Category: Homeschool

Fall Sensory Tot Tub

I put together some small fall items that I found at our local dollar store to create a fall themed Tot Sensory Tub. She liked sorting and using the toddler tweezer.

This tub kept her happy for a long time and we could practice sorting and counting all the objects. We sorted by color and by item, then we counted each pile. We had orange pumpkins, leaves, feathers, and fall jewels; yellow corn, leaves, feathers, and fall jewels; red leaves, feathers, and fall jewels; and brown acorns, leaves, and fall jewels.

Happy Fall!

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Goodnight Moon Tot School

One of the favorite books for all of my toddlers over the years has been “Goodnight Moon” by Margaret Wise Brown. The simple rhyming and repetition is calming for my little ones. We took the book line by line and did some activities for each line. I used some of these FREE Goodnight Nursery Rhymes Over the Moon Preschool Toddler Printable from Teachers Pay Teachers.

Abeka Curriculum

I was able to incorporate several of our Abeka nursery lessons into this unit as well. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Goodnight Moon Tot School Unit:

Goodnight Moon Sensory Tub

I put in the black beans for the dark night sky background. I also added some other things that I found around the house. A stuffed star, three stuffed teddy bears, moon shaped cookie cutter, a little toy cow, a tiny tea set, I made a button clock, a red pompom for the red balloon, some star beads, a felt pair of mittens that I made, and two little kitten toys.

Tot Tub

Color: Yellow

Shape: Crescent

Number: 2

Letter: M (moon)

Abeka Nursery Curriculum

“In the great green room”

Paint with green paint.

“There was a telephone”

Play with toy phone.
Abeka Nursery Curriculum

“And a red balloon”

Play with a red baloon.

“And a picture of—”

Paint a picture.

“The cow jumping over the moon”

“And there were three little bears sitting on chairs”

“And two little kittens”

Color 2 little kittens.

“And a pair of mittens”

Abeka Nursery Curriculum

“And a little toy house”

Play with a toy house.

“And a young mouse”

“And a comb and a brush”

Comb doll’s hair.
Brush doll’s hair.
  • She used the comb and the brush to comb her baby doll’s hair.

“and a bowl full of mush”

Play dough…
bowl of mush.

“And a quiet old lady who was whispering “hush””

Night night hugs
put baby to bed.
  • She rocked and hushed her baby dolls before she put them in her crib.

“Goodnight room”

“Goodnight moon”

“Goodnight cow jumping over the moon”

Abeka Nursery Curriculum

“Goodnight light”

“And the red balloon”

Red pom pom balloons in star ice tray.

“Goodnight bears”

Abeka Nursery Curriculum

“Goodnight chairs”

“Goodnight kittens”

Abeka Nursery Curriculum
3 Little Kittens

“And goodnight mittens”

  • I made these mittens out of felt for her to match with left and right.

“Goodnight clocks”

Toy wooden clock.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock

“And goodnight socks”

“Goodnight little house”

Abeka Nursery Curriculum

“And goodnight mouse”

  • I made a Color House Mouse game out of felt. I had the mouse behind a house and she flips over each colored house until she can find the house mouse.

“Goodnight comb And goodnight brush”

Paint with a comb or brush.
  • She dipped her comb in some paint on a white paper to make a different kind of print.

“Goodnight nobody”

“Goodnight mush”

  • She had oatmeal for breakfast.

“And goodnight to the old lady whispering “hush””

“Goodnight stars”

“Goodnight air”

  • I drew a moon and stars with a white crayon on white paper. Then she painted with watercolors over it to reveal the hidden pictures.

“Goodnight noises everywhere.”

Chewy Sugar Cookies

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 1 Cup Butter
  • 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1//2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Cookie Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Spray cookie sheet with nonstick spray
  3. Cream together the butter and sugar.
  4. Add the egg and mix well.
  5. Stir in the flour, baking powder, salt and vanilla.
  6. Form dough into a large ball and place in a bowl to refrigerate for a hour.
  7. Roll the cookie dough onto a floured surface about 1/4 inch thick.
  8. Cut out the dough with cookie cutters and place them on the pan.
  9. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
  10. Cool and add the buttercream.

