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Now that Bitty is starting to show more interest in her toys and is engaging with them more. I will be slowing down our toy rotations. Our 2-year-old toy rotations will be once a month with a small refresh mid-month if I feel that she is getting bored with certain items. With that said we will probably also have more items out during a given rotation to offer more options.
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I haven’t set up a small world sensory bin in a while, so I dug around her animal collection and the beach rice sensory bin was born!
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With September I can deny it no longer summer is nearly over. For our September Tot school, we will be learning the color orange and dealing a lot with farm time!
Continue reading “September Tot School Plans”The Liebster Award. Don’t worry I didn’t know what it was either…lol Even without knowing what it was all about I suddenly found myself a nominee!
If you have been following along you will know that I previously posted about the best sensory bin fillers. Today I want to take a second to talk about the very best sensory bin tools. These are the items that really allow for maximum fun and lots of fine motor practice as well!
We are all looking for mom hacks to make life just a little bit easier and let me tell you the very best one in my books is free play toy rotations! It takes the tiniest bit of work upfront to move the toys around. Then just watch the magic as old toys become new! Also by having less out to play with you may just find that not only are they playing with their toys longer, but the mess is so much less than when they had access to everything!
Naturally, as this is only her 2nd birthday her list isn’t really curated by her, but for her. It’s hard to just ask a nearly 2-year-old what they want! That said I know what she likes and what she plays with so the 2nd birthday gift ideas that I came up with I really think she will enjoy and so will the 2-year-old in your life!
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A simple water bead sensory play is everything that we needed this week! After coming home from vacation we needed a fresh sensory bin and we needed it quick and easy!
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