August activities in detail

 - Body parts: Made him lie down on a cardboard and traced body out. We stuck stickers and colored the cardboard, naming different parts.

- Food: Popcorn is a favorite here so we made popcorn at home and counted the pops.

    - Custard making: He helped me cute banana and apples to make custard.

- Songs: Some song highlights were: Action song- Hello, hello, Just calling to say hi!

        - Story time: Old MacDonald had a farm. I used toy animals as props.

        - Jump song: Patty Shukla- Jump jump jump!

        - Mirror dance: One of his favorites were Dahler Mehndi (Tunak Tunak Tun)

        - Days of the week song by Ms. Rachel

- Sensory play: What fruit is it: Covered real fruit in bits of aluminum foil for him to unwrap and name. I hid tiny ones in a box of rice 

        - What vehicle is it: Hid toy vehicles in differently colored T-shirts of his for him to unwrap and name.

        - What animal is it- I hid animal pictures in the box of rice for him to find. I also gave him a scoop with it to play.

        - What letter/number is it: Hid tiny letters/numbers in colored dry coconut for him to dig and find.

        - Pasta color sorting: Dyed pasta in food dye- Took some pasta in a ziplock bag, added a teaspoon of vinegar and a few drops of color and sealed the bag to shake it. I let it dry for a few hours before playing with it. We tried to slide the pasta down a wooden kabab stick.

        - Wool around us: Just took a bundle of wool and circled it around hands and feet for us to disentangle ourselves. Needs adult supervision so that it doesn't get wound too tight.

        - Pompoms in a bowl of water is fun to scoop out, squeeze out the water and transfer from one bowl to another. 

        - Tractors in sand- mud used was kinetic sand. I also had some cocoa powder mixed in oil.

- Echoes: we made noises into a can/ bucket.

- Blow bits of paper on a table to see who can blow the farthest.

- Emotions- made funny faces in the mirror.

- Make pipe cleaners dance: I saw this one on Facebook- Cover a bowl with a sheet of cling wrap and place pipe cleaners in it. When you make noises into the rim of the bowl, the vibrations cause the pipe cleaners to bounce. But this did not work for me greatly and I ended up just blowing them around to make them dance.

Cardboard play: I substituted cardboard with my paper towel holder. We had a packet of hair bands that we had to put over the holder. It requires a bit of patience and fine motor skills. It did engage him for a good 15 minutes!