I am back from a slight hiatus from blogging due to the first few months of pregnancy tiredness. Yes I am pregnant with the next addition to our family and am excited to share that it is a little girl. Pink is in the future of our household now! I have heard rumors of grandma's buying pink items already. So, as I get back into feeling good and the regular routine of life I have picked up trying to teach my toddler his letters. Here was a fun interactive way that we discovered.
My son is very active and when it comes to teaching him things like his colors, letters and numbers I often feel like I am falling behind. I just can't get him to sit down and learn things, everything has to be interactive and, well, just plain active. Today he handed me the answer in the form of his soft cubed blocks. They have letters and numbers on them and some even have objects that correspond with a specific letter. In tossing them around the living room, the few things that he can throw in the house, an educational game was discovered.
Standing in front of me on the foot rest, so he would be eye level with me sitting on the couch, I would show him one side of the block and call out the letter that was shown. Then I would rotate it so that he could see the picture that was represented. He then had to name the picture and the letter that it went with. Once he got that correct he was able to then smack the block out of my hand, making it spin across the room. To him of course the hitting it out of my hand was the best part but I hope that some of the learning also stuck in his head.
If any of you Moms out have any other good ideas on educational games that involve, throwing, hitting, tumbling, running etc? Let me know.
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