Toddler activity - What we're doing this week.

My best friend who is very pregnant with her second son is having trouble entertaining her 2yr old. Which is completely understandable seeing as she's exhausted. I remember feeling like my brain had gone on strike at this point in my pregnancy. No matter how hard I tried I just could not come up with any thoughts beyond "I am so so tired I wish this baby would make its appearance already".

So this post is for my bestie. For everyone else please don't think I'm some super mom. All of these ideas come from books and the internet and seldom do we manage to get to these activites on the days I plan them. However I have realized that my days are much better when I have some activities planned instead of trying to create entertainment out of thin air. I am a lot less stressed when I have a simple plan. I also try to plan activities which don't have much prep needed or have prep that can be done ahead of time. Life is crazy in my house at the moment but if I don't get a little bit organized then my toddler spends his whole day asking me for tv cause he's bored. A little planning makes for a much happier home.

My son is terrible at playing outside so my activities are all outside based. This is also the first week I'm trying this so we'll see how it goes.

So here's what I think we might do this week.

Monday

• water with bubble bath in our blue tub. Add plastic jugs and plactis bottle.
  
• Paint a box. Poster paint and a big cardboard box. My son seems to enjoy the 3d surface.

Tuesday

• Wild Birdseed in our blue tub. Use the same jugs etc from Monday's water tub
• Bike riding

Wednesday

• Coloured cooked spaghetti in our blue tub.
• Ball painting. Odd assortment of small balls, our sandpit clam lid, a big piece of newsprint, poster paint.

Thursday

• Outing to a play area

Friday

• Moms and Tots group
• Mud pies. Old muffin tins, mixing bowls, big spoons, watering can, straws and sticks to decorate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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