Tot School: Winter

We continued our winter theme this week.

I found the idea of making felt board snow men on the Ramblings of a Crazy Woman blog.


I also found this recipe for snow play-dough. I encouraged the boys to make snowmen with the play-doh, but they weren't too interested. They did spend along time playing with their cars in the "snow".


We bought the boys these Magneatos for Christmas. They love them! They played with them on the tray for a while and then discovered that they would stick to our metal table.


We also talked about things that start with the letter I last week. I put out this igloo and some marshmallows. I had them count the marshmallows as they placed one on each block. I promised Jax that he could eat them when he was done and he actually had the self control to finish. As soon as he was finished he devoured the marshmallows. I did this activity with my 3 year old class and had them glue magic noodles to the igloo.

I put these state flash cards on one of the trays. Sawyer is really into these right now. Every time we go anywhere he wants to know if we are going on the interstate. Being around family for Christmas got him really interested in the states everyone lives in. I don't quiz him on the states or anything. We just talk about the states and who we know that lives there. He can recognize Texas (the state we used to live in) and Louisiana (the state we live in now). I would love to do a unit where we go through all the states. Maybe that will be a project for me to start this summer.

The boys also got this Dr. Seuss Stretchy ABC game. Sawyer loves it! It is a really cute game. You take turns calling out letters or items and they have to place a hand, foot, or ear on the item. It is kind of like twister with alphabet practice. I highly recommend it! Sawyer is really into playing games right now. I would love to know what board games your little ones love to play.

My little Jax loves, loves, loves to paint. I put out a jar of paint, a paintbrush, and a toothbrush. He was a little confused as to why the toothbrush was at the easel. I would also loved to know what creative activities your kids do at the easel. I usually just put out paint, but would like to be a bit more creative with it sometimes.


We also made these snow globes. Ramblings of a Crazy Woman has awesome winter ideas!

We also made ice cream one evening. Yes, I know it's winter, but you can't talk about the letter I without having an ice cream treat. You can see my ice cream post here.



When I saw the boys sitting side by side playing with their Tags, I just had to snap a pic and just had to post that pic.

Visit 1+1+1=1 to see what other tots did this week.