- Color - check!
- Blow Bubbles- check!
- Play Hide-and-Seek - check!
- Peek-a-Boo - check!
- Play Chase - check!
- Do Finger-plays - check!
- Sing a song - check!
- Collect rocks in a basket
- Make an obstacle course out of cushions and/or furniture - check!
- Make a fort out of cushions and sheets - check!
- Go for a Walk - check!
- Make a Car out of a Box - check!
- Read a book - check!
- Go to the park - check!
- Finger-paint - check!
- Play with Play-Dough - check!
- Toss Bean bags into a Bucket - check!
- Play the shell and pea game
- Dance to music - check!
- Download games for toddlers from the Internet - check!
- Practice putting things in and taking things out of boxes and bags - check!
- Make a temporary slide out of a table leaf and your couch - check!
- Roll a ball back and forth on the floor - check!
- Scoop dirt or sand into a child's bucket (or use a serving spoon and bowl) - check! (just sand! what mess...)
- Practice climbing by stacking boxes on top of each other (only with adult supervision) - check! scary!
- Put on a puppet show - My next project!
- Go fishing with a yard stick and yarn - check!
- Make a Horseshoe game
- Make a Shape Puzzle - check!
- Play paper basketball - check!
- Run through a Sprinkler - ooohhh! I want this!
- Play with a bucket of water and a sponge (PLEASE WATCH CHILD AT ALL TIMES!)
- Make a Drum out of an oatmeal box
- Play with a kazoo
- Wash windows together
- Bang on Pots and Pans with a spoon - check!
- Brush each other's teeth - aww... sweet!
- Play dress-up with stuffed animals and your child's clothes - check!
- Stack canned or boxed food on top of each other - check!
- Let child stack mixing bowls inside each other - check!
- Make a playhouse out of a large box
- Let child play with a sticker sheet (make sure your child doesn't eat them!) - check!
- Put stickers on fingers for finger puppets - check!
- Play a musical instrument together- i.e.recorder, piano, etc. - check!
- Go on a Smelling Hunt - check!
- Frost Cookies
- Plant a flower or vegetable plant together - check! (not yet with the twins)
- Roll a tennis ball into an empty trash can or bucket - check! (did with marbles)
- Draw on a mirror with dry-erase markers - check! (but with whiteboard)
- Play hide and seek together- trying to find a stuffed animal or other object
- Have a splash party together in the bathtub - check! (in a baby pool!)
- Put a leash on a stuffed animal and walk around the house - check! haha! this was funny!
- Record each other on a tape recorder (great for scrapbooks or journals!) - check! with Photobooth on my Mac!
- Make and try on paper hats
- Give a piggy-back ride - check! Had a weeks' back pain!
- Play "Horsey" - check!
- Talk into an electric fan (it distorts your voice) - check! oh my... we went crazy!
- Play tug-of-war with a blanket - - check!
- Collect flowers (felt, artificial, real...) - check!
- Make a camera and go on a Safari
- Play games with frozen juice lids - check!
- Disconnect your phone and pretend to make phone calls to relatives - check! even with fax!
- Leave your phone connected and really make phone calls to relatives- let your child talk too - check!
- String large beads onto or along a shoelace - check!
- Squirt each other with squirt bottles - check! with spray bottles!
- Glue shapes onto paper - check!
- Make sock puppets - check!
- Make paper puppets - check!
- Fill an old purse with toys
- Use a paper towel tube as a megaphone - check!
- Make binoculars and go "Bird Watching" or "Stuffed Animal Watching" - check!
- Put snacks in different fun containers (paper sacks, empty canisters, etc.)
- Act out a story from a book - check!
- Walk on a balance beam- use a 2x4 placed on the ground
- Draw with chalk on the sidewalk - check!
- Sketch an outline of your child on the sidewalk or paper with chalk - check! (on Manila Paper)
- Paint child's palms with tempura paint and blot on paper. Makes a great card for loved ones! - check! almost everyday!
- Put lipstick on child and kiss a mirror - check! even on my cheeks (only with the twins)
- Make a puddle on cement and splash barefoot in it - check! (with Ice)
- Let child decorate and eat an open peanut butter sandwich
- Make a toilet paper barricade for child to go under, over, or through
- Do the Hokey Pokey - check!
- Make a super-hero costume out of household items
- Do Knee-Bouncing Rhymes - check!
- Play "Red Light, Green Light" saying "Go" and "Stop" - check!
- Make a shoe-box train for stuffed animals
- Make a pillow pile to jump on (keep it clear from any hard surfaces, including walls!) - check!
- Make an easy puzzle with felt and Velcro - check! (I have the shapes on velcro!)
- Make bracelets or collars for stuffed animals out of pipe cleaners and jingle bells - check!
- Learn numbers from a deck of cards - check!
- Play the matching game with a deck of cards
- Make a domino chain - check! fun!
- Have a picnic in the park, backyard, or living room!
- Play dress up in Mommy or Daddy's clothes - check!
- Make a tin cup telephone and talk to each other in it -
- Make a nature collage
- Mirror each other - check!
- Make a "Mummy Mommy" with toilet paper - check! mess!
- Make a tape recording of short music selections and instructions to move in different ways - check!
- Make and walk along a toilet paper trail
- TAKE A NAP! - check!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
My 101 Checklist to do with my toddler (and yours too)
Keeping and sharing this list so I know what other things to do next... Check means done with all 3 kids. As I read those we've done, it made me want to do them all over again. :)
Labels:
Homeschool,
Parenting,
Tot School
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