Lia has recently become an official TOT!

So, we’ve begun doing three Tot Trays together each day. I find that this is a fantastic way for me to take time just for her. Here are some of the trays that she loves right now. Perhaps your favorite Tiny Tot would enjoy similar activities.

Matching colors!

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Lia’s favorite tot tray is in the middle: carefully putting puff balls into a spice container and shaking them out again!

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Putting colorful wooden blocks into cardboard boxes; shaking the box; emptying the box onto the tray.

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Vivienne made this Search Tray out of rice and plastic letters; Lia enjoyed digging her hands into the rice; I, erm, enjoyed vacuuming it all up afterward.

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Hold up one animal; name it; sound it; ask your tot to find the animal’s photo!

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Pulling her sweet birthday cards out of envelopes, opening the cards, feeling the furry sheep and Corduroy’s soft green pants, and, eventually, putting them back into the envelopes!

Enjoying these simple exchanges with Lia is an invaluable way to develop my relationship with her!

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