It’s Wednesday, the middle of another week. The weather looks like it will be lovely in Durham today, we hope you and your toddler have a chance to go outside, or at least open a window. Here are three invitations that might inspire your toddler today.
Fine Motor/Engineering Invitation: Paper towel tubes and pom poms
Using blue tape or masking tape, attach paper towel or other cardboard tubes to a door or wall. You can put some straight up and down and others at an angle, or make a maze if you are feeling ambitious. Children can put pom poms or small balls through the tubes.
This invitation is a wonderful way for children to investigate concepts in physics, explore trial and error, and build motor skills.
Art Invitation: Markers and paper
A simple invitation like mark-making on paper with washable markers provides freedom for creative expression and experimentation. You can make the invitation fresh by changing the size, color or texture of the paper, or limiting the colors of markers to warm, cool, or primaries.
Outdoor/Sensory Invitation: Water play
It will probably be a little cool today for a full-body water play experience, but the weather is perfect for a dishpan or bowl with a couple of inches of warm water, some scoops or spoons, and a bottle. You can add a small amount of baby shampoo to the water if your child likes to explore making foam and bubbles.
Sensory invitations like this are a way for toddlers to investigate many concepts, build small motor skills, and find joy in exploration.
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