Fishing -30 months

Henry goes fishing! The fish printables came from a website i cannot remember! :( You can easily make them and laminate them for durability. I used dots to easily place the magnet on each fish. The thick twine was the string for our fishing pole. During one of our nature walks we found a stick to use as our fishing pole.

i put a blue towel at the bottom of our glass bowl and pretended it was water.

he was so proud when he was able to catch them!

I asked him to sort the fish by color and count each one. Here he is doing just that. :)

Felt Number boards

I recently saw this on another blog and thought i'd give it a try. I have sand paper letters and find them very resourceful. Sand Paper boards can be expensive so i thought these felt boards would be a great alternative.i ordered the wooden circles from woodworks ltd and the felt number stickers from Michaels. I always save my 40% off coupons for majority of the things i purchase from this store.
After peeling and sticking the numbers to the disc i had Henry put them in order. He definitely needed my help! Just shows me how much a simple activity like this could teach him so much!

there he goes.

I had him point on each number and tell me what the number was. He did good on this part.
I am also using these boards to teach him how to write numbers. I just have him trace the numbers with his finger at this point. Even baby Hans enjoys playing with these boards. Because these are so easy and fairly inexpensive, i plan on making them for birthday gifts for others.

Sensory Box --31 months

I have a few sensory boxes that i use for Henry. i had some super old lentils laying around and thought it would be a great sensory tool for Henry. I described to him the texture and use of lentils. He loved rubbing his hands in the box for a while. we then added his favorite friends and he played with it for a good 20 minutes!I also give him a spoon to transfer from one place to another. This adds an extra motor skill to the activity.

back to fun.

I now let baby Hans feel the lentils with his hands. I, of course, am monitoring every second because of the size of the lentils. I keep the sensory box stored in his room for more uses.

Felt Shapes for Baby Hans 7 months

Thanks to Made by Joel for this idea! A few felt pieces, scissors, glue, and recycled cardboard we made a shape board for Baby Hans.