This morning T and I started off with some color and animal sorting disguised as trying to find all the pieces to the UNO Moo game he got for Christmas. This is a wonderful game for preschoolers. There are so many great things to do with it in addition to playing it as it was designed. We sorted all the pieces into color-coordinated bowls and then found the matching animals from each color and discovered that we were missing a green pig. Then I got out some tongs to exercise some different muscles.
Next we worked on several items from the Fireman activity pack found on Homeschool Creations. I supplemented this with another Christmas gift: a giant firetruck floor puzzle from Melissa & Doug (one of the best toy companies around). After building the puzzle, Tyler likes to sit on it and pretend he's riding to a fire. He wanted me to drive. We hopped on and then walked down the hall to put out a fire in Annali's room. I picked up a red tube from our musical instrument stash and pretended that was our fire house. We got out a step stool to be our ladder. We put on bicycle helmets to be our firefighter helmets. Tyler got a blanket for the people inside the burning building so their clothes wouldn't smell like smoke. He's such a considerate boy! I wish I would have gotten pictures but I chose to be in the moment instead. So fun!!
Tyler's attention span was running out of steam so we took a break and he watched 101 Dalmatians. After lunch we played with our Math Link cubes and another print out from another print out from 1plus1. The page was meant to be used with pom poms but we matched up our cubes instead.
Right now he's playing with a plush nativity set we picked up from Mardel yesterday. Great bargain at 75% off; however, I just realized we are missing Joseph so we'll have to trek back out to the store soon to make an exchange! Next we'll be taking a nap.
A good first day!!
PS: Tyler is 49.5 months old
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