Tot School: Fall Fun

This week, I'm linking up with one of my new favorite blogs, 1+1+1=1, to share Isaac's and my new "learning" adventures.  Several of my friends have RAVED about all the ideas on the Tot School/1+1+1=1 websites.  After checking it out, I see why they think they're so awesome! 

There is so much information on these websites that it can be overwhelming.  But, it is well worth it to take some time to explore everything they offer.  I've found so many fun, easy ideas to encourage meaningful learning for your little one!

Over the past few weeks, Isaac (currently 24 months) and I did several fall-themed "lessons."  One of his favorites was this fall sensory bin!  I filled it with things I found around the house...mini pumpkins and apples; apple and leaf-shaped cookie cutters; acorns; artificial leaves; and, lots of pinto beans.  :)

Another afternoon we went on a leaf hunt.  Granted, it was nearly 90 degrees.  :)  And, most of our leaves here in north Texas are brown from our drought, not autumn-like weather.  But, Isaac still had fun hunting for leaves in this field in our neighborhood.

Isaac gets so excited when I say we're going to do a "project," so I traced his hands to make this leaf project (which I found here). Then, Isaac glued leaves onto his "fingers."  (This was his first experience with glue.)  We also counted the fingers on each hand and counted the leaves.

Isaac loves pumpkins, or "pun-kins" as he calls them, so we did an activity with pumpkin sizes, too.  Isaac found "all" the pumpkins he could in our house and put them on his picnic table.  We lined them up according to size.  Isaac was enthralled with putting all the "little" pumpkins into the jack-o-lantern.  To him, every pumpkin, except for the jack-o-lantern, was "little."  He even tried stuffing his trick-or-treating pumpkin into the jack-o-lantern.  :)

I also took some of the book recommendations on the 1+1+1=1 website and reserved these at the library. Isaac is just now beginning to enjoy reading "non-board" books.



This is one of my favorites that I used to read to my students at school.  So fun to be able to read it to my own little one now!



It was a lot of fun doing these activities with Isaac.  I think a little bit of the elementary teacher in me may be sneaking out again.  ;)  Next up for Isaac's Tot School is Thanksgiving activities!