Terrific Tot Sites ~ Diapers to Diplomas

This week we’re featuring Beth from Diapers to Diplomas as our Terrific Tot Site. Beth is mom to twin boys Owen and Eli who are 26 months old. She is also mom to a new little one, Garrett. Lately Beth and the boys have been working on their ABC’s together, but they’ve also done some other fun things. Here are just a few ideas to get you started.

 

The boys sprinkled colored sugar on a picture that was outlined in glue….

 

Color matching using pipe cleaner circles…

 

 

Beth made a puzzle for the boys using foam for the puzzle pieces and a cardboard piece as the back and velcro to attach the pieces.

 

 

Cup and colored stick matching…

 

 

Beth made some of the CUTEST felt fish for her boys…

 

 

and then also some sea creature magnets with the felt leftovers.

 

 

She also made a most amazing felt ABC book…you need to check out the entire book….

 

 

What boys wouldn’t love stamping with Cool Whip on the table using shape sorter pieces? A MUCH lovelier alternative to shaving cream!

 

Love this simple idea for creating a ‘puzzle’ by tracing small board books that your little one has…

 

Be sure to stop by and visit Beth at Diapers to Diplomas and say hi to her while you are browsing around. She has some wonderful ideas to share with you all!

 

The Terrific Tot Sites feature is designed to help you find fun and safe websites to visit with your toddler ~ or gather great ideas to use with your tot. Some of the sites are educational in nature and some are just plain fun! If this is your first time visiting, be sure to check out some of the toddler websites that we've featured in the past. Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site!

 

To see more featured sites, click here! You can also ‘meet’ more moms that participate in Tot School with Carisa at 1+1+1=1.

Tot School Highlights ~ Law-tee-dah

Today we’re featuring Lauren from Lawteedah. Lauren is a mom to two boys ~ Austin, age 4 and Dylan, age 2. She participates in Tot School {hosted by Carisa at 1+1+1=1} and also loves to create printables to share with other moms ~ something we all love!

Here are a few of the fun ideas that she shares on her blog

 

When they did a family unit study, they made some cute stick puppets {and you can too!}:

 

 

Color Bingo:

 

 

A fun study on the Human Body:

 

 

Learning about the seasons:

 

 

Number Mats for 1-10

 

 

Be sure to visit Lauren and get a peek at her cute boys on her blog Lawteedah! You can also find all of the printables she shares here.

 

The Terrific Tot Sites feature is designed to help you find fun and safe websites to visit with your toddler. Some of the sites are educational in nature and some are just plain fun! If this is your first time visiting, be sure to check out some of the toddler websites that we've featured in the past. Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site! Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site! To see more featured sites, click here!

Terrific Tot Sites ~ Tot School Highlights

Every Sunday Carisa hosts a feature on her other blog called Tot School. If you are one who doesn't know that, you can go here to read more about it! She has over 60 moms joining up weekly, so there are plenty of wonderful resources and ideas to find.

This week we’re highlighting Annette from The Life of a Pastor’s Wife. She is a mom of two tots ~ Isaac (30 months) and Miriam (13 months). Here are a few of the fun things that she has been doing at home with her tots.

Pipe cleaner and clothespin matching was a big hit. Issac has to match the correct color of pipe cleaner to the clothespin with the same colored paint chip. A great fine motor activity too…

And they double as bracelets…

 

Stickers are always a hit!

Annette found a great mini ABC foam alphabet at the Dollar Tree and let Issac match up the letters to an alphabet printable Carisa put together.

This penny drop idea came from another Tot School Mom, Nichole, but great ideas need to be shared. Cut a slit in the top of a plastic container and let your little one have fun dropping the coins in from one jar to another.

My favorite idea from her though, is Tot School in a Bag! When Annette knew they would be gone for a few days, she packed a bag full of activities for her kids to keep their routine going {and the kids occupied}.

 

The Terrific Tot Sites feature is designed to help you find fun and safe websites to visit with your toddler. Some of the sites are educational in nature and some are just plain fun! If this is your first time visiting, be sure to check out some of the toddler websites that we've featured in the past. Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site!

 

Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site! To see more featured sites, click here!

