We read a lot of books around here (and sing a lot of songs too). This is not an exhaustive list of everything we read and sang this week, but rather the books and songs we incorporated as extra variety and to delve further into our weather theme.
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Despite it being a solid week into April in an area where spring is generally warm, we had the pleasure of experiencing some snow this week. We are even expecting some significant accumulation tomorrow. So even though I was expecting more "April Showers" type weather for theme, we were able to experience some winter weather too!
In addition to the weather mother nature gifted us, we did some of our own exploration as well. The activities we did today to explore winter weather were some of my toddler's favorites this week. Our very first week has already served as a lesson in flexibility (but let's be honest - the past two years of becoming a parent have TRIED to teach me about flexibility and I NEVER learn!). We were actually supposed to focus on farms this week, but the weather was SO WILD that I just had to take advantage of the opportunity to experience so many types of weather in such as short period of time.
Read on to see what we did to explore clouds and rain. My first step in planning some intentional activities for my toddler was to choose a theme for each week. This has helped drive my planning and search for activities. Rather than scouring Pinterest (or worse - the WHOLE internet) for things we wanted to try, I narrowed down my search by relating all activities for a given week to a theme that I think T will enjoy. For each theme, I am in the process of choosing books to read, songs to sing, sensory activities to try, outings to embark on, and toys to play with - all which lend themselves to our exploration of the weeks theme.
Below are the themes I have chosen for the months of April through September. Though I'm sure flexibility will be necessary, this is my starting point! |
AuthorFormer science teacher. Work-at-home mom to a toddler. Attempting to enrich our days with intentional play and exciting experiences to expand a growing little mind. Archives
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