I know that we cannot be the only ones feeling cabin fever! Keeping up with this little guy is getting tougher! He constantly wants to experience new things and I'm dying to be able to take him outside!
Physical Development:
He's becoming a master at pulling himself up on things. His balance is getting better and he does not need the support nearly as much as he used to. However, he absolutely does not want to walk. If I try to hold his hands up and have him walk towards me, he immediately sits down. I know he will eventually get there, so am not forcing him at all. I am just trying to provide him opportunities to stand and practice his balance (honestly, he takes the opportunity, whether I want him to or not).
The foam steps we are borrowing are still a huge hit. He likes to get toys from the top or put toys up there. He's getting more confident at climbing them.
Reading:
Reading is pretty similar. We do one set of English words flashed three times a day. He watches Your Baby Can Read or Tweedlewink maybe 3-6 times a week. We try to do one English Little Reader Lesson several days a week. He really enjoys Little Reader now, so I'll keep encouraging it!
I've started getting out one of his Meet the Sight Words a week to read to him. Sometimes he looks at the words while I read and sometimes he doesn't. I like that they have large bold print. We try to read as many books as he wants. Hi current favorite is Furry Friends (one of Xander's favorites too).
Spanish:
We flash a set of Spanish words three times a day (our modified Doman method). It takes about 5 seconds a session. We are doing one Spanish Little Reader Lesson several days a week. He does not have as much patience for these as the English ones (probably because the words are less familiar), so we only do the multisensory parts, not the entire lessons. We read some of the early readers I made, and I try to get out one math early readers to read a few times a week. He also occasionally watches a Kids Start Spanish DVD.
Learning Shelves:
These are the shelves in our play room, where we spend a lot of our day.
This basket has toddler sized magnetic balls and sticks. I was lucky enough to get these second hand, and he really enjoyed them. He tended to carry them all around the room with him.
We also found that hanging them on the triangle made for a fun game. We'd hang them and he'd pull them down, laughing about it. He also thought running them along the bars to make noise was good fun.
The Lollipop Drum was a big hit with Xander and I love that now Archer is enjoying it. It was fun to watch his reaction when he got it to make noise. Something about the texture of the mallet must be enticing, though, because both boys enjoyed chewing on it.
One shelf had a little magnetic dry erase board and some really big magnets. Sometimes I'd put the magnets on the little board for him to take off and sometimes he would put them on himself. I also got out the big dry erase board for him to try.
The shelves themselves are fun to sit in also!
I got back out his pound and roll toy again. It is one we get out frequently, but he really enjoys. He's getting better at using the hammer, but prefers to use his hands.
We got out his house knobby puzzle for the first time. I wasn't sure how it would go, but he really enjoyed it. He loved taking the pieces out and carried them around the room.
He also thought it was fun to put them in the triangle. He had to figure out how to turn the piece in order to pull it back through. Someday, we will actually work on putting pieces back into the board. :)
A basket had a bunch of sensory balls. Both Archer and Xander used these all the time the last two weeks. The were rolled and eaten a lot! We also put them up in the triangle and Archer had fun trying to knock them down.
A tray had the pop up monkeys that go with Archer's musical train set. He is not quite ready for the full set, but loved the little peg monkeys! He enjoyed watching me make them pop. He also liked pulling them out of their holes and loved the shape of them more. He crawled around with them, put them in the triangle and, of course, chewed on them.
The last toys out on the shelf break my normal no batteries rule for toys. I got these little guys and a tree house for them off Facebook Marketplace for a steal. Archer doesn't care much for the ramps, but really enjoys the animals. They provide great incentive to crawl or climb his stairs.
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