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Simon School

March 11, 2008 by ami 4 Comments


Trying to keep a toddler busy and engaged during school can be a challenge.  I want to give Simon activities that will help him discover his world and build his brain.

So, last week, we tried beans and rice.  Instead of giving him a tub of beans and rice to play with, I put him in the tub!   It was a great success, and he happily dumped, poured, scooped, measured, and stirred for almost two hours!  

If you are scared of the mess, put a sheet under the tub.   When your toddler is done, fold up the sheet and dump the escaped items back in to the tub. 

Happy Times With Your Toddler,

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  1. bitsandpieces says

    March 12, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    Ami, this is SO cute, I can't wait to try this with Kyler! Thanks for joining Tot School!

    Carisa

  2. Robinlyn says

    March 13, 2008 at 8:15 am

    You might check noses after activities like that. 🙂

    I was teaching a class for littles years ago and one of the littles took a bean and shoved it right up her nose. It became stuck and was quite an ordeal, her mother was not happy with me. But she could have just been a nose person, right?

  3. Anonymous says

    March 15, 2008 at 9:10 pm

    What a brave girl you are Ami!

    It looks like a good time…

    Heather W (FIAR)

  4. Jolanthe says

    March 27, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    so…out of curiousity…how many ended up in his mouth? 🙂

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