As a (relatively) quiet two year old in a big family, Chipmunk often gets left out of the weekly reviews. That doesn't mean he's not doing anything, though.
There are his collages, of course, but he has other favorite activities that he concentrates on as he moves through the week. For instance, as I write this, he is sitting in a chair by the art cabinet using safety scissors to cut tape so he can cover his truck with it.
(Don't worry; I'm sitting right next to him to make sure he doesn't hurt himself.)
I don't know why he likes to cover his trucks with tape -- last night it was a tractor decorated entirely in masking tape -- but I suspect that it has something to do with practicing fine motor skills. He can't get his fingers inside the scissors handles yet, so he's just working on opening and shutting the scissors once. And then there's the control involved in getting the sticky tape off your fingers and onto the exact right place on the truck. Very satisfying. I would not have set this activity out for him, but I noticed that whenever his older brothers got out the tape and scissors to build something (tape is the connecting material of favor around here), he would get into the scissors and tape, too. At first I took the scissors away, but then I noticed that he really was trying to cut. So I just make sure he has the safest ones.
When he's not cutting, he likes to pour:
Fish and truck counters here, from one container to another. (I haven't really set him up with beans or rice because he does still put things in his mouth from time to time. And because I can be frequently called away, I am afraid of the mess potential :-/).
He also likes to line them up, but I'm not going to show you that picture because apparently someone (not saying who) had changed his clothes in the family room and left all his dirty laundry sitting on the couch, where it was caught forever on film.
Anyway... more activities that Chipmunk likes right now?
- Using this stacker
- Duplos
- Playing with the wooden train set
- Moving around big lumps of playdough with his construction equipment
- building with the Brown Stair and Pink Tower
- Building towers with big geometric wooden beads (he's not quite up to stringing yet)
- Sorting anything by color
- Sorting, pouring, and lining up river rocks of various color (purchased in bags at Michael's)
- Reading transportation books and Franklin books with the "big boys"
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