Nesting Doll Surprise

I found this fun book recently and bought it because my grand daughter is enjoying books with flaps. Lifting them to see what is hidden beneath.

This flap book has many layers in one picture, as you can see with the turtle in the egg.

Her favourite picture in the book is of this nesting doll and finding a mouse hidden in the middle, under many flaps.

I dug out my nesting dolls from home, took out the smallest dolls and put in a mouse.

 Then I gave it to her.

It took a bit of practice for her to be able to pull the doll apart.

She showed persistence in trying to do it

and joy when she found the mouse.

 Out came the mouse,

 and back together went the dolls.

I introduced sizing to her.

She already knows big and little so medium was a new word (and sign) for her.

In the Tall, Tall Grass

Another favourite author and book of mine, Denise Fleming's 

"In the Tall, Tall Grass".

It is a great book to add to my grand daughter's interest in bugs.

To bring the book to life I placed a mirror at the back of her table, 

then cut out pieces of green bristol board to look like the grass in the book.

 My grand daughter laughs every time she sees the cover of the book with the child peeking through the grass.  So I thought it would be fun for her to see herself peeking through the grass.

Then Dad introduced the book.

From my collection of stuffies I found the animals, bugs and other creatures that are in the book.

Mom and Dad took some time to help her discover all the creatures in her basket and play with them.

  Lots of playing after that modelling from mom and dad.

 Helping the creatures hide and move in, out, 

over and around the grass.

 

At the end of the day the creatures rest and wait.

The next day, outside in the back yard, we spotted something lying in the tall, tall grass.  The landlord's cat found a cool place to lay.

Textured Hoops

Last week I introduced textured hoops to my grand children.

They are made from old embroidery hoops and different fabrics.

The oldest grand child looked at them first, feeling each one.

Then we put them on the floor and shared them with one of her cousins.

They explored the hoops together.

Introducing descriptive words to help label what they might be feeling.

 My daughter took the following pictures of her girls playing with the hoops.

 She set up the hoops so they were in easy reach for accidental touching,

 grabbing and tasting.

 Soft

 Scratchy

Bumpy

Hey sis, what do you think this one feels like?

Vintage Toys Never Get Old

I love Fisher Price vintage toys and have been collecting for a couple of years now.

This was my collection a year ago.

Many of the toys are ones that we had when our children were small.

 I love that my grand children are now using the same toys that their parents used.

 Like the Roly Poly apple that encourages reaching.

Or the crib activity centre.

Or the bus she learned to manoeuvre around obstacles.

 A couple of weeks ago my husband and I went to a vintage toy fair

 and found the Fisher Price Brown Tudor house.

Plus lots of accessories.

Opa is always excited when she shows an interest in trains.

 

There is still so much to share.

I look forward to bringing new 'old' toys to their homes for them to play with.

Do any of these toys bring back memories for you.