Buttercream Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup Crisco
  • 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 tablespoon milk (if thick)

Buttercream Directions:

  1. Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
  2. Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
  3. Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
  4. Color with yellow food coloring.

We made star and moon sugar cookies with yellow icing and sprinkles.

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Farm Tot School

Color: Red

Shape: Square

Number: 10

Letter: F

Day 1:  Farm

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs: 

Snacks:

  • Haystacks  (10 oz.Chow Mein noodles mixed with melted 1 cup chocolate and 1 cups butterscotch chips)

Activities:

  • Wooden Farm
  • Farm Puzzles
  • Stickers
  • Beanie Baby Farm Animals
  • Farm Sensory Tub
  • Farm Animal Movement Cards
  • Old MacDonald Had a Farm
  • Barn Number Match
  • Paper Plate Tractor
  • Sorting Farm Foods
Farm Sensory Tub
Farm Sensory Tub
Farm Puzzle
Farm Puzzles
Farm Animal Movement Cards
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Farm Animal Movement Cards
Old MacDonald Had a Farm
Wooden Farm
Farm Animal Beanie Babies
Paper Plate Tractor
Paper Plate Tractor
Barn Number Match
Barn Number Match
Sorting Farm Foods

Day 2: Sheep

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs:  

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Sheep
  • Do-A-Dot Sheep
  • Heard the Sheep
Paper Plate Sheep
Do-A-Dot Sheep
Heard the Sheep

Day 3:  Cow

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs: 

Animal Alphabet Friends

Snacks:

  • Chocolate Milk

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Cow
  • Do-A-Dot Cow
  • Milk the Cow
Paper Plate Cow
Do-A-Dot Cow
Milking a Cow

Day 4: Horse

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs: 

Animal Alphabet Friends

Snacks:

  • Apples and carrots
Sharing the snack with the horse!

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Horse
  • Do-A-Dot Horse
  • Rocking Horse (Stick Horse)
Paper Plate Horse
Do-A-Dot Horse
Rocking Horse

Day 5:  Pig

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs: 

  • This Little Piggy

Snacks:

  • Pigs in a Blanket (Wrap hot dots in crescent rolls  375 degrees for 10 min)

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Pig
  • Catch the Piggies
  • Numbers & Colors Pig E Bank
Catch the Piggies
Paper Plate Pig

Day 6:  Donkey

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs:  

Animal Alphabet Friends

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Donkey
  • Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Paper Plate Donkey

Day 7: Goat

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs:  

  • Gomer Goat YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cItWWyC9dc&list=PLtcVDUfj-tZytwkA64XHNSi0PwA0TMrJM&index=7
Animal Alphabet Friends

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Goat.
  • Do-a-Dot Goat
  • Goat Colors and Shapes
Do-A-Dot Goat
Goat Shapes
Goat Colors
Paper Plate Goat

Day 8:  Rooster

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs:  

Animal Alphabet Friends

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Rooster
  • Feather Rooster
Paper Plate Rooster
Feather Rooster

Day 9: Chicken

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs:

  • Five Little Chickens

Snacks:

  • Hard Boiled Eggs

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Chick
  • Do-A-Dot Chicken
  • Feed the Chickens
  • Counting Chicks
  • Catch the Fox
Paper Plate Chick
Counting Chicks
Do-A-Dot Chicken
Feed the Chickens
Catch the Fox

Day 10: Mouse

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs: 

Snacks:

  • Cheese

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Mouse
  • Mouse in the Color House
  • Mouse Colors and Shapes
Paper Plate Mouse
Mouse Colors
Mouse Shapes
Mouse in the Color House

Day 11: Cat

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs: 

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Cat
  • Do-A-Dot Cat
  • Cat Colors and Shapes
Cat Shapes
Cat Colors
Do-A-Dot Cat
Paper Plate Cat

Day 12:  Dog

Read:  

Abeka Preschool Curriculum

Songs: 

Snacks:

  • Puppy Chow

Activities:

  • Paper Plate Dog
  • Do-A-Dot Dog
  • Doggy Doggy Where’s My Bone?
Paper Plate Dog

I ordered a couple toddler age books from Abeka.com. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Farm Tot School Unit:

