Fall Learning Trays From the Dollar Spot

 

We’re giving tray activities another try.

We tried it before but really had a hard time with

getting out one at a time and putting it back when finished.

Then I had a tough pregnancy and  baby sissy came and

I didn’t have the time/energy to keep trying to work on it

so I put all the activities up in a cabinet and pulled them out myself one at a time.

 

 

Bam Bam recently started attending a Montessori Preschool
three days a week,

He now comes home and asks for activities more often.

He is doing tons better with the one at a time and
clean up after parts as well.

Butterfly is getting older and I’d really like to have basic craft supplies

and a few activities out for them to explore more independently.

I’m still working on getting a shelf set up to display the trays

but I did create some fall themed activities.

Here is what I gathered with supplies from around the house,
the Target Dollar Spot

as well as the Dollar Tree Store.

 

 

Candy Corn Game

We don’t play by the “rules” we just practice our fine motor skills.

 

 

Tonging acorns

 

Sorting leaves by shape/color

 

Sorting acorns by color

 

Open put one item in and close it back.

Bam Bam had a little trouble at first with opening the compartments
but he was determined and seems to really enjoy this activity,

he has played with this one for the longest so far

 

Put one leaf or pumpkin in each spot.

I tried to throw in a little ABAB pattern work,

Bam Bam hasn’t caught on to that part well yet

 

Spoon one pumpkin into each slot.

He does seem to grasp the one item per slot idea

but with this one he really enjoyed filling the ice tray pumpkins up with the tiny pumpkins.

He just kept giggling and giggling.

 

 

 Pumpkin Spice Playdoh with goodies

(staws, pipe cleaners, cookie cutters)

 

Pumpkins on a vine

I've also printed some pumpkin, fall, leaves themed printable games.

In the past he hasn't gotten into much 'paper work"

so I tried to keep it to more movable pieces and games...

we'll see how it goes.

 

I’d like to do much better at  keeping Bam Bam
busy/engaged on the days

he’s at home with me and in the afternoons after school

with similar activities that he has at school.

We seem to have much harder days when I hope/expect
for him to mostly entertain himself with his
vast toy collection in our play room.

To often he is more interested in getting in to trouble…

I mean I don’t think that’s his plan,
but left to explore his own ideas for to long

seems to always involved a big BIG mess

 

I prefer to clean up more controlled/planned messes

so I need to stay ahead of the game and not

following behind cleaning up eggs and milk from the floor….

:-)

 

So head out to Target if you have one near by,

pick up some table scatter and ice cube trays,

and have some learning fun with your kiddos.

 

More pictures of our Fall Trays in action coming soon.

 

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