Orange is the focus color for the month of October! So many fun purposeful play experiences to immerse the toddlers in all things orange. Pumpkins, paint, playdough, discovery bins, fine motor skills, large motor skills, new vocabulary, songs, games, and more have kept our class busy learning through play.
Our toddler classroom is filled with opportunities to explore, problem solve, create, and learn through play. Our curriculum theme of the month is winter. We have used this as a guide to introduce and practice new vocabulary, incorporate our focus of shape (rectangle) and color (white) of the month, practice fine and large motor skills, and build on natural curiosity through using our senses to learn and grow.
Gross Motor Fun inside! An indoor snowball fight and balancing on a rectangular beam.
Individual discovery tubs are filled with items to discover by touching, pouring, sorting, and scooping.
Polar bear shape sort and a rectangular polar bear craft have been a fun way to learn about arctic animals, shapes, and fine motor skills.
Free choice center opportunities provide toddlers with materials to explore and create igloos and “homes” for arctic animals.
Using our five senses to discover hot cocoa / cold whipped cream and enhance a Maurice Sendak classic Chicken Soup with Rice!
Lacing provides problem solving skills, patience, and practice.
The toddlers spent time doing lots of activities revolving around our color of the month: GREEN
Green play dough, green crafts, green leprechauns, green shamrocks, green paint, green mystery can, etc.
The toddlers have enjoyed our space theme this month. We have colored planets, had hands on learning with our space discovery bins, pretended to be astronauts and preformed an astronaut obstacle course complete with star jump and black hole, and discussed the concept of daytime versus nighttime. We combined our study of the letter R and space theme to create an R is for Rocket also!
We had a great time celebrating Autumn in the toddler room!
Our Discovery bins were filled with beans, leaves, mini pumpkins and scoops and bowls to practice pouring and scooping. These bins also foster discussion of colors, letters, and shapes.
We used fall colored fingerprints to make turkey feathers for a Thanksgiving craft!
Our watercolored leaves turned into fall foxes!
We practiced fine motor skills by coloring, stickers, and fall themed playdough cookie cutters.
Fall provides some yummy apples. We used the special peeler to get our snack prepared!
Fall was fun! Winter is coming…
Creative Tots has specialized in the private education of both toddlers and preschool age children for over 15 years. We began in the heart of Madeira and now also have a new Mason location. We are specifically designed to focus on early childhood development for children ages 18 months to 5 years.
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