Eggs! What's Inside of Them

The Little One is showing some interest in eggs so I dug out a few toys that I used at StrongStart.

Here is an 'incubator' filled with eggs.

Each egg has a creature that comes from an egg.

Two of the books we read before opening the eggs were Hatch and

Guess What is Growing Inside this Egg.

She did great opening the eggs and figuring out each creature.

We spent time building vocabulary around eggs, hatching, and all the animal names.

After all the eggs were emptied I brought out pictures of each creature for her to match.

What's in the Tub Tuesday?

 What's in the tub?  Puffed rice,

 spoons and little containers to fill.

The twins haven't had much experience with utensils yet.

They were quite intrigued with the spoons and I think instinctively knew that they go in their mouths.

Spoons are also great for making noise.

  

 They tried to use the spoons to fill the containers with puffed rice but realized they were more successful using their fingers.

Sometimes they worked on the same container, sharing it back and forth.

 

Their cousin wanted some of the puffed rice for a snack so I gave her a bowl with fresh cereal.  She decided to share it with her cousin which they loved.

 When they put some of the puffed rice into a container I closed them to use as shakers.

Book Play - Three Billy Goats Gruff

I introduced the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff to the little one using props and books.

First we chose which troll she wanted to use to tell the story.

She chose the rainbow haired troll.

Gently she put it under the bridge beside the blue water.

Then we met the 3 goats and set them up on one side of the bridge.

Time to tell the story.

We had fun making the sounds of the goats crossing the bridge 'trit trot'.

The goats made it safely to the other side.

And we decided the troll could stay under the bridge.

An Introduction to Play Dough

 Our oldest grand daughter really enjoys playing with play dough  so I decided to try it with the twins.

My worry with trying anything new with them is that they will put it in their mouths.

They are getting better at not mouthing everything but sometimes it's irresistible as you can see in the video, the little one is chewing.

It went better than I thought it would.

This will be an activity we can do more often.

What's in the Tub Tuesday?

Sensory shaker tins!

The girls were fascinated with the tins.

Picking up each one, looking in the window and shaking them.

The contents of the tins included; purple sand, oats, rice, pom poms, bells

red sequins and marbles.

Some made loud noises while others were quiet or no noise.

Some of them have magnets on the back so they could stick to the magnet board and easily knocked off.

The next day I put them on the floor.

The oldest started to stack them and the twins copied her.

One twin liked to build the tower while the other liked to knock it over.

This is a great sensory activity if you don't like messes or your little one is still putting things in their mouths.

Book Play - 10 in the Bed

Ten in the Bed is a counting book that we have been enjoying.

I painted peg dolls to match the animals in the book.

This offers objects that she can hold and move while we count.

She matched each animal peg doll to the picture in the book.

The cookie tin is the perfect size to store the book, peg dolls, blanket and pillow.

The bottom of the tin, when you flip it over, is covered with white foam.

The little one enjoyed standing them up then putting them to bed.

I imagine these peg dolls could move out to her barn for additional play.