December Acts of Kindness

For the month of December the project was all about giving back to others.  I decided to try a little Christmas countdown with Braden that involved acts of kindness.  The only difficulty was trying to find 24 ideas that were toddler friendly.  We were not able to complete all of the acts, but I felt about those that we did accomplish and Braden had fun while helping others!  

Our countdown chain - acts of kindness written inside

Dropping off food & toiletry items at the food bank

Writing thank you cards!

Donating library books

Thank you cards for the UPS & USPS delivery people

Making play-dough for our friends

Making cookies for the local fire department

Delivering toys to Barbara Bush Children's Hospital

Delivering Candy Canes

Donating mittens

Thanksgiving Fun

For Thanksgiving we went to Mimi's house, but we still had some learning fun!  Braden worked on coloring and shapes with a little turkey paper.

Mimi had some fun planned with a pin the hat on the turkey game.  Besides being blindfolded, Braden loved it.  

Finally we had some fun with the letters that Braden already recognizes with a little turkey trot/jumping game.  

All Kinds of Animals

Originally I planned to do some activities that included all different types of animals - zoo, farm and pets.  We accomplished a few of them at the beginning of the week, but that was it.

First we fed the monkeys some bananas with a banana drop game.

 Then we did a little giraffe craft.  

And Braden did very well with a new folder game - zoo animals vs farm animals and putting them in the correct environment.  

Brush Those Teeth!

One activity that Braden loved to do over and over again was brushing the tooth.  I printed an outline of a tooth and put it inside a sheet protector.  Then I used a dry erase marker to draw plaque onto it.  Using a real tooth brush Braden would scrub the tooth until it was all clean.  He loved it and just wanted to play again and again!

Then we made a nice white, fluffy tooth with cotton balls!

And he wanted to continue with brushing the tooth!