Rainy Day Play

Rainy days got you down and out of ideas to keep your little one busy? Take out the pots and pans. Below, you will find a link to some great uses for pots and pans during playtime; courtesy of Preschool Express. How fun!

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Have a (felt) pizza party!

Time to make a pizza, of felt, of course! Use colored pieces of felt and create your own pizza, while reviewing colors, shapes, and food names. To start, take a yellow (crust) piece of felt and cut it into a circle about 8 inches in diameter. Then take a red piece and cut it into a circle about 6 inches in diameter. Now take that red circle and cut it in half then cut the halves into 3 wedges each (like pizza slices).

Now you can take your other colored pieces of felt to create the toppings:

- Black for olives (cut into little pieces, squares)
- Green for green peppers, or broccoli (triangles)
- White for cheese (strips, or small rectangles)
- Dark red for pepperoni (small circles)
- Brown for either sausage or mushrooms (squares)

After creating all the ingredients let your toddler put the pizza together. First lay down the Yellow big circle, then add the slices of red felt on top and the add all the toppings as you please! You can do this again and again and keep making all sorts of different pizzas. One for you, for mom, for dad, for little brother, big brother and so on!

Supplies Needed-Felt of different colors
-Scissors

 

It's okay to let toddlers pick out their own books!

Why do we have the little ones pick their own books during Lapsit?

Keeping reading and sharing books FUN is important. If the experience is not a positive one, children will relate reading to something negative, which will make them less likely to choose to read.

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