The activity that we did yesterday was a hit. I used an old egg carton and had him sort out his counting bears by color. He loved sorting them and it was good practice for his colors. He's not so great on naming his colors yet but recognizing the color differences is getting better.
A few weeks ago I got an old cardboard box (we have a lot of these around from moving) and let him draw all over it on the floor. He had a great time and we tried different things like drawing straight lines, circles and letters.
Neal has surprised us with his recognition of certain letters. He is really good at spotting "o", "n", "s" and "i". He likes to point out letters that he sees on our shirts, on signs or on "Wheel of Fortune." Now, let me tell you that I normally don't watch Wheel of Fortune but it comes on right before Neal's bedtime and I found that he loves to watch it and point out all the letters. So, a few times a week I let him watch it before bed and we work on our letters. It is helping and is a fun way for him to learn.
I am always looking for new activities and crafts to do so if any of you have great ideas of ways to learn colors, or letters please share them with me. Especially as winter starts to come and it gets cooler we will be needing more indoor activities to occupy our day.
2 comments:
Fun, but I have to ask, what are counting bears? Josiah's parents gave Silas some bath letters that are supposed to stick on the wall, we've found these are great for teaching (we don't use them in the bath). We just pick a letter or two a week and work on helping him remember it. I like it because it doesn't teach the letters in any order.
We also build with Duplos a lot, he really loves that! And sitting at the table with coloring books too!
Jennie -
Counting Bears are just these plastic colorful bears that you can use for all sorts of learning activities. You can buy a big jar of them almost anywhere online. They are made for all sorts of things like counting, sorting, learning patterns, learning colors. You can also get them in different sizes which would add an extra learning skill of sorting by size and color. We just have one size but I have loved them. They are sturdy, colorful and Neal loves that they are bears.
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