xp: Prepping activities/crafts for 3 year old big brother...

VTbride05

xp:

 

My SIL mentioned that when she came home with baby #2 it was helpful to have small gifts, stickers, etc for her 2.5 year old DS.

I thought that I would spend the next few weeks making fun activities for DS to do. He is used to having a strict schedule and crafts, activities on most days b/c I watch other kids.  I plan to put things in large envelopes and be able to pull them out as needed.

That being said I am looking for things like this: https://www.etsy.com/listing/59461802/lowercase-alphabet-kit  or making a graph and cutting a bunch of animals out of mags and having him put them into "wild" or "farm" categories. Or printables for worksheets and coloring pages. (Found this site, seems awesome! https://confessionsofahomeschooler.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-printables.html

Let me know if you have other ideas or activities that I could prep now and that he would be able to do mostly by himself. 

 

Thank you Thank you!

 

Read2Me

This bag has some Busy Bags that she made for her little one- maybe some of her ideas will be useful:

https://www.mydeliciousambiguity.com/search/label/Busy Bags 

VTbride05

Here is a list of ideas that I came up with today:

Shanata..... here is a list of ideas that I made today:

*letter matching... I have foam letter stickers. I will make a column of them and then put in the matches in an envelope. DS can put the stickers together to make a match.

*cut pics from a magazine and have him put them into "wild" and "farm" animals.

*I am going to print words and glue them onto card stock with words to label things around the house (chair, door, toys, couch, etc). I will give DS tape and let him put them around the house.

*Print or cut pics from a magazine and have DS glue them onto a sun for summer or a snowflake for winter.

*On a big piece of paper I will put numbers and a space for DS to glue on buttons, or put stickers to match that number.

*Going to print 2 pics of each family member (g parents and such, or all of ds's 12 cousins) and then we can play family bingo.

*I am going to find a blank (paper) clock and let DS glue on the numbers. Maybe I will write the numbers on the clock so that he is just matching them.

* With foam stickers I will start a shape pattern and give him enough stickers to finish the pattern.

*Make a color by number rainbow (can use buttons for the colors too!).

*I am going to make a family book with names written and DS can glue pictures onto each page,  matching the name with the person.

 *Give DS a blank umbrella and some cut up pieces of tissue paper to glue on and decorate with.

*Easter coloring pages.

*Going to print Hanny Mandy and Mickey Mouse (Ds loves!) and their friends. I will let him glue the friends on the same page as the main characters.

*Make a match with buildings and workers (post man, police officer). Or workers and trucks.

*With an empty egg carton and old Easter eggs I think that I can come up with a few fun games. Maybe put a number sticker on each and then hide that number of things inside.

 

 

That is what I have so far. I have 10 weeks or so to prep it all and more. I think that it will be a lifesaver to have these things all prepped in a box in the pantry.

Hope that others can use these ideas too!

heatheric71505

 All of the ideas that you posted already sound great. 

The site makinglearningfun.com has a TON of activities that are sorted by theme or type of project you're looking for.  I always go on there and print off far more things than I will ever get around to using.  There are just too many great ideas and not enough time. 

Good luck!