Terrific Tot Sites ~ Tot School Highlights

Every Sunday Carisa hosts a feature on her other blog called Tot School. If you are one who doesn't know that, you can go here to read more about it! She has over 60 moms joining up weekly, so there are plenty of wonderful resources and ideas to find.

 

This week we’re highlighting one of our writers, Carissa from My Life on a Taffy Pull. Carissa writes for our Get Real With God feature on Sundays and is a mom of 6 wonderful children. Her youngest, Laffy Taffy, is 32 months old and the focus of her Tot School time.

 

Laffy Taffy was a little younger here, but when he was bored sorting bears by color, he had a lot of fun using a spoon to transfer the bears to containers.

 

If you need an idea for your sensory table, how about using flour and vehicles ~ it would definitely make great vehicle tracks!

 

While Laffy Taffy isn’t doing dishes here {he’s using an ice cream scoop to tranfer snow}, it reminds me that sometimes the simplest activities can be so much fun for tots! Pull up a stool and let your little one wash the dishes or some toys for fun!

 

Carisa has a great suggestion for board games you find that might have things on them you don’t like {wizards or genies, etc….}. Use a Sharpie marker to color over the images. A great idea for those yard sale and thrift store finds!!

 

Another great sensory table idea ~ use a spray bottle with colored water and fill the table with snow or even shaved/chipped ice.

 

Don’t forget those tweezers and pom poms! You can sort by color or size, count and build fine motor skills all at the same time!

 

The Terrific Tot Sites feature is designed to help you find fun and safe websites to visit with your toddler. Some of the sites are educational in nature and some are just plain fun! If this is your first time visiting, be sure to check out some of the toddler websites that we've featured in the past.

 

Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site! To see more featured sites, click here!

Terrific Tot Sites ~ Tot School Highlights

The Terrific Tot Sites feature is designed to help you find fun and safe websites to visit with your toddler. Some of the sites are educational in nature and some are just plain fun! If this is your first time visiting, be sure to check out some of the toddler websites that we've featured in the past. Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site!

This week I’d like to introduce you to Debbie from Our Cup of Tea. Deb is mom to three children ages 8, 5, and 2 and participates in Tot School with her daughter, Gabriella. She and her family have lived in England for the last five years, serving as missionaries. Here are a few of the fun activities that she does with her daughter:

 

Putting bracelets on a toilet paper holder {see all the things you can reuse educationally?}.

 

Stringing beads on pipecleaners.

 

 

Making up color trays with items from around the house.

 

 

Using marbles with a gumball machine.

 

Using shredded paper as a sensory table activity.

 

These are just a few of the activities that Debbie has done with her daughter. Be sure to stop by and visit her blog ~ it’s easy to visit her in England through the blog world! :)

 

Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site! To see more featured sites, click here!

Terrific Tot Sites ~ Tot School Highlights

The Terrific Tot Sites feature is designed to help you find fun and safe websites to visit with your toddler. Some of the sites are educational in nature and some are just plain fun! If this is your first time visiting, be sure to check out some of the toddler websites that we've featured in the past. Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site!

This week I’d like to introduce you to Dawn from Our Little Monkeys {her kiddos are even cuter than her header!}. She is a mom to two little monkeys, Alexander {28 months and the star of Tot School} and Maxwell {8 months}.

 

Since Alex loves pizza, Dawn did a theme with him all about pizza. She made some cute pizza alphabet printables to go along with the theme and you’ll have to check out her post to download them!

 

They match colored monkeys to similar colored shapes in a file folder game.

 

Sorting Curious George by size during their ‘M is for Monkey’ week…

 

Matching foam numbers to numbers on other objects…

 

 

Dawn saved some Easter egg dying cups and Alexander spent time sorting colored chips into their matching containers ~ love how she repurposed an item for Tot School!

 

Matching ladybugs to their correct leaves during their “L is for Ladybug’ week….

 

and building a ladybug by rolling numbers…

 

They even made this cute peek-a-boo barn craft during a farm theme week!

 

Be sure to stop over and visit Dawn and her two little monkeys! Hope you enjoy this Terrific Tot Site! To see more featured sites, click here!