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This activity helps enhance hand-eye coordination and develops fine-motor skills

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Arja and Charlie put their sliced fruits on a stick. They also tried to count how many slices they inserted.

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While preparing the fruit slices, Lukas was sorting his toys by colors. He uses his tongs to grasp the small objects and puts them in the same colored bowl. He was able to sort all colors by the time the class finished preparing their fruit slices 💡

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In our activity, the toddlers took the initiative in slicing their ingredients (with minimal guidance 😉) for our Fruit Kebab Making.

Involving children in food preparation gives them a sense of responsibility and this helps them be more willing to try the food being prepared since they are exposed to and have been familiar with how the food was prepared.

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Building on our fine and gross motor skills. Picking up the ball and rolling it down the lane helps build those large muscles in your arms and legs.

The class also tried different ways to stack and arrange their cups and bottles. And different ways to take them down too 💪🏻🦵🏻

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A game of Bring Me is always a fun activity with the class.

It develops listening skills and problem-solving. All the movements also help enhance fine and gross motor skills.

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Involving your child in meal preparations helps them be involved during meal time and get curious about a variety of food. It helps them explore their senses and boosts confidence.

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Exploring sensory tools and concepts such as wet, cold, cool, dry, hard. As well as physical changes when ice turns to water by melting.

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This activity helps them develop and strengthen their fine-motor skills as they manipulate their tools used to pinch and pull out their small objects from the gak

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During exploration, Charlie was fond of sprinkling the cornstarch overhead as if it was rain. He also observes his hands as they turned white when he buried them in the bowl filled with cornstarch.

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Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving, and creativity. It helps to build nerve connections in the brain and encourages the development of language and motor skills.

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This activity helps to develop fine and gross motor skills, as well as hand-eye coordination. This will also help build your child's concentration. Filling, scooping, and pouring activities also help develop math concepts such as less and more.

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What are the benefits of the Easter Egg Hunt for toddlers?

First, there's finding the eggs, which work on your child's gross motor and cognitive skills. Then decision-making, planning, visual skills, and Picking the eggs up and putting them in the basket, which work on the child's fine motor skills and coordination.

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In preparation for Easter, the Toddler class decorated their own eggs!

Children will get many opportunities to develop their fine motor skills or the ability to do fiddly tasks using fingers to decorate the eggs using paint and paper.

It also expands creativity and imagination skills.

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Name Painting is a fun and simple way to introduce your child to recognizing their name and the letters that make up their name.

It is also progressing towards forming and writing the letters in their name and developing fine motor control and even letter-sound knowledge.

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Rice Play Sensory develops fine motor skills through the repetitive motions of scooping, pouring, and grasping objects during play. The class explores the properties of different materials such as color, shape, size, texture, and sound.

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This quick and easy activity allows children to exercise large muscle movement, hand-eye coordination, and spatial awareness. It provides sensory, social, and fine motor play. 

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Scrunching paper is great for strengthening hands and fingers.

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Through stacking and building games, children learn how to balance things to keep a tower upright. These games also help children practise hand-eye coordination.

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Lukas stacks his blocks together.

Stacking blocks practice problem solving skills and contributes to their cognitive development by stretching their brain as they experiment for solutions.

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Blocks help children learn to take turns and share materials, become self-reliant, increase attention span, cooperate with others, and develop self-esteem. It also requires fine and gross motor skills.

Other than stacking them, Charlie also identifies and names the numbers on his blocks, he was able to identify numbers 7, 1, 2, and 3.

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Exploring Bubbles and Washing our Toy Cars 🫧

What skills can children develop from washing toys?
They are playing with concepts like empty and full, cause and reaction, and wet and dry. They are using their developing muscles to work up a lather and fine motor skills to fill and pour.

Not only is it a fun water-play activity that keeps the kids entertained for hours, but it takes care of cold and flu germs that are lurking on the toys, and leaves them squeaky clean. 🧽

Of course, the toddler class does love water activities, especially when soapy bubbles are involved. 🤭

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The Toddler class using their droppers and cotton balls to absorb water

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Cotton Ball and Rainbow Art is a great way to practice fine motor skills and grasp.

These kinds of art activities help toddlers learn about colors and help boost self-esteem, communicative skills, and spatial intelligence. It also helps them build on concentration and patience.

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The toddlers explored using cotton balls and tape for our Circle Time activity.

