Last week we dove back into tot school after taking a little break to enjoy the newest member of our family. We dove right into learning all about colors and had many tot tray activities that were on repeat all throughout the week.
Most of the Tot tray activities we used this week were accessible to Little Miss all throughout the week so that she could go back to her favorites. These are the ones we used this week with affiliate links to some of the products we used.
Melissa & Doug Water Wow Color Books: Little Miss received a variety of the Water wow books for her 2nd birthday and one of the sets included cards for colors. Let me tell you these Water wow books are the neatest things. I find myself wanting her to pass off the brush so I can paint with water. If you haven’t seen these books before you are missing out. They are an awesome thing to have on hand for toddlers for in the car, when you are out, or even just as a filler activity for a little quiet time. The little wand can be filled with water and you “color” on the white pages and a hidden picture appears. As the page dries, the picture disappears and it is ready to be colored again. These can be reused over and over again which is my favorite part. They also include extension activities which are great.
Lauri Deluxe Peg & Peg Stacker: This was another toy Little Miss received for her birthday and it has been played with so many times. This is such a great activity that you can practice SOOO many skills. It is great for fine motor practice as well as various color recognition activities. In the future it will be great for pattern practice, quantities, and size variation. We used this for finding and saying her colors.
Clothespin Color Paint Palette: This activity was a busy bag that I created for Little Miss prior to our Little Man coming so that she had something to keep her busy while I was nursing or just needing a minute of quiet. I used foam I picked up at the craft store and clothespins and created a paint palette fine motor activity for identifying colors.
Pom Pom Push No Spill Paint Cup Fine Motor: When I first saw this activity on Munchkin and Moms Instagram page I knew I had to do this when we started working with colors. It was the very first tray I introduced to Little Miss this week. I first started off by giving her all of the colors, but this proved to be overwhelming for her so I went down to giving her 2 at a time and this was much more manageable.
Colored Animal 2 Piece Puzzles: This is a free printable file I created as another busy bag for Little Miss. She did better with this activity with fewer animals to match. She did great with finding the pieces that go together, but at 2 it was a little bit hard for her to keep the pieces side by side since they don’t snap together and this caused some frustration for her.
Colored Pipe Cleaners In Colander: I absolutely love these colander fine motor activities and so does Little Miss. I had some cut up pieces of pipe cleaner in my tot school stash and set them out for her to add to the colander. She loved this and would call out the colors as she stuck them in. Once she added all the pieces, I would call out a color and she would quickly try to find the pipe cleaner and pull it out. She also loved pushing the pipe cleaners the whole way through the colander and playing a game of hide and seek with them. She finished this off each time by pulling the pipe cleaners out and counting as she went. So many skills practiced in such a simple quick activity.
Rainbow Stacker: We have had this since Little Miss was around 6 months old. I found an amazing deal on it and couldn’t pass it up. She loves to put the pieces on the posts and loves telling me what color each of the blocks are. We unfortunately have lost one of the pieces which drives me crazy, but it still works and serves a great purpose.
Rainbow Pounding Toy: Little Miss received this for her first Christmas and she LOVES it. What toddler doesn’t love pounding on things and making noise?
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