Grant’s Farm

Home of the Budweiser Clydesdales
Baby Goats
Chickens
Milk a Cow

Baby (High Contrast) Farm Book List:

  • Farm by James Brown
  • Black & White Farm by Charles Reasoner
  • Hello, Farm by Cani Chen

Toddler (Live Animal) Farm Board Book List:

  • Busy Doggies by John Schindel & Beverly Sparks
  • Busy Barnyard by John Schindel & Steven Holt
  • Busy Horsies by John Schindel & Casi Lark
  • Pocket Piggies Opposites! By Richard Austin
  • Farm Animals by National Geographic
  • Sleepy Cat by David P. Hall

Toddler (Sing Song) Farm Board Book List:

  • Five Little Ducks by Little Scholastic
  • The Chicks in the Barn by Aly Fronis
  • Old Macdonald had a Farm by Pam Adams
  • Moo, Baa, La La La! By Sandra Boynton
  • Skip to My Lou by Nadine Bernard Westcott
  • Farmyard Rhymes by Clare Beaton
  • Barnyard Dance by Sandra Boynton

Toddler (Lift-a-Flap) Farm Board Book List:

  • Noisy Farm by Covent Garden Books
  • Moo by Matthew Van Fleet
  • Pop-Up Peekaboo! Farm by Dawn Sirett & Sarah Davis
  • Farm! By Lori Froeb

Toddler (Touch-and-Feel) Farm Board Book List:

  • Baby Touch and Feel Farm Animals by Dawn Sirett
  • Touch and Feel Farm by Scholastic
  • Baby Touch and Feel Tractor by Dawn Sirett & Charlie Gardner
  • Farm by Phillips
  • Baby Einstein Touch and Feel Farm Animals by Julie Aigner-Clark
  • Touch and Feel Farm by DK Publishing
  • Touch and Feel Tractor by John Deere
  • Touch & Feel Farm by Dwell Studio
  • Fuzzy Farm by Little People
  • Night Night Farm by Amy Parker
  • F is for Farm by Aimee Chapman
  • Good Night Farm by Patricia Hegarty
  • On the Farm by Little Bee Books

Toddler (Animal Sounds) Farm Board Book List:

  • Clifford’s Animal Sounds by Normal Bridwell
  • My Farm Friends by Wendell Minor
  • Farm Friends 101 Dalmatians by Disney
  • Find the Piglet by Stephen Cartwright
  • Funny Farm by Grosset & Dunlap
  • Baby Animal Farn by Karen Blair
  • On the Farm by Kate Riggs
  • Moo, Moo, Peekaboo! By Jane Dyer
  • Farm Babies by Emily Bolam
  • Farm Friends Little People by Fisher-Price
  • Farm Animals by Charles Reasoner

Preschool (Favorites) Farm Book List:

  • The Donkey’s Christmas Song by Nancy Tafuri
  • Going to Sleep on the Farm by Wendy Cheyette Lewison
  • Little Red Hen by Beverly Capps Burgess
  • Farm Lullaby by Karen Jameson

Preschool (Lift-a-Flap) Farm Book List:

  • The Berenstain Bears Visit the Farm by Mike Berenstain
  • Peek-a-Moo! By Marie Torres Cimarustk
  • PeekABoo Farm by Jane Dyer

Preschool (Colors) Farm Book List:

  • One Sheep, Blue Sheep by Thom Wiley
  • Moo Moo, Brown Cow by Jakki Wood
  • Moo, Moo. Brown Cow Have You Any Milk? By Phillis Gershator

Preschool (Numbers) Farm Book List:

  • Tiny Puppies by V.C. Graham
  • My First Counting Book by Lilian Moore
  • Ten Sleepy Sheep by Phyllis Root
  • Barn Cat by Carol P. Saul
  • Pocket Piggies Numbers! By Richard Austin
  • Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker

Preschool (Alphabet) Farm Book List:

  • Usborne Farmyard Tales Alphabet Book by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright
  • John Deere Farm ABC by John Deere
  • Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cornin & Betsy Lewin
  • G is for Goat by Patricia Polacco

Preschool (Sing Song) Farm Book List:

