Well what do you know, last week it was pouring rain and this week it is scorching (and I mean scorching) hot! The poor weather last week forced us inside so we decided to work on some "busy bags". As usual I found a ton of inspiration on pinterest and got to work on a few different ideas. We are working on learning colours and numbers the last little while so I decided to base my "busy bags" on those concepts.
The first busy bag I made was rainbow pompom magnets. There is 1 red magnet 2 orange magnets 3 yellow magnets... Im sure you can finish the sequence. This will allow us to work with colors AND numbers!
The next busy bag is a number match game with ladybugs and leaves. Each ladybug has a number of dots on its back between 1 and 5. Each leaf has the number 1 through 5 written on it. The idea is to count the lady bugs dots and match it with the correct number on the leaf.
We made a few busy bags that contain busy boards, basically felt boards with felt pieces that stick to them.Our first busy board is a pizza with numerous toppings in varied colors. The next busy board is a fish tank with different underwater animals and plants.
We added another bag to our collection, this one containing home-made slime. Our nanny made this with Al one day and he just loves it! Great for exploring textures, plus its cheap and homemade.
And along with our slime we made rainbow rice for more color and texture play!
Lastly we made a pompom pipecleaner press to work on fine motor skills. Al loves to push all the pom poms and pipe cleaners into the different sized holes and then dump them all out again. Perfect for the toddler that loves to pack and dump!
We have a few more busy bags to finish up but for now we are enjoying the nice weather outside. I think our busy bags will come in handy for all the trips we are about to be taking too! They are quick and easy and definitely keep Al entertained!
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| Threading the coloured noodles onto pipe cleaners |
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| Hide and Seek Bag |
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| Rock Monster eye counting |
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| Bean Sorting |
You are such a cute mom! Seems like you are doing something new and interesting on a daily basis. I was talking with Brittany the other day and we both agree that you are an amazing parent! :) Love reading your posts.
ReplyDeleteAwe that is really sweet of you guys! Thank you!! I definitely try to do things with the kiddies to keep us all stimulated! And PS I still have your text book, I will get that back to you asap!
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