Learning in the kitchen is a fun way to engage toddlers. I know that my 20 month old is obsessed with food right now, making this tot school theme more appropriate than I realized when planning almost a year ago. Because life caught up to us and we are behind in tot school, learning in…
The summertime is a great opportunity to start exploring nature with toddlers — they are more free to go outside without having to bundle up, flowers are blooming, and the trees are rustling. It is so exciting even as an adult to see how everything comes back to life and enjoy it with my family….
What a fun week we had with our jungle safari theme. This was a fun way to explore new and exotic animals and where they live. Not only did we do lots of learning and playing, but we collected so many resources from around the internet to even make everything from cupcakes to fun crafts….
Having a kids clothing learning theme was important to us because of the practical life application is has. Now that my daughter is talking and signing more, she can communicate just what she wants or doesn’t want. And, as the weather changes, she can tell me if she is hot and wants shorts rather than…
Spring season is upon us (or as many say “Spring has sprung!”). This means many of us are looking for great spring activities for kids. For us, our pre-school and tot school learning theme was planned in accordance with the season to encourage us to get outside and get exploring even more. It has been…
Learning body parts is a part of every day life with babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. They are fascinated with who they are and the bodies they have. Creating an awareness of their bodies is also an important part of development. For us, we started exploring different parts of the face from about 8 months old…
This past week was our tot school and preschool construction theme. It continues the sequence of themes that go together (transportation, buildings, city/home, and now construction). This has been a fun 4 weeks of tying everything together and staying on the same concept for a month. Especially since I have a girl, this construction theme…
This week’s tot school unit is all about cities and home. Most specifically it is about the specific city or town where you live. Beyond just studying our own city, we also explored what “home” means and where animals live and other people in our family call home. This unit meant getting out and about…
Wow it’s already week 11 in our tot school adventures and I am loving making these lesson plans for toddlers! Are you enjoying learning with your kids too? I would absolutely love to hear from you to know how you are doing thus far. This week we are covering buildings. What is fun about this…
This week in tot school features toddler learning activities geared towards transportation and ways we move. From buses to balloons, come explore with us. From incorporating wheel crafts to pulling out some awesome new toys, we had LOTS of fun. And while it’s one of my most loathed songs because of it’s “sticking” ability, we sang…
This week in tot school, we combined two weeks. It was extremely hectic around here and we got behind! (Imagine that!) So we decided that lids and fasteners would make a fun week of learning and exploration and we wouldn’t worry about splitting the two weeks. PLUS, I didn’t have a book for fasteners, so…
Because spring is on its way and we love to grow as much of our own food as possible, we spent some time learning about seeds in tot school. We tried to tie in this week with when we would do some seed starting anyways; that way we could get plants ready and involve our…