Muffin Tin Monday

I found this great site, Muffin Tin Monday, and loved the idea! This is our first Muffin Tin Monday and I was relieved that this week was "no theme". This gives me a little more time to prepare for the future ones. Izzie was so excited to see her food in the tulip muffin tin and ate much better than she usually does (thank you Muffin Tin Monday!).










Top: dried fruit containing raisins, pomegranate chips, blueberries and a few vanilla yogurt raisins, 2 mini heart natural peanut butter sandwiches on wheat bread, and cheddar Chex mix.
Bottom: cubed cheese, 2 mini heart peanut butter sandwiches, and sugar-free Jell-o.

Plastic Egg Activities

Izzie has really enjoyed playing with the plastic eggs this year. I made her 12 egg sound shakers to play with. I filled each egg with an object (pennies, rice, plastic rings, etc.). She has had a lot of fun just shaking the eggs and listening to the different sounds. After I made this activity, I discovered another way to make and use the egg shakers...fill two eggs with the same object, then try to match up the two sounds. We'll have to try this!

Another plastic egg activity she did...transferring the plastic eggs from the basket to the plate by using salad tongs. Izzie had a difficult time with this activity; the tongs made it harder. I think her hands are too small for the large tongs. I would love to find a smaller pair of tongs and repeat this activity to see if she would do better. To help, I gave her a spoon to use to transfer the eggs...this made it much easier and more enjoyable for her.

Egg-tra Color Fun

To reinforce colors, I filled each plastic egg with some corresponding pompoms (yellow egg--yellow pompoms), then had Izzie open each egg and place the pompoms in the correct color container.

Egg-tra Number Fun

During our "Egg-tra" day, we also worked on matching numbers 1-10. I wrote an individual number on the top portion of the egg, as well as the bottom portion of the egg. Izzie had to match the numbers to put the egg back together. This was a great activity to work on her fine motor skills.

Egg-tra Shape Fun

This was a very simple activity to reinforce shapes with Izzie. She had to match each egg with it's correct shape. I found the adorable bunny at Target. I made two sets of shapes; attached one set to the bunny and the second set to the plastic eggs.