We secured a tape upside down on a surface and stick cotton balls on the sticky side. The activity encourages the children to learn and practice counting, they tried to count how many cotton balls are attached on the tape.

Also, pinching and pulling the cotton balls apart with 2 hands help children practice their pincer grasp while also giving them a chance to practice coordinating their two hands together.

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To make up for the class we missed last March 13, the Toddler Class experimented with colors and milk!

Science experiments helps children develop their sensory skills and enhance creativity. We can encourage them to talk & learn about colors and the mixture of different colors together.. It aslo practices their hand-eye coordination when they try to put cotton buds into the food colouring or bowl with milk.

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The Toddler class also made use of their bubble wrap for our Art activity. 🖌️

Bubble wrap is great for creating interesting patterns and shapes with paint. Bubble wrap printing is also a great way to practice fine motor skills because it requires your child to use a pincher grasp to hold the paintbrush.

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"I made that!" The Toddlers appreciating their artworks!

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"I made that!" The Toddlers appreciating their artworks!

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Another way to explore our senses is through Bubble Wraps!

Bouncing on bubble warps has a lot of benefits to it! It increases core strength, which is necessary for stability, posture, and movement. It also strengthens arm, hand, and finger muscles needed for everyday activities, like getting dressed, as well as writing. It develops eye-hand coordination which is important in linking the brain with movement.

The bubble wrap gives off a nice and soft feeling that tickles our feet and soft enough to touch with our hands and fingers. The popping sound is also calming and satisfying and can be use for mindfulness activities also! 🧘🏻‍♀️

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Arja's curiosity led her to explore the flour more. She dips her hands in her bin with flour and observes her hands as they turn white from all the powder.

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Charlie's showing the circle he made from his cloud dough

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Sensory play is a lot of fun. It also offers many benefits for child development, including: Helping children understand how their actions affect what's around them. Supporting brain development, enhancing memory, complex tasks and problem solving.

The toddlers explored their materials and different textures as they made their home-made Cloud Dough.

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Continuing the Rubber Band Fishing Activity

Aside from fishing out the bands from the water, the class was also interested in scooping and pouring water using containers. They observe the water as they pour it back into their bins and scoops them repeatedly.

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The Toddlers were excited to taste and try out their ingredients in our activity.

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Involving your child in meal preparations can help young kids learn and practice some basic math concepts and build language skills. It can help build their self-confidence and lay the foundation for healthy eating habits. It may take a little flexibility and some simple prep work to get them involve during preparation and meal time.

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Rubber bands is beneficial in many fine-motor activities. It strengthens hand muscles, developing fine motor skills. This activity also helps improve hand-eye coordination and enhance their focus and problem-solving skills.

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To extend the Salt Art Activity, the toddler class prepared paint and water.

They mixed them together and painted over their salt art, revealing their colorful artworks! 🖼️

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From birth, children start to develop communication and language skills. As they get older, they learn to express themselves and as teachers and parents, we help build on their skills

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Tearing paper actually helps children develop so many essential skills: hand strength, hand-eye coordination, precision, refined movements, and more.

When a child tears a piece of paper, they improve hand strength and endurance in the small muscles in the hand beneficial for pre-writing skills and fine-motor development.

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Having (and prolonging) conversations with toddlers helps them develop their language and communication skills.

It helps boost their self-confidence and builds and strengthens relationships between children and their parents and caretakers.

Good communication between you and your child is important for developing a positive relationship and will make it easier for both parties to talk about difficult topics as they get older.

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In continuing Sensory Exploration, the Toddler class made their Salt Art pieces!

Using materials readily available at home, the children explored the hard and rough feeling of salt and the sticky feeling of glue. They like dipping their fingers and hands in salt and trying to feel their art when the glue got dry. 🧑🏻‍🎨

The class was also surprised to see their work after dispensing the excess salt from their paper. 🤩

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The Toddler class continued to explore and enhance sensory skills through ice and tools.

It helps develop their fine-motor strength and coordination by manipulating their tools such as tongs, and through the use of their hands and fingers 🖐🏻

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In our activity, the toddler class gathered their toys and soap and practiced cleaning up. They washed their toys using soap and sponges. They also explored and played with the materials we used in our activity!

Why Self-Help skills are important?
When toddlers practice self-help skills, it boosts their confidence. Children are naturally inclined to want to do things for themselves. Encouraging your child's self-care, like feeding themselves, reduces their stress and promotes their self-esteem.

