Category: Tot School

March Madness!!!

leslie March 26, 2016 0 Comments
Does anyone else feel like the month of March has just been going by like crazy!?!  I mean... there has been so much happening in this month, I feel like I have experienced so much but hardly been able to keep up... especially on the blog.March Madness: Nature Declares His GloryIt's Good Friday, and my daffodils are blooming!  I happened to get a huge bag of bulbs on sale last fall at...

Making Play dough (with no cream of tartar)

leslie March 11, 2016 0 Comments
I wanted to play with play dough with Sweet Pea...but I did NOT want to go to Walmart at 8 in the evening.  Have you been then... its like all the cashiers go home and everyone in town heads to the store!!! Lines backed up to the clothes and I thought I was going to be the only one there.  Wrong...So I decided I would make play dough following this 3 minute YouTube video   ...

Sensory Easter Eggs

leslie March 1, 2016 4 Comments
Sweet Pea is 19 months, and it is like her brain is a dry sponge just ready to soak up any and all things placed around her.  She's grasping things faster than I expected, and I am so enjoying making these Tot Trays to challenge her into learning new things.Easter is around the corner, and here in Texas, we didnt have winter.  We've had a most enjoyable spring that sprung like a month...

Library Adventures on Wednesday

leslie February 24, 2016 1 Comment
Every Wednesday at 10 am, our local library hosts "Story Time" for kids.  This is an amazing opprotunity to meet other stay at home moms and dads, make new friends, and enjoy an outing learning to love reading! Does it get much better?Sweet Pea's favorite activity is reading.  Ive caught her several times crawling into her chair in her playroom "reading" a book. Just recently, she has...

What I Made This Past Week…

leslie February 20, 2016 0 Comments
Today I am linking up with Tara at 4th Grade Frolics to tell about what I made this past week.   She does a linky party every month for people to share about what they've made, whether it is for the home, classroom, or just for fun!  It's a great way to see what other bloggers have been up to.  So this past week, this is what I created....By BFF from high school broke her ankle...

A Perfect Day Outdoors

leslie February 14, 2016 5 Comments
Yall... this weather... oh this weather is so beautiful!!!  Sweet Pea, Peyton (my dog), and I wanted to do nothing but be outside all day long!  I love Texas.  Really I do.  I can absolutely not see myself living anywhere else.  I know the humidity is not fun in the summer, but I would take it 100 times over snow and cold.  I am just not a cold weather person......

Valentine Tot Trays in Action!

leslie February 7, 2016 0 Comments
Here are our Valentine Tot Trays in action! Also are a few modifications I made from the original ones I made last Sunday.  Just so you know, Sweet Pea is 18 months, she is prissy about what she touches, and this is our first time to ever do Tot Trays. The intention behind a Tot Tray for me, is to have some structured play with the end goal of learning a specific skill/task or just a new...

Tot Trays for Valentines

leslie February 5, 2016 0 Comments
okay, so this whole Tot School thing had me a little overwhelmed.  However, once my Tot Trays came if from Oriental Trading, it was like the light bulb went off.  My brain was able to start making all the connections I needed it to, organization was beginning to make sense, and this whole Tot School thing for this non EC teacher now seems possible.Tot Trays are basically "Centers" for...

Tot School- Where Play meets Intentionality

leslie February 2, 2016 4 Comments
Honestly, I have no idea what "Tot School" looks like for an 18 month old.  Sweet Pea and I are just trying new things and having fun learning  I am trying to be intentional about placing things and speaking to her more about what she is doing.  It does not take place at one certain point of the day, but many small moments throughout.  Mondays are scattered as I lead a Bible...