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November 1, 2014

Terrific Toddler Activities for Share it Saturday

Toddlers are always changing, growing, and learning, that is why this week I wanted to focus on toddler activities. There were so many amazing choices so I picked out a few of my favorites to share with you. I was so excited about them I spent the day printing and laminating for my toddler. Featured here today you will find counting, alphabet, animals, printables and many other perfect activities.

These Match and Count Cards from Powerful Mothering are so fun.

Stir the Wonder is sharing a wonderful Montessori inspired alphabet box.

I love these Montessori Inspired phonics activities from Living Montessori Now

I was so excited to see these wonderful forest animal activities and printables from Welcome to Mommyhood .

I would love for you to check out our autumn activities and see how much we enjoy the fall.

Link Up Time

I am loving all of these wonderful posts we get to read each week.

Ready to see who the other hosts have featured today?!

Teach Beside Me

Fun-A-Day

Sugar Aunts

Chestnut Grove Academy

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An InLinkz Link-up

October 30, 2014

I am so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers

I have always thought of summer as my favorite season, because the beach is my absolute favorite place to be. I have to admit as I have matured and had kids I have grown fonder of the beauty of autumn. It is a time I find myself pulled back into my love for nature and all of the amazing things surrounding us. Our love of autumn runs deep, so grab yourself some hot cider and stay awhile. We have so much to share.

We love to make natural creations outside. Little B and Bells created this nature camp (their sweet imaginations).

You can't beat nature walks in the fall with the whole family.

We have spent several days enjoying Sweet Smelling Natural Cinnamon Play dough

Tot schooling with pumpkins is definitely fun. If you are interested in the printables they can be found here.

Fun at the Farm Stands. A great hands on sensory and learning experience.

Pumpkin Patch Picking

I hope all children have a love for autumn.

In our house we try to remember "never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

- Maria Montessori

That is why I decided it was the perfect time for a washing station.

Nothing Fancy just good old fashioned markers, glue and glitter. It was perfect!

A simple yet lovely autumn nature table.

The bowl is filled with daily treasures that the children find on our nature walk. We also have a huge basket on our porch filled with acorns, pinecones, leaves, and sticks.

Our Play Space is set up for autumn.

I hope you enjoyed your glimpse into our amazing autumn days. We always love having you and hope you come back soon.

October’s Party

October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came—
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.

The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best;
All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by;
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.

Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder;
They flew along the ground;
And then the party ended
In jolly "hands around."

~George Cooper

Interested in our beautiful playstands :) They can be found at Elves and Angels.

The lovely Playsilks you see and beautiful rainbow silk scape is from Sarah's Silks.

I can't imagine our house without them.

Have a wonderful autumn.

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October 2, 2014

Teaching Toddlers Shapes Through Play

Shapes can be so much fun. They can be found everywhere from buildings, to things we eat, to signs we see on the street. So take advantage of these moments while you are with your toddler. Share the things you are seeing and have fun. Learning shapes is the first step towards learning math skills, which we know are very important skills to have. So whether you are raising the next Frank Lloyd Wright, Einstein or even Ms. Frizzle start them out with some fun purposeful play with shapes.

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Playtime

We used our Geometric shaped blocks from Learning Resources with the shape pack from 1+1+1=1 for this wonderful lesson.

Guidecraft rainbow blocks are the best blocks ever. We have 2 sets and they get played with all of the time. I have found so many ways to teach with them through play. We've used them for shape learning here. They helped with our amazing color learning activities, and I've even used them with the older boys for art. Where we explored color mixing (that was really cool). So as you can see we are a big fan of these blocks.

Reggio Inspired activities using the shadows in the room. I've found children love to incorporate natural light and shadows into their play. It is fascinating to watch how they explore and learn on their own.

Block play days! Get out all of your blocks and just let the children build. They are using many different shapes and having a fun hands on learning experience. You can also easily introduce pattern making with the blocks, start easy using 2 different shapes for instance an A B pattern with circles and squares(circle/square/circle/square). You can gradually add shapes and different patterns as they master them.

This shape activity I put together using 1+1+1=1 shape pack. I made the clothespins to match, this is great for fine motor skills and visual recognition.

How cute and easy is this shape touch and find game from Pink Stripey Socks?!

Adventure in a Box has this really cool Lego shape and color sort.

My Life of Travels and Adventures has a fun star themed sensory play.

Wildflower Ramblings has several Reggio Inspired ways to work with shapes.

Hands On as we grow has this fun activity of shape matching using items from around the house.

The Natural Homeschool shares so many ideas with her post on what Homeschooling a Toddler looks like at her house.

We used our color wheel for our fun ways to learn colors but you can definitely use it for shapes too.

I hope you have enjoyed these fun shape activities for teaching toddlers.

Here is a wonderful Guide I put together for some of The Best Toys for Teaching Toddlers.

Enjoy!!!

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Best Toys for Teaching Toddlers Through Play

I've been sharing a lot on toddler and preschool activities lately. I guess you could say it's always been a passion of mine. I've spent the past 20 years raising my own children and before that I helped others raise their children. So I would say I'm definitely qualified when it comes to toddlers. This is a very important time in your child's life, the perfect time to nurture their growth and development. They have an inquisitive nature which keeps everything so exciting and fun, so use this time for purposeful play.

These are some of our favorite things for learning through play. Click on the picture or the link for more information.

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Shapes

Mouse Shapes

Montessori Shape Book

Colors and Shapes Touch and Feel Cards

Geometric Solids

Pattern Blocks

Geometric Wood Blocks

3D Feel and Find Shape Set

Colors

Rainbow Blocks

Super Sorting Pie

Grimms Large Rainbow

The Day the Crayons Quit

Crayons

Bee Hive Color Sorter

Alphabet

Montessori Movable Alphabet

Montessori Letter Work Book

Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

Believe me I know there are so many more categories I could make when it comes to toddlers learning through play. This is just a start since I've already shared activities for Colors, Alphabet and Shapes. I hope you find the list of goodies helpful.

Teaching toddlers is so much fun!

One of the many things I am passionate about is purposeful playtime with children. At the earliest stages in life, babies are growing, changing, and learning at a rapid speed. So why not maximize their potential by guiding them in a fun gentle way? With purposeful play, children are learning to share, develop better language skills, and they are also working on dexterity by holding and maneuvering their toys. Play truly is the best foundation to prepare children in early childhood for success in the future.

This is an excerpt I wrote in Every Parent Can Teach Their Toddler. If you are interested in purchasing the ebook you can do so by clicking here.