Sunday, June 22, 2014

15 Months: All About Daddy

Father's Day was last Sunday, but we continued thinking about Daddy all week long. I decided to do something a little different this week...I didn't fill the shelves. Instead, I brought the activities out when we wanted to do one. We also read some great books about Daddy.

Books
The Daddy Book by Todd Parr
Daddy Hugs 1 2 3 by Karen Katz
Just Like Daddy by Cecilia Johansson
Father's Day by Anne Rockwell
Daddy Adventure Day by Dave Keane
Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea
Driving Daddy by Hope Vestergaard

Activities
Make a Father's Day Card
Little Cutie gets very excited when she sees me get out a crayon and paper. In the past, we tried giving her more than one crayon at a time and it was too overwhelming for her. She loves to color scribble. Unfortunately, she still occasionally puts things in her mouth, so the actual coloring doesn't last very long. Daddy liked his card from her.

Hape Pound and Tap Bench
Daddy loves woodworking and fixing things around the house, so this toy fit perfectly with our Daddy theme. Little Cutie can hit the balls with the hammer pretty well,  but can't quite hit them hard enough for them to fall through. She does love to play the xylophone and make loud music!

Laugh & Learn Learning Lawn Mower
Daddy mows the lawn in our household and Little Cutie loves to watch him from the windows. I have never seen her play with this toy as much as she did this week. I showed her how when you push it, the balls spin around in the top. She probably spent more time dragging it backwards around the house, but occasionally went forward. We noticed it works better on surfaces with more traction (like the carpet). She danced when it played songs and we pretended to mow the letters on our floor letter mat.

Bowling
Daddy loves sports, but the weather was too hot in our neck of the woods to get outside, so we opted for some indoor bowling! Little Cutie was more interested in throwing the bowling balls and pins and hearing the noise they made when they hit the tile floor. She didn't play for very long.

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