Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Busy Bag Swap: Color Popsicles

Quite a while ago, some of you may remember that I hosted a Busy Bag Swap and Play Date with my mom's group. The moms, toddlers, and preschoolers all gathered at my house to play and exchange homemade busy bag activities. Well, after I had a miraculous (probably a strong use of the word) breakthrough today with Camp, I decided I should start posting about the cool activities we got from the swap.

Today's post features the amazing and fun Color Popsicles!  Even though we have used them several times before today, it all seemed to make sense this afternoon when Camp had a little "Aha" moment while playing with his popsicle activity. The concept of matching colors finally hit the little guy.  I was so thrilled. The incredibly talented Kristin created these little color coded felt popsicles for our tots, and they were an immediate hit at the play date! She even made an extension for the older children by adding the color words all written in black to separate sticks. You can find some tutorials for some like them here and here. Thank you, Kristin, for providing a cool hands-on color lesson for my tiny student!


I get it. Brown goes with brown!

Now, how do I get this stick in there?

Sunday, August 18, 2013

One, Two, Buckle My...

My wonderful and dear grandmother Kaki used to repeat this little rhyme with me when I was a little girl. I am so glad I can pass on this "tradition" with Camp, and I know Kaki would be so proud of our little guy!

At just 21 months old, Camp call fill in the words. He is soaking up every big and small thing we are teaching him (and some we're hoping he won't pick up on), so his vocabulary is growing each day. He got somewhat distracted during the filming of this because of course I had to do several retakes due to lighting and camera interruptions. This was my favorite, but please excuse the wild videographer spins. You'll just swoon over the ending!

What songs, chants, or rhymes do you like to share with the little ones in your life?