Wednesday, April 8th > Activities

Good Morning my Dear Toddlers!

Small Group Activity: Sorting cans Approximate Time: 10 minutes

Materials Needed: ●     Different can food sizes (peas’ can, beans’ can, tomato paste’s can and more)

Vocabulary: Sorting, separating, comparing, similar, different.

How to start the activity: ●     Place a lot of different cans on the floor. ●     Tell children something like, “All the cans got mixed up. I wonder if you can help me to put them together. Can you see another can like this one (holding one up)?”

What to do in the middle: ●     Let the child observe the cans, say comments about the cans’ content, ask questions. ●     Observe if the child is sorting them or not. You can say something like, “Oh, I found two of the same! Look!” ●     If the child decides to do something else with the cans, like towers, lined them up or some other safe action, acknowledge it.

Extension: The child can count how many cans of a certain product he/she found. Get a paper and make tally marks and write the number with an adult’s help.

How to finish the activity: ●     Give the child a 5 minutes warning. ●     Tell the child that it is time to clean up. Let him/her help you to put the materials away.

Small Group Activity: Scooping letters (plastic or magnetic letters) Approximate Time: 15 minutes

Materials Needed: ●     1 big container with water ●     Plastic or magnetic letters ●     A big serving spoon from your kitchen

Vocabulary: Scoop, dip, pick, alphabet, transfer

How to start the activity: ●     Tell the child that today they will scoop some letters out of the water. Place the alphabet plastic or magnetic letters in the water and give the child a big serving spoon (it can be to serve soup or the one with holes in the middle).

What to do in the middle: ●     Observe how the child scoops the letters out of the water. ●      Invite the child to scoop all the letters out. Let the child name the letter once he/she takes it out. ●     In case you do not have plastic letters or magnet letters, you can use small toys and say the beginning sound letter.

Extension: ●     Think of other words beginning with the same letter/sound that they scoop out.

How to finish the activity: ●     Give the child a 5 minutes warning. ●     Tell the child that is time to clean up. Let him/her help you to put the materials away.