  • Barnyard Boogie by Jim and Janet Post
  • Mickey and Friends Old MacDonald Has a Farm by Margaret Snyder
  • Pete the Cat Old MacDonald Had a Farm by James Dean
  • Old MacDonald Drives a Tractor by Don Carter
  • When Cows Come Home by David L. Harrison

Preschool (Story) Farm Book List:

  • The Farm Book by Jan Pfloog
  • Big Red Barn by Margret Wise Brown
  • Tractor Power! By Catherine Nichols
  • Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
  • The Puppy Book by Jan Pfloog
  • Baby Farm Animals by Garth Williams
  • Where Do You Sleep Little One? By Patricia Hopper
  • Good Morning, Farm by Lori Reiser
  • Let’s go to the Farm! By Carly Hart & Lauren Tobia
  • Piglet and Granny by Margaret Wild

Insect Tot School

Color: Black

Shape: Oval

Number: 6

Letter: I for Insect

Day 1:  Insects                         

Read:  

Music: Bug Instruments

Experiment: Bug Hunt

Play:  Bug Sensory Tub

Day 2:  Ants                            

Read:  

Music: sing the ants go marching

Experiment: Ant Farm

Play:  Counting Ants

Day 3:  Ladybugs                         

Read:  

Music: sing Ladybug Ladybug fly away home

Experiment: Ladybug Habitat

Day 4:  Bees                      

Read:  

Music:

Day 5:  Inchworms                       

Read:  

Play:  Make Playdough Inchworms

Music: Itchy Inchworm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coW1OJnbut8&list=PLtcVDUfj-tZytwkA64XHNSi0PwA0TMrJM&index=9

Day 6:  Butterflies                        

Read:  

Music: sing bullfrogs and butterflies

Experiment: Raise Butterflies

Play: Butterfly Life Cycle Toys

Butterfly Sticker

I ordered a couple toddler age books from Abeka.com. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Insect Tot School Unit:

Movie List:

Book List:

Music/ Poems:

Gross Motor: 

  • Move like an insect cards

Fine Motor:

Trips:

  • Butterfly House

Mouse Cookie Baking Week

I got to teach a “Baking Week” at our Summer Camp. I had about 20 kids Kindergarten-5th grade. I had 4 groups of kids in the kitchen, each with 1 older child to help the younger ones. Each day we made a food from one of the “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” books.

Daily Activity Schedule:

  1. Read Story/ Circle Time
  2. Recess
  3. Divide Teams
  4. Review Kits and Safety Rules
  5. Kitchen Cooking
  6. Activity Time
  7. Lunch
  8. Recess
  9. Quiet Time (Kids Baking Championship – Food Network)
  10. Color/ Activity Sheets from the MouseCookieBooks.com activities page
  11. Snack

Day 1:  If you Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff

Jello Cookies

Board Game

Jello Cookies

(24 cookies)

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cream of tarter
  • ½ tsp baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 6 tbsp butter at room temperature
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 3/4 tea. Vanilla
  • 3 tbsp flavored Jello
  • 1 cup of Extra sugar

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Combine the flour, cream of tarter, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
  3. Add the butter and 3/4 cup of sugar to a large bowl and cream together until fluffy about 5 minutes.
  4. Add the eggs and mix
  5. Add the vanilla and mix
  6. Add the medium bowl ingredients to the large bowl and mix together.
  7. Knead in the Jello with your hands.
  8. Place the extra cup of sugar into a small bowl.
  9. Scoop 2 Tablespoons of cooties and roll them into balls, then roll them in the sugar until completely covered.
  10. Place the balls on a prepared sheet pan with 2 inches between each cookies.
  11. Bake in the oven for 10-13 minutes until the tops of the cookies are golden.
  12. Cool on the pan for 3-5 minutes.

