Tailoring learning to a child's preferences is really effective. Zech has been learning about shapes and colours. What's more fun and meaningful than to incorporate learning with working out his psycho-motor and fine motor skills? It's an integration of PE/Art with Math/Eng.
1. Bean bags in different shapes (bought them at Growing Fun) - I call out the name of a shape. Zech picks the correct shape and standing behind the nesting cups, he has to throw it into the basket.
2. Making shapes with playdough - Printed out these playdough mats from 3dinosaurs.com. Simple enough for Zech and good for him to focus on the properties of each shape. The best part for him is he gets to enjoy free play with the playdough after that!
3. Coloured bottles - Used food colouring to make the coloured bottles. I call out the colour. Zech has to transfer the correct coloured bottle from the tray to the basket. Then he crawls through the tunnel (bought from Ikea), out through the other side and runs back for the next colour. Can do many variations with this.
4. Sorting out pom poms into coloured paper tubes - Zech uses his pair of tongs to pick up the pom poms and puts them into the correct coloured tube.
While Zech is learning and having fun, my little one is also busy (if he isn't crying). To my surprise, he crawled into the tunnel and started exploring. He's really my little explorer. So adventurous!
He is making mini discoveries every day on his own. Discovering his own reflection in the mirror, banging plastic bowls together to make sounds and the wonder of the door stopper behind the bedroom door etc. Most of all, he likes destroying Zech's lego master pieces and train tracks.
His fav toy, plastic eggs. He loves to throw it, chase after it and even babble to it. He is, in his own way, learning about the world. It's really amazing to see how the little one progress without much help and stimulus from me.
Learning is indeed everywhere.
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