then there’s the problem of most of those pictures come out blurry since he’s in constant motion when he’s outside. He has started this week to pull himself along on his little wooden tot bike and then once he gets going he lifts up his legs and keeps rolling along. It’s adorable and I really must get a picture of him doing that.
He played with marshmallows one day. The mini ones tend to be stickier than the big ones and they are just perfect for making a tasty sculpture. This is one of those things he found for himself to do. I had them hidden in the back of the refrigerator. Did I mention he can open the refrigerator now? And does on a very regular basis? So much for that hiding place.
Building with blocks is always a favorite thing for him to do. And, again, it’s something he does on his own. He has three sets of blocks and he loves them all equally. I used to rotate them so he only had one set at a time, but now he combines them so they are all available to him all the time. He has a set of plain wooden cubes, a set of Duplos, and a set of HABA ones that are really cool in various colors and shapes.
In “real” school, he learned about the letter D this week and enjoyed saying “/d/ /d/ Daddio!” like Tad on the Letter Factory DVD. He finished learning about eyes and moved on to lighthouses. He also learned about the number four and about octagons. He attempted to make some out of play-doh.
He really liked learning about eyes. He is quite proud of his knowledge of body parts and eyes seem to be his favorite part.
Each week he gets to color a picture of the week and a letter of the week. They go up on the wall. This is the first week he’s been interested in the pictures after they’ve been taped to the wall. He really does love eyes!
He got ahold of Ani’s moon sand and had fun playing with it. Of course now we’ll spend the next three months sweeping it up. It seems like no matter how many times you sweep it up there is more left on the floor. It is pretty fun stuff, though. We had it hidden in the unfinished side of the basement and the big kids found it and brought it out. Fritz had a ball playing with it.
Friday night we downloaded the Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) music video by C+C Music Factory. The kids all had the greatest time dancing to it. Over and over and over. We knew Fritz was getting tired when he started “dancing” by spinning in tighter and tighter circles.
At the National Book Festival, Fritz got his picture taken with Ord from DragonTales. Jamie placed him in front of Ord and Fritz proceeded to slowly back away with this look of “you’ve got to be kidding me.”
So there’s our fun-filled week! For more tot school posts go here!
