Recently I have been trying to provide Jacob with opportunities to learn through experimenting and exploring with various materials. I have to say these activities are usually the funnest part of the day. Watching Jakey learn and being a part of that is just so energizing. Here are photos of some of the fun.
Experimenting with feathers:
What happens if I blow on the feathers?
Showing Mama a feather.
This is one of Jacob's favorites...I'm talking hours of entertainment. I have a baggie of various dried beans, pasta, popcorn, stones and rice. Mix this with different types of containers and voila!
Charles and Jacob poured, emptied, counted, felt, listened to the different sounds each object made, and carried a conversation throughout the whole process.
Jacob: Mama what's this?
Jacob: Oh the rock is cold.
Charles: I want to scoop it in piles.
Charles: Let's see what happens with the corn.
Later on other toys were integrated into the play.
Fun with pipe cleaners and pompoms:
Working on shapes, colors and sorting.
The "train" we made with our pipe cleaners.
3 comments:
It's so wonderful that Charles and Jacob have each other. Learning with friends makes it that much more fun. I love the activities you do with Jacob, Mimi. I need to start doing stuff like that with Manu too, and not just Isaac.
Where do you get your ideas, haven't thought of some of these.
You do so many fun things with Jacob! Where do you come up with the ideas?
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