Day 2:  If you Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff

Banana Muffins

Banana Muffins

(12 muffins)

Ingredients:

  • 1 eggs
  • 6 Tablespoons butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 2 overripe bananas
  • 1 cup flour
  • ¾  tea. Baking soda
  • ¼  tea salt
  • ½  tea. Vanilla
  • 12  Muffin Cups

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix the eggs, butter, and brown sugar.
  3. Mash in the bananas.
  4. Blend in flour, baking soda, salt, and vanilla.
  5. Place muffin cups in 12  muffin holders. And fill ¾ full with batter.
  6. Bake for 16 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Day 3:  If you Give a Dog a Donut by Laura Numeroff

Donuts

Make Your Own Donut

Glazed Baked Donuts

(6 donuts)

Ingredients for Donuts:

  • 1 Cup Flour
  • ½ Cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp butter melted
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ Cup Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Ingredients for Glaze:

  • ½ cup Powder sugar
  • ½ tsp Vanilla
  • ¼ stp Salt
  • 2  tbsp milk
  • Sprinkles

Directions for Donuts:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray donut pans
  2. Whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt.
  3. In a separate bowl, stir together the melted butter, egg, milk, vanilla.
  4. Gradually add the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients until combined (do not over mix)
  5. Pour the mixture evenly into the donut pans filling each about halfway full.
  6. Bake for 10-13 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
  7. Let the donuts cool in the pan for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.

Directions for Donuts:

  1. Whisk together powder sugar and salt.
  2. Then stir in the vanilla and gradually add the milk.
  3. Dip the cool donuts in the icing covering about half of the donuts. Then top with sprinkles.
  4. Let the donuts cool about 30 minutes.

Day 4:  If you Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff

Cupcakes

The Art of the Cupcake

Chocolate Cupcakes

(12 cupcakes)

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 Cup granulated white sugar
  • ¼  cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ¾ teaspoons baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoons baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoons salt
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ cup milk
  • ¼ cup vegetable oil
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • ½ cup boiling water
  • 12 Cupcake Liners

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. Mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking power,  and salt.
  3. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla into the same bowl.
  4. Mix for five minutes.
  5. Stir in the boiling water last.
  6. Place 12 cupcake liners in the pan, filling each tin or liner about 2/3 full.
  7. Bake 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Day 5:  If you Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff

Brownies

Brownies Recipe

(9 brownies)

Ingredients:

  • ½  cup butter or margarine, melted
  • 1 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • ½  cup flour
  • ½  cup chopped nuts (optional)

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. In a bowl, mix the margarine, sugar and cocoa.
  3. Add the eggs and mix well.
  4. Stir in flour; mix well.
  5. Grease a 8×8 inch pan and pour the batter into the pan.
  6. Bake . for 30 minutes or until the brownies test done with a wooden pick. Cool in pan.

Other Baking Ideas:

  • Pizza
  • Fruit Pizza
  • Pretzels with cheese sauce
  • Pancakes

Kids Baking Shows:

  • Kids Baking Championship – Food Network

Book List:

Creation Tot School

Color: Blue

Shape: Circle

Number: 7

Letter: W for World

Day 1: God Created the Light and Dark

  • Snack: Raisins and Popcorn
  • Turn on and off Lights, 
  • Light and play with flashlights.

Day 2: God Created the Sky and Sea

  • Snack: Blue Jello and Marshmallows
  • Point to Sky and look at Clouds, 
  • Water and play with water toys.

Day 3: God Created the Dry Land and Plants

  • Snack: Chocolate Pudding with crushed cookies and Broccoli
  • Look at Trees and Plants and Dirt, 
  • Play in the dirt and plant some flowers. 
  • Play with wooden cutting fruits and vegies.

Day 4: God Created the Sun, Moon, and Stars

  • Snack: Cheese cut into starts
  • Look at Moon and Stars, 
  • Day or night?, (ask the child when they do things like go to bed, eat lunch, dream, play outside, etc…)
  • Playdough Sun, Moon, Stars
  • read “Bathwater’s Hot” by Shirley Hughes

Day 5: God Created the Birds and Fish

  • Snack: Goldfish
  • Talk about fish and birds,
  • Visit a pet store,
  • Feed the Ducks.

Day 6: God Created the Animals and People

  • Snack: Animal Crackers,
  • Visit a zoo,
  • Play with dog and cats.

Day 7: God Rested (God Made Me)

  • “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”: Point to Body Parts, draw body with sidewalk chalk.
  • Relax with Yoga.

