Rock n' roll counting

This little girl is a smarty....but I have to admit that sometimes her counting can be a little off....(skipping from the number 6 to the number 11, and such).
So we decided to get a little practice in, while incorporating some rock and roll at the same time.

We used crayons for the counting object and a guitar as the chosen instrument, but anything will work.
I placed a certain number of crayons on the floor, and she would count them out loud.
However many crayons she counted, was how many times she would strum the guitar strings.


I added some crayons, then took some away.....then let her add some and take some away. I'd have her strum fast, then slow...then pluck one string at a time.

A simple activity, but she had a great time with it.


Try it out!

More Magnets

You can just call me 'magnet lady' since that seems to be the theme of a lot of my posts lately.

Actually, if I have a choice of magnet names to be called, I think I'd prefer : the Magnetizer.

Here's what Miss T and I did yesterday to get us re-focused after a long and wonderful Christmas vacation.





While sitting indian style in our living room, I had T give me one word that corresponded with each letter of the alphabet. I drew a picture of each of those words, then passed her a magnet (with adhesive on the back) to peel and slap onto the back of each picture.

She took them one by one to the fridge and we counted all the letters together. (We ended up with 28 since I made two V's and two S's on accident....but who's counting... (besides us?))

After we counted,I told her to find the letter that sounds like _______. She'd then find the letter and transfer it to our front door (which is also made of metal). Then she'd tell me to find a certain letter. I would test her every once in a while by picking up the wrong letter just to see if she'd catch me. Sneaky, sneaky.

But here was the fun part. My daughter loves to dance like a delicate ballerina, so each time she'd take a letter from the fridge, I told her to dance it to the front door instead of walking. She did twirls and hops and Tandu's and plie's.
And she got a big kick out of watching me do the same.
Try it out and substitute the dancing for different commands- "Hop on one foot"- "Walk backwards," etc.
They'll eat it up.