Welcome to another week of activities for toddlers during Durham’s stay-at-home order.
Fine Motor Invitation: Building and knocking over towers
This invitation is perfect for lightweight blocks or loose parts such as clean plastic yogurt cups. See what your child does with them. They may be excited to build towers and knock them over, or they may want to nest the cups, or fill them with other items.
Children start working with schemas (theories about how the world works) at a very young age. This open-ended invitation offers ways to explore connecting and disconnecting schemas, build motor skills and coordination, and an opportunity to experience the joy of knocking things over.
Art Invitation: Crayons and paperboard or cardboard
Paperboard (like that found in cereal and cracker boxes) and cardboard can be novel ways for toddlers to explore the mark-making potential of crayons. You can flatten the box, or leave it more three-dimensional for a different experience.
Learning the language of mark-making opens the door for creative expression. This is also an opportunity explore the different characteristics of paperboard and cardboard.
Large motor/mindfulness Invitation: Yoga
The toddler class at LACS really enjoys doing yoga together. You can find many resources online through the Durham County Library Hoopla app.
Yoga builds mind-body awareness, stretches muscles, and enhances balance and coordination.
Outdoor Invitation: Exploring Puddles
It looks like the weather might be wet today. If there are no thunderstorms, it’s the perfect time to put on a rain jacket and boots and explore what the world is like when it is wet.
Young children are natural scientists and a wet garden is full of interesting things to explore. They will also build large motor skills as they walk in boots and splash in puddles. Have rag towels waiting by the door for when you come in.
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