TOT SCHOOL: CAMPING

"Let NATURE be your teacher."

This week we talked all about CAMPING! At the beginning of the week we took the tent from his bedroom and set it up in our living room, complete with a sleeping bag, books and a flashlight. We closed all the blinds and turned off the lights and pretended we were camping outside. After we read some books he wanted to hunt for bears (it was very cute!). We kept this up all week and he enjoyed going back to it each day. 

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GROSS MOTOR ACTIVITIES

Set up a tent (or make one with chairs and sheets). Gather a flashlight, sleeping bag (or blanket), books, lanterns, etc. and pretend to go on a camping trip. 

Activity Source | KidsParkz

I printed off animal cards and hid them around the house. We turned off the lights and closed all of the blinds (to give an outdoor evening feel). Give your child a flashlight and have them hunt for the animals. When they collect them all, go through the cards and name all the animals.

FINE MOTOR  & ART ACTIVITIES

Activity Source | From ABC's to ACT's

I printed the cards, cut them out and added to a bin. Next, I added in some brown shredded paper and let him use tweezers or a fine motor tool to find pictures and match to the correct shadow. 

Activity Source | Glued to My Crafts

He painted 3 popsicle sticks and then we glued them together to make a tent shape. Next, we added a piece of construction paper to the back. Finally, he added a tent opening and a little campfire to the front.  

Activity Source | Mama, Papa, Bubba

I printed these on card stock and he used clothespins to match. You can also laminate them and let your child use a dry erase marker to circle the picture. 

Activity Source | No Time For Flashcards

This was a really fun activity! I put out some marshmallows, graham crackers, skewers and toothpicks. At first, we made shapes and then we started to build towers.He really enjoyed this! 

SENSORY & ART ACTIVITIES

On a piece of light brown paper we made flames with his handprit by using red, yellow and orange paint. Once it dried, we add pieces of darker brown construction paper for wood. Finally, we added a cotton ball to a wooden skewer and glued it to the top of the paper as a marshmallow on a stick.

Activity Source | Mama, Papa, Bubba

I printed off these family member cards, added to popsicle sticks and set up a few containers with items they talk about in the book. I used Easter grass as grass, dirt with water as mud, cotton balls as snow, and fake trees as the forest. Then we acted out the story. 

THEMED SNACKS

Source | Fun-A-Day

We added a wooden skewer to a large marshmallow, melted chocolate on the stovetop and crushed graham crackers in a baggie. After the chocolate was melted, he rolled the marshmallows on the stick in it and then in the crushed graham crackers. 

Make some good old-fashioned stovetop s’mores together.

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES

We made binoculars and used them throughout the week to pretend play and for a few activities. First, I gathered two empty toilet paper rolls. Next, my son helped to add decorative tape to stick them together. Then, I took a small rectangle piece of cardboard and folded the ends, glued to the middle to connect them (eventually it broke off so I just added another piece of tape around the rolls. Finally, I punched a hole in each end and added a string. 

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