Tuesday/Thursday 3 Toddler Lab

June 18, 2019

Emmie Christensen

This Week’s Activities

Free Play Activities (Activities inside may change based on available resources and child need):
Flop & Drop: Gardening: Toddlers will have the opportunity to read books about gardens and play with the gardening materials.

Blocks: Bugs and Blocks: Toddlers will have the opportunity to play with blocks and identify the different sizes of them, while playing with a variety of bugs.

Dramatic Play: Flower Shop: Toddlers will have the opportunity to pretend to own a garden shop as they plant, water and sell flowers.

Gross Motor: Toddlers will have the opportunity to pound and hit the balloon that is hanging from the ceiling.

Large Group Activity:

Hello Happy Hippo: Toddlers will have the opportunity to sing the “Hello Hippo” song while holding a picture of themselves and placing it in the bucket when it’s their
turn. As well as, work on their language skills as they sing the words to “Hello Hippo”.

Outdoor Activities – Large Playground (Activities outside may be changed based on the weather conditions of the playground):
Spray Chalk and Bubbles: Toddlers will have the opportunity to use spray bottles to spray chalk on the ground to create pictures and pop the large bubbles.

Planting Flowers: Toddlers will have the opportunity to pour and dump soil as they plant fake flowers into the flower bed outside.

Inclement Weather Activity:

Plastic Link Shapes: Toddlers will have the opportunity to manipulate the plastic link shapes into one another.

Home Activity:
This week in lab, we are focusing on cause and effect. The activities this week that focus on cause and effect are: hitting the balloon in gross motor and spray
chalk, with bubbles, outside. The toddlers will be able to use their gross motor skills as they hit the balloon; outside they will have the opportunity to see how spraying
the chalk effects the bubbles, and the pictures they draw.
At home, your child can continue to explore cause and effect with the bubbles provided. They can blow bubbles and focus on how blowing into the hole, causes a
bubble. As your child continues to do cause and effect activities, they will be working on developing their motor skills, as well as understanding the concept of cause and
effect. As your child learns cause and effect, they understand that their actions and behaviors result in certain consequences. This also helps them develop early
communication and cognitive skills.

Safety Note: Watch to make sure your child does not open the bottle of bubbles without supervision. Make sure they do not drink it.