So...this is a selection of activities we did. Many of these ideas are adapted and down-right stolen from some excellent blogs I have found recently.
R, like all toddlers, adores stickers, so I gave her a sheet of simple round stickers and a balloon shape and let her create. I attached a string after she had finished and she ran around the house with it flying behind her. The balloon is now proudly displayed in the playroom. I'm going to adapt this next week with a more christmassy theme. Yay stickers!
This was a huge success. Our dollar store has a aisle full of beads used for hair accessories in every colour imaginable that are the perfect size for toddler fingers and a dollar a piece. I set up a tray with different coloured pipe cleaners and a small bowl of beads. R. immediately started lacing and created "necklaces" she has been wearing for days. I will definitely keep this tray in rotation and change the color of the beads and string item.
I attempted to get R. interested in bread making and baking, but instead she gravitated towards the sink. She spent a wonderful thirty minutes perfecting her pouring skills with jugs in the sink (she also insisted on washing her brother's pacifiers). This was a perfect teaching moment for me: I am understanding more and more that I cannot push her into anything, her interests are going to guide her. Plus, while she was pouring, I was able to make a fantastic loaf of bread!
Another thing I started this week was letting R choose her own snacks. This has been a huge success. I put the usual suspects (crackers, cheese sticker, fruit) into individual tupperware containers and let Rose choose what she wanted. She seems to love this freedom of choice. So simple, but so effective.
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