Coaching toddlers

  SEAL PUP CRAFT FOR TODDLERS Supplies: - White tempera - White glue - 1 paint brush per child - 2 little black circles for the eyes per child (googly eyes are a choking hazard for children under 3.) - 1 purple circle with nose and mouth drawn per child - 1 cut out seal pup silhouette per child (I'm not an artist, if I can do this so can you.  Don't try to be perfect, your toddlers are not asking you that) Activity It can be done as a group or one by one, it all depend on the atmosphere of your class at that moment.  Here how I did it : I mix white paint and white glue in a bowl.  I wrote the name of one child on a piece of purple paper and gave him/her a paint brush right away that I dipped in the white mixture.   So they have something else to do than waving and destroying the paper. When everyone has their paper I gave them the seal pup silhouette and dipped  again the brush instructing them and modeling painting on an inside out motion to create th...

    CURLING  Winter Gross motor and Social activity for toddlers Supplies : - Empty bleach container -Utility knife  - Duct tape - Long piece of white paper - Red and blue construction paper - Glue stick  Preparation : Wash the bleach container, cut off the middle part with an utility knife.  Keep 1 to 2 inches from the narrower part on top and cut at the bottom line of the bottom part so you can insert the top in the bottom.  Insert the top part in the bottom part and tape with duct tape. Cut 2 big rings of blue construction paper (as big as a 8 x 11 piece allows you) then 2 smaller red ones. Cut a long piece of white paper from a roll ( about 6 feet long).  Glue the rings at each end of the paper. Cover with a slightly bigger contact paper. How to play curling with the 2 years old : Just show them how to push the "stone" across the "ice" and try to make it go in the house (on the rings).  Give one a stone and one a little broom.  Let t...

  Hockey Gross motor activity for toddlers Supplies : - paper towel tube - toilet paper tube - spice container top - gold duct tape - Grey duct tape Directions:  I think the picture is telling you how to make it, am I right?  Tape the tubes together and wrap the spice container top.  Show the kids how to hit the puck and encourage them to shoot and score. Have fun! P.S.  if you don't have time to make those sticks your toddlers will have as much fun with a simple paper towel tube and a crumpled piece of black construction paper.

  IGLOO Craft for toddlers Supplies: - white paper                   - blue construction paper (black or purple works too)                   - scissors                   - glue First step:  Cutting strips of white paper (which is a fine motor activity).  I like to help them  by entering my fingers with theirs if they want me too ( I have small fingers).  If one refuse I move along and help another one if they are managing well by themself I sit with them and cut some.  If they choose to rip instead, that's fine, it is also a good way to develop the muscles of their fingers. Second step:  I make two arches with glue and give them the strips of paper that we gathered earlier    (I, actually, cut a good amount of them). When my students point to their project and say "I made this", that makes me happy.

  Hockey Gross Motor activity for toddlers  Supplies : - one paper towel tube per child and teachers                    - one black construction paper crumpled into a ball                    - your sport's spirit and your caller's voice to shout " He (she) shoots and scores".  You could manage a goal to target somehow with two chairs or under a table but with the two years old it is not necessary.  Just hitting the paper pock is the objective here to work on the eye and hand coordination and have fun for your students and yourself :).  Enjoy!

  THE SNOWY DAY Craft for toddlers Inspired by the book THE SNOWY DAY , by Ezra Jack  Keats. Supplies : - shaving cream                   - white glue                   - dark blue, purple or black construction paper                    - brown construction paper                    - red construction paper                    - dark construction paper                    - light blue paint                   - paint brush                    - cotton swabs                   - Book " The snowy day" by Ezra Jack Keats Preparation Put a white copy paper on top of...

  SNAIL Craft for toddlers Supplies :  - cardstock                     - 2 sided tape                     - 1 foldable straw by child                     - black marker Preparation  Cut 2 big strips of cardstock per child and 1 half size.  Fold 1 big strip in 2 and put 1 piece of tape on top.  Put 1 piece of tape at each end of the other big strip and 1 piece at one end of the small one. Cut the straws to have the foldable part in the middle.  Pierce 2 holes to insert the straw.  My straws were bigger than the hole so i made a bigger one by punching 3 times. I attached with a paper clip what a child need for the project, to facilitate the activity when the children would be waiting at the table. One-on-one activity I started with the big strip with 2 tapes.  I peeled 1 corner of 1 tape and asked the ...