Thomas-16 months

Don't let the name confuse you. It's more about having 1 on 1 time w/ your little ones. TJ doesn't get much when Heaven is around so this is perfect for him. It started rocky b/c he just wanted to grab a toy and run cause he's so used to Heaven stealing them but after a few he warmed up to the idea.

Gross Motor Skills


I WANTED TO PLAY W/ PUZZLES BUT HE DIDN'T SO WE FLIPPED THEM OVER

AND WE USED THEM TO WALK ACROSS

Fine Motor Skills

WE TRIED TO PLAY W/ THESE BLOCKS


BUT HE WASN'T HAVING IT

SO WE GOT THESE OUT

AND HE SURPRISED ME WHEN

HE STARTED COLLECTING ALL THE RED POLES


GOT THEM ALL

WE THEN MOVED ON TO ANOTHER TOY I WANTED HIM TO TRY

HE TRIED AND FAILED

THEN HE REALIZED HE COULD PULL IT APART TO OPEN IT

AND FILL IT THAT WAY..GOOD THINKING TJ

Cognitive Skills

HASN'T QUITE MASTERED GETTING THEM UP

BUT HE CAN GET THEM ALL DOWN =)

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WEEK 2

Gross Motor Skills

WE WORKED ON JUMPING AND RUNNING TODAY USING THE HOPSCOTCH SQUARES

HE ALSO DID THE GREEN BALL TOSS LIKE HIS SISTER

Cognitive Skills

HE WAS REALLY GOOD AT THIS ONE


BUT DECIDED HE DIDN'T WANT TO SHARE SO HE HID THEM ON THE CHAIRS

Fine Motor Skills

THIS IS ONE OF HIS FAVORITE TOYS

BUT HE WANTED TO BE A BIG BOY AND DO IT ON HIS OWN

AND HE DID IT

YAY THOMAS..GOOD JOB

We had a pretty easy week and he did a great job and is picking things up quickly

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WEEK 3

Thomas has been joining us in the morning for Heavens Preschool class and has been picking up a lot of things so I stepped him up this week.

Gross Motor Skills

WE PRACTICED WALKING ON SHAPES

Cognitive Skills

WE THAN WORKED ON GATHERING COLORS, HE IS SUPER GOOD AT THAT

Fine Motor Skills

PAINTED A PICTURE WITH COTTON BALLS

COLORED A PICTURE

OOOOO HE WAS SO EXCITED HE GOT TO COLOR

This week we also went to the Orchard and he did a lot of activities but I was a bad mom and forgot the camera. ( Check out my Apple Pie recipe)

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WEEK 4

This week we changed it up a bit and he loved being able to partake in things like his big sister.

Gross Motor Skills

WALK THE LINE (IT'S PAINT TAPE)

Fine Motor Skills

DOT PAINTING W/ A BINGO MARKER

Cognitive Skills

HIS ABC LEARNING TOY FROM LEAP FROG

HIS SISTER TEACHING HIM TO COUNT CRACKERS

He has a tooth coming in so he has been a little moody. I tried getting him to play dino's w/ his sister and I but all I got was a dirty look

then this...

so Tot School was cut a little short this week =)

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WEEK 5

Cognitive Activities


We tried puzzles again this week

He's starting to sit still long enough to figure some of them out

We than took Tot School to the park to work on Gross Motor Skills.

Climbing up stairs to the train

Climbing down

Running


Learning why he shouldn't run

Lasted 3 minutes on the swings he's not a big fan

Ball Pitt Fun

Don't buy one of these I hate it and the other 1 I have is filled w/ stuffed animals. I hate the balls and my kids intentionally take all 200 of them out to drive me crazy

Playing Pretend

We tried to get him to sit and play w/ us but he just wants to run back and fourth and destroy Heavens things.
(On a side note notice his nice red hoodie b/c it has been COLD here!)

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WEEK 6

I came up w/ some new ideas to try and capture TJ's attention this week.