Sunday, November 7, 2010

Tot School: Batman!

Tot School
K is currently 35 months.  J is 14 months.

My boys have developed a Batman obsession lately.  A (my first grader) got to decorate a plain person cut-out for a Halloween project at school and chose to dress him as Batman.  Of course, K had to have one too.  So I cut out a figure for him, made a mask to the best of my (non-artistic) ability, and drew the Batman symbol on his chest.  Then, I let K color him (as you can probably tell).  He needed a cape, so we used felt and it's attached with velcro so K can remove it. 
Here is K playing with his "Batman."
With my boys' new love of Batman, I was thrilled when I saw a Batman preschool pack on 1+1+1=1. Perfect timing!  K ordered the Batman figures from the pack by size (he's really good at this!).
We played "Find the Letter." Because K is still learning his letters, we drew magnetic letters out of a bag, I would ask him what it was (and tell him if he didn't know) and then K would find the same letter on the Batman page.  One of Carisa's suggestions was to use a Batman toy and have your child put Batman on the letter you call out.  We did this (although our Batman was a little big for the letters so he just "stomped" on them with one foot) and I think it made it a lot more enjoyable for K.  We also used the pre-writing pages from the tot pack (these are always a hit with K) but I didn't get any pictures of that.

Favorite Toys of the Week:
I've had my eye on this shape sorter toy for a while, so when I came across it at Ross for half price I couldn't resist!  It is much more challenging than regular shape sorters.  There are two shapes for each color, and you have to open the little doors with a key to get the shapes out.  It is awesome for a child K's age - he loves it!

Baby J has been loving his Playskool Busy Ball Popper (even though he tends to put much more than just balls in there!)
Baby J really enjoyed our Simple Fun activities this week, too, which you can read about here.
The hit of the week, for both boys, was when I transformed our outdoor kiddie pool into an indoor ball pit.  Click here for my post about that.
Check out 1+1+1=1 for more tot school ideas!

2 comments:

The Iowa Farmer's Wife said...

What an awesome idea for the Batman cape! Too cool!

Elle Belles Bows said...

Love the cut out batman idea!! Loved cutouts as child!! Kerri

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