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In highlights to our Circle Time routines, the toddler class have been more familiar of their picture and name during Attendance Check.

The children would say their name when their picture is moved on the screen. They can also recognize when it is their classmates' turn.

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The toddler class brought out ice cubes to explore 🧊

We also made use of tools like tongs, scoopers, and containers in our exploration.

Some toddlers tried to taste the ice cubes. Arja nodded her head when Nanay asked her if it was cold after putting it on her mouth 🤭

Lukas was also interested with playing with the water that melted from the ice. He uses his hands to sway and swipe the water around his tray and make splashes of water! 💦

Charlie liked to put the ice cubes on his hands then puts in on a container, he did this multiple times and placed the ice cubes on his bowl again when it got empty. 😅

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The Toddler class had a sensory activity. The children made Paper Tear Art and used materials like glue to stick the pieces and paper together.

Some were hesitant to touch the sticky texture of the glue but after some encouragement and suggestions from the adults assisting them during the activity, they also tried to do it 💖 (let's just hope the glue won't stick to them 🙏🏻)

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This activity helps develop traveling, balancing, and listening skills. It also enhances creativity and problem-solving skills.

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The class explored with Magnets 🧲 for Circle Time

Lukas thought it was magic that the magnet was not sliding down or falling down from the leg of his table. He later on tried sticking his magnet on other objects like his bed, chair, and even on the shelves

Eliana enjoyed sticking her magnets on her muffin tin. She did the action repeatedly and also tried sticking them to other materials like the legs of her table.

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Charlie tosses the balloons at the same time and repeats it again when it reaches the floor!

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This simple game makes your toddler and even the whole household entertained. 🎈

Prepare an area where you and your child can freely move around, make sure that there will be no objects that you or your child would hit or bump onto. Take out a balloon and start setting it into the air -- try to catch the balloon before it hits the floor!

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To make the bubble solution we made in class here's the recipe:

4 cups of warm water

1⁄2 cup of sugar

1⁄2 cup of liquid dishwashing soap

bowl

whisk/spoon

measuring cup

1. Whisk the sugar into the warm water until the sugar dissolves.

2. Add the liquid dishwashing soap and whisk to combine.

3. Let the bubble solution sit for a couple of hours or overnight.

4. All done! Now it’s time to test your bubble solution.

The toddlers used different tools as how they are used in daily activities. They used a whisk (or spoon) to mix their solution in their bin.

This activity helps them develop their sensory skills, fine-motor strength and coordination, and also listening skills through following instructions.

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The toddlers enjoy activities wherein we use water play!

In this activity, we explored different senses and introduced different characteristics such as wet, cold, hard, soft, etc. 💭

The toddlers played with and explored water using loofah, sponges, scoopers, and different containers.

We also practiced cleaning up the mess and materials after we are done with the activity 🫧

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The class made an art piece by using cardboard squares to scrape and spread paint on paper. 🧑🏻‍🎨

Kimi chose the colors that he liked to use for the activity. He names and points to the colors and scoops them using his spoon. At first, he was using his cardboard to spread and scrape the paint around his paper then later on, he was more interested on using his spoon to scoop, dump, and scrape the paint on his paper. 🎨

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A fun and interactive art exploration that will stimulate your child’s different senses.

The toddlers tried a different way of painting! They placed a paper inside a container and added some paint and small loose parts. Then, we played a song called "Shake and Stop" and the children shook their containers along with the song. After that, we remove the paper from the container and they saw the artworks that they made! 🖌️

After the activity, some of them used paint and paintbrush and wanted to add more details to their work.

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This will practice the children to hold and manipulate writing tools. They can also practice making marks on foil freely, creating different lines and strokes

Aside from writing on foil, Kimi had fun using the markers on his hands and arms. He was curious to see what would happen and beamed a smile after seeing the marks on his arm. 🤩

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Let's explore painting just by the use of water! 💧

The toddlers gathered their materials and was curious to try and explore their tools.

Some of them added some paint, and painted pictures! While the others, made different strokes and lines using their paintbrushes dipped in plain water. 🖌️

This activity helps develop pre-writing skills as well as enhance their fine-motor strength and arm control.

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One of the practices that toddlers can do to help develop their fine motor skills is through tearing pieces of paper!

The Toddler class prepared some wrapped objects and using small muscle strength and body coordination, they can unwrap and find out what surprise is hiding inside!

