While I was cleaning up one of the least successful activities I’ve done with J, I looked up and saw J sitting in his booster seat stringing beads for the first time. I have never shown J how to …
Rice Cereal Sensory Tray
I made some Rice Crispy Treats for a friend a while ago and had a bunch of the cereal left over. We aren’t big cereal eaters around here and I knew that it would never be eaten…so I threw it into a …
Jars, Marbles, and Pom Poms
As I was putting together a sensory tray for J this week, I ran across a baby food jar of red glass gems. We used this jar several months ago as a play toy for J. He loved dumping them out and …
Sorting Beans and Pasta
I’ve been noticing that J has gotten a bit more orderly in his play lately (lining up his cars, stacking his blocks by color, etc.), so I thought I’d try another sorting activity. I half way expected …
Salt Tray
I’ve seen these really cool salt trays in the blogging world where the child can draw shapes, letters, numbers, etc. with their fingers, and I thought “I wonder if J would like to explore something …