Gross Motor:

  • Run and Play Outside
  • Bubbles Circles
  • Creation Hop Scotch

Fine Motor:

  • He’s Got the Whole World In His Hands Craft
  • Play Dough (Blue, Circle, 7, W)
  • Abeka

I ordered a couple toddler age books from Abeka.com. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Creation Tot School Unit:

Book List:

Movies

Music/ Poems:

Circus Tot School

Color: Red

Shape: Circle (Balloons, Balls, Hoops)

Number: 3

Letter: C for Clown

Movie:

Gross Motor:

  • Circus Yoga
  • Riding Lion Toy
  • Flaming Hoops (Hoola Hoop & Crape Paper)

Fine Motor:

  • Balloon Clown Coloring Sheet (Red, circles)
  • Abeka

I ordered a couple toddler age books from Abeka.com. Following are some of the specific books with links that are used in this Circus Tot School Unit:

Dramatic Play:

  • Streamers and Balloons (Red)

Book List:

Music/ Poems:

Foods:

  • Popcorn
  • Sno-Cone
  • Animal Crackers
  • Corn Dogs
  • Swirly Suckers

Tot Tubs:

  • Play Dough Play Mat (make balls circles for seal’s nose)
  • Bubbles (Circles)
  • Sidewalk Chalk
  • Popcorn Sensory Tub (popcorn kernels, red measuring spoons, yellow & white pom poms, Popcorn Cups)

12 – 18 Month Tot School

Tot Tub

I place beans, pom poms, tablespoons, and measuring cups in a tub. She loves scooping, dumping, and pouring from cup to cup and back and forth.

Pom Pom Play

I placed pom poms in a wisk so that she could pull them out and place them into an empty tissue box.

Then we taped an empty paper towel tube to the wall so that she could drop the pom poms down the tube.

Pipe Cleaner Play

I placed pipe cleaners in a strainer. She could pull them out one by one.

Box Play

The kids colored a box and my son tied his rope to one end of the box. Then he gave Baby Girl a ride though the house.

Book List (12-18 months)

Flap Books

Rainbow Colors Peekaboo! by DK Publishing (Touch and Feel Book)

Noisy Farm

Kids Favorites

Go, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman

Mr. Brown can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr & Eric Carle

Hokey Pokey Elmo by Abigail Tabby

Sandra Boynton Board Books

Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton

Hey! Wake Up! by Sandra Boynton

Blue Hat, Green Hat by Sandra Boynton

Belly Button Book! by Sandra Boynton

Moo, Baa, La La La! by Sandra Boynton

Baby Book List (9-12 months)

Baby Girl is really starting to enjoy her books. We try to read the same books a few days in a row and leave them out on the table so she can look at them throughout the day too.

Sing Song Rhyming Books

Hokey Pokey Elmo by Abigail Tabby

Mr. Brown can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss

Rainbow Colors Peekaboo! by DK Publishing (Touch and Feel Book)

Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed by Eileen Christelow

Farm Animal Books

Noisy Farm

My first book of Animals

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Bedtime Books

Why I Love my Mommy by Daniel Howarth

Your Baby’s First Word will be DADA by Jimmy Fallon

Time For Bed by Mem Fox

Good Night Mermaids by Adam Gramble

Adding books to our bedtime routine has helped Baby create a love for books and reading.

Baby Book List (6-9 months)

Bedtime Books

Part of our bedtime routine is to read books to help baby fall asleep peacefully. It is also a great bonding time so we read our 2 favorite books about Mommy and Daddy:

Why I Love my Mommy by Daniel Howarth

Your Baby’s First Word will be DADA by Jimmy Fallon

Song Books

Baby likes the sing song books. She also loves to play Pat-a-Cake and Peek-a-Boo!

Where is Monkey? by Babs Bell Hajdusiewicz

Hokey Pokey Elmo by Abigail Tabby

Five Little Monkeys jumping on the bed by Eileen Christelow

Animal Books

My oldest child loved books with animal sounds, so I’m trying some of his favorites with Baby Girl too…

Noisy Farm

My first book of Animals

More Favorites

In My Tree by Sara Gillingham & Lorena Siminovich

You are My Merry Little Christmas by Joyce Wan

On the Night You Were Born by Nancy Tillman

She loves looking though the books and cleaning them off of the table too 🙂

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