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During Exploration Time, we played fun music and did a movement activity.

It allows your child to practice their communication skills through imitation and also helps them develop through following instructions.

We played the class' favorite Circle Time songs and danced along through the music

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This is an easy activity that you and your child can do at home!

Let your child practice his or her muscle strength and challenge your child’s problem-solving skills by letting them pick up the balls or small soft objects and shoot them through a basket! 🏀

You can make the activity more challenging, depending on your child's strengths and skills, by throwing from a distance or making the basket mobile by dragging/moving it around!

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The Toddler class explored making sound through using common household items and musical instruments 🎶

The toddlers manipulated their materials by tapping, shaking, rocking, and even hitting two items together!

Lukas also showed how the monggo seeds makes sounds by shaking the bin and spinning his hands around. 👋🏻

Charlie enjoyed rattling his maracas

and Arja, transferred and poured her seeds and beans through different containers

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Meanwhile, Charlie makes splashes of water by tapping the water with his hands 💦 he also drags and navigates his paper boat around his bin and observes his materials with direct focus.

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Lukas tested out his objects by placing all of them on water! He even tried using his ball and tries to push it down when it floats and even tried to hold it down in place. He also navigates his ball around his bin, making the paper boats float around the space also 🌊

After a while, he repeatedly removes his boats one at a time and places them back in his bin.

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We explored making paper boats and tested them in a tub of water!

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Lukas stays interested in the activity as they did it with his dad. He continues to explore his tools and materials when offered suggestions and questions. 💡

Charlie watches how his popsicles leave traces of color and also likes to explore the popsicles with his hands and fingers. He also asks for a wet wipe when his hand is wet and full of color stains, but continues to touch and manipulate his materials with his hands after 🤩

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Lukas and Charlie were into Ice Popsicle Painting! 🧊 They used their hands and fingers to manipulate the materials and also one- to -two words and phrases to express their needs and ideas.

Lukas was focused on exploring his materials by sliding them around his paper and mixes different colors.

Charlie uses his words to ask for colors he would like to use. He also patiently waits for his caregiver to give him the color he asked for 😊

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Charlie was interested in watching his toys and objects roll down the ramp, his caregiver assists him in putting his objects on top of the ramp.

During the activity, Charlie identifies and names different color - especially when asked. He also expresses through words the colors that he would like to use for the activity such as blue, purple, and green 🎨

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When the class started, Charlie was excited to show his handbell and shakes it to show his teacher. He stops for a few seconds then shakes it again when asked by his teacher. 🎶

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Seems like the Toddler Class enjoyed snacking on their activity 😆

As they cut their pasta noodles into smaller pieces, they also enjoy eating them, showing how they cut it through their teeth! 😅 They also shared their pastas with their parents and yayas. Hooray for sharing 🙌🏻

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For Sensory Play, Charlie and Arja used their droppers and bulb baster to spritz water on their cotton balls.

Arja demonstrates fine motor strength by using her two hands to squeeze the bulb baster, she aims the baster towards her other container where the cotton balls are.

Charlie enjoyed squeezing the cotton balls with his hands. He observes how the water extracts from the cotton balls he filled.

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Charlie enjoyed staying away from the camera.

He playfully goes away from the screen and when the teacher asks "Where's Charlie?" he would slowly show some parts of his body (foot, arm, etc) after the teacher said "Where's your face?" Charlie strikes a pose and showed his face 😎

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Charlie was more interested in putting them together as he tries to fit each piece instead of stacking them, he knows his interests as he repeatedly tries to fit the smaller piece into a bigger piece.

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"How many cotton balls do you have Charlie?"

Charlie immediately says 2, after transferring the second cotton ball into another bowl. We started practicing how to count after this and Charlie would point at the objects while his yaya says the numbers as he points.

For his comprehension, Charlie responds appropriately and nodded his head when the teacher asks "is there 7?" (after counting them all)

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Arja painted the letters of her name by using the colors she likes. She points and tries to identify the colors then uses her paint brush to make marks on her paper. Arja also shows understanding by recognizing her own name.

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The children had cotton balls and tongs for our Sensory Play.

Toward the end of the activity, Charlie was more interested in pulling them apart and got excited and showed in class the cotton balls in his hand! 🤩

Arja also found a sunscreen bottle and showed it in class, she demonstrates strength in fine motor skills as she pulls the cap off the spray bottle and through using her tongs in the activity 👏🏻

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In our movement activity, we learned about Up and Down!

