Tot School

~Smiley is currently 24 months old~

WOW, it's been a while since I posted a tot school post. We were just so busy with the holidays and family visiting that I didn't find time to write a post! However, we still did many tot school activities over the past three weeks.

Christmas TOT School Pack
We continued finishing up our tot school pack right around Christmas. Smiley loved coloring the different packages...

We started out by sorting the different Christmas Trees and then ended up counting them into a bucket ;)
Decorating our Christmas Tree. Very good exercise for fine motor skills :)

Puzzles
Smiley got this Mellissa and Doug Shape puzzle for christmas. He really enjoys this. He is really good at it though, and puts the puzzle together in no time, including naming all of the shapes. I think it's a bit too easy for him. We will have to find some more advanced puzzles soon.

Sorting

Smiley still really enjoys sorting. Here he is sorting his little sorting animals by color.

... which turned into a pouring activity. Most activities we do eventually turn into a pouring activity, lol.

we got really great buttons in different shapes and sizes at the learning store and did many different activities with these. Here he is sorting them by color.

Gross Motor Skills

LIke most two year olds, Smiley is very active and loves to run around. So, we try to go to the park/playground every day with him. Here are some snapshots of one of those days...

This little tykes car was standing around, so we borrowed it for a little while :)

He always loves the swings!

Children's Museum

We went to a different Children's Museum this week and Smiley had a blast!!

Driving the bus was a huge hit!

Taking a quick rest ;)

He thought the wolf was a doggie ;)

Fun...

Smiley got a train table for Christmas, which he loved loved loved and has played with every single day!

Also, he's a big time Mickey Mouse fan these days. So, the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse his grandparents got for him has been a big hit as well :)

Tot School~ No School

~Smiley is currently 23 months old~

This was another week that we took off from tot school. My parents were still in town visiting and daddy was off from work (and will be for the next three weeks!).

Nena loving on her little granddaughter :)

Bath time is always a time for many tot school activities. Smiley loves pouring water from one bottle or cup into another...
I found a set of foam numbers and letters at Target (in the baby bath section) the other week and Smiley loves playing with them.

We spend lots and lots of time reading together every day. It's definitely one of Smiley's favorite activities :)

Smiley got a Spiderman memory game at a Christmas party. He's still a bit too young for the actual game, but we had fun sorting the cards by color. Here he is collecting all of the yellow ones...

Since daddy was off this week, we did a couple of special activities. One day, daddy took the kids to the zoo. On another day, we all went to Disneyland together. Smiley was in LOVE with all of the characters. He went up to all of them, giving them big hugs and kisses. It was the cutest thing ever!

And then we had some fun on the playground in toon town :)

Tot School~ Christmas Style

~ Smiley is currently 23 months old~

We're taking a bit of a break from our regular tot school during the month of December. We have so many friends and family staying with us this month that things are just to hectic to take time out of the day to engage in our tot school routine. However, this doesn't mean that there aren't tot school moments throughout the day. I was even able to capture some of them ;)

Learning Toys...

Smiley liked playing with his mailbox and saying the colors of the envelopes as he put them in the mailbox.

He's really interested in puzzles lately. We got out his alphabet puzzle quite a few times over the past two weeks. He really enjoys this. He says the letters as he looks for the correct space for it :)


Smiley got a fun little ball that lights up and had a blast throwing it around the house...

He played with play dough a couple of times...

We painted a Birthday Picture for his Nonno (my dad).

He played with his mega blocks many many times this week :)

He's getting quite good at building towers :)

Playing Wii Tennis with our friens. What a blast!

Christmas/Advent Fun...

Reading a Christmas book with daddy and enjoying the advent wreath :)

Hanging up window decorations with mommy. We even found Mickey Mouse ones :) Smiley is a big time Mickey Mouse fan these days.

St. Nikolaus... We had fun celebrating St. Nikolaus this year.

Smiley got a Little People Nativity scene from Nikolaus :) and we baked Graettima, a Swiss tradition on St. Nikolaus.

and we made a Nikolaus craft...

Smiley playing with his new nativity scene...