Movement activities helps develop gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination, it also enhances our body coordination and learn how to follow directions.

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Yaya tried to help too but the cereals were more yummy! 😋

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Kimi carefully tries to insert his rings into his pasta noodles, after filling all the sticks, he removes them and starts again. Rather than stacking them to reach the top, Kimi was more interested in spacing them and filling in each pasta with a ring. He even added more pasta noodles to make more sticks for his rings!

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Charlie was more interested in eating and tasting his cereals for the Rings on A Stick activity 😅 The cereals must be so good! 😋

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Kimi tried to use different ways to spread/mix the rice around his bin. At first, he's using the ladle to scoop and pour the rice and later on, he was more interested in laying it on top and scrape the rice using the handle.

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Charlie likes to use his container to dump and pour rice and beans. Later on, he also used some measuring spoon to scoop and pour them.

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Matching games or puzzles help your child improve their fine motor and cognitive reasoning skills. It will also help them understand the concept of a whole and its parts. It also builds on critical thinking skills! 😎

Charlie had different objects and he tried to match their pairs. For Kimi, he had different pairs of socks and with his mom's assistance, Kimi paired them together.

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At the start of the class, Charlie wanted to show his book. He points and names different colors and pictures from his book like the stars, a cat, and even a red clock! ⏰

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Thank you everyone for joining our online Christmas Program! 🎄 We sure had lots of fun with you and your families 💖 Enjoy the break and Happy Holidays! ❄️🥳

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Thank you everyone for joining our online Christmas Program! 🎄 We sure had lots of fun with you and your families 💖 Enjoy the break and Happy Holidays! ❄️🥳

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Since it's the Christmas season, the toddler class made some holiday-themed art as they decorated their own Christmas Trees!

The class used cotton balls and tweezers (and even their fingers) to paint their Christmas trees. They made dots, and lines, and even mixed the paint using their hands! 🧑🏻‍🎨

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Charlie, Lukas, and Kimi got some time to make their Christmas Shakers 🎶

They filled their recycled bottles with beans, seeds, rice, and other small objects that can fit inside! The toddler class decorated their bottles by using tape and colored papers to cover it and some added some decorations too. 😊 We also made sure that the bottles are sealed by covering the cap with tape... now, we can shake it 'til you make it!! 🙌🏻

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The Toddler Class made their guitars from scratch! 🙌🏻 We used recycled materials to make our guitars, and we know you can make them too!

Here are some of the materials we used:
- 6-8 (Large) Rubber bands
- Paint
- glue/tape
- Cereal box/Tissue box
- Scissors
- Paper towel tube
- Craft knife (optional)
- Ribbon (thick) (optional)
- Beads, pompoms, stickers, etc. (for decoration - optional)

This activity is a great way to develop fine motor skills, learn to follow directions, and explore musical concepts

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Christmas Season is comin' and so is our Christmas Program ❄️🎄💃🏻

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Christmas Season is comin' and so is our Christmas Program ❄️🎄💃🏻

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This week served as our preparation for our upcoming Christmas Program.

The children made their own props as part of our costume for our Class Performance for the Christmas Program 😃 Here are some of the props we made in class:

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The Toddler class made mess-free paintings today! The children used paper cut-outs and glue to make their collages.

This activity helps them develop their fine motor skills as they use their hands and fingers to manipulate the materials. It is also an exploration of visual arts, wherein we try different processes and use different tools and materials to make art. 🎨

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Everybody's enjoying the snacks they made!

Involving your child in preparing their meals helps them be more independent and also it exposes them to a variety of food they can eat/explore. It's a fun activity that can spark creativity too! 🥰

Special thanks to the parents who joined us in our Parents' Day activity! 💝

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Some snaps from the Food Prep activity with Mommy Grace

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Some snaps from the Food Prep activity with Mommy Grace

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We invited Mommy Grace Ong-Franco to lead an activity for our Parents' Day Celebration

The Toddler Class had a food preparation bonding activity with their mommies & daddies in class! The children helped prep their meals and their drinks, they also got to share about their child's favorite snacks and drinks in class.

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In our Oil and Water Sensory, Charlie and Lukas used their hands and fingers to explore the oil and water bag.

Some objectives for this activity are:

explore sensory play

learn sensory attributes and colors (wet, cold, hard, etc.)

let children manipulate the materials presented to them and build their fine-motor skills and coordination