Followed few mummies on instagram (or sometimes ideas from Pinterest), and they always share their effort on using recycled materials, or materials from daily life for totschool activities. I like those activities very much, and share with you all too~ 相信每个妈妈都需要一些很简单，不花费的小游戏来“娱乐”我们的小孩。最近在instagram里关注了几个外国妈妈，他们都好有创意的用循环物品，或一些日常生活用品来准备活动。当然，我也效仿他们的做法了~这里和大家分享!
Spot the different找出不同处
Followed mummy @senapiril from instagram and i like the activities that she prepared. Simple and always with material from daily life. This is spot the different activity which inspired by mummy senapiril. Material list: recycled paper, marker pen, and push pin. It is really easy and every Mummy/Daddy can prepare at home. 一张废纸+几支彩色笔就可以把这个找出不同处的教材准备好咯~ :) 妈妈在准备的时候也给孩子一份涂鸦，那么就不用另挪时间准备了！
Chen using pushpin for this activity. 晨选择用大头钉来完成这个活动。
Mummy, one more please~ So i prepared another one for her. Chen using golf tees for this. 妈妈，我还要玩~所以我再画了一张给她在第二天进行。这次，晨选择用golf tee来完成活动
Inspired from mummy @senapiril again~ and Chen like this activity very much! And what you need to have are : paper clip in different colors, recycled styrofoam, and color pens. Using color pens to do marking on styrofoam and use pen knife to cut a line on the marking that you done just now. Start the activity! 这个活动孩子很喜欢～你只需要有，颜色笔，宝丽珑盒，及回形针既可以进行。用颜色笔在宝丽珑盒上画上类似“一”的线。用刀子在线上画一刀，让孩子比较容易将回形针置入［我开始时没有割线，结果晨没办法置入回形针}。然后就可以开始游戏咯～
Hole Punching Practice 打洞练习
I suddenly came out with this idea when i used hole punches for my personal things. Just write down number 0-9 in recycled card, and pass a hole punches to your little one. 在使用打洞机时突然想到了这个游戏，和大家分享。就是在纸卡上写上数字0-9,然后让孩子根据数字打洞。晨已经可以自行进行打洞，但是当然也不是打得很漂亮。不过，我只是想让她尝试新活动，所以也不在意。
Eggshells Craft & Mashing Activity 鸡蛋彩绘及捣碎活动
Circle up the Number 圈起数字活动
This is a recycled cardboard from new shoe box. I kept it as i think maybe i can use it for certain totschool activity. And one day, i came out with the ideas which to write number randomly on the cardboard, and pass to Chen. And let her circle up the number which i mentioned. Another no cost activity! 这是鞋盒内的厚纸板，外形像切半鸡蛋，我特地收起看看是否可以用来进行什么活动。后来就想到了这个游戏。我在纸板上写上0-9,然后随意念出号码让晨圈起。又是一个不浪费的活动~
Pictures Domino 图案接龙
Simple homeplay, Inspired by senapiril from instagram again. Recycled pictures domino~ 简单不花费的图片接龙游戏～
If you already purchase Ibabiesclub Wooden Blocks Busy Bag Set, do you ever think on how to make use it for others activity? Yup, going to share another ways to do counting exercise with your LO with our wooden blocks right now! :) 要一直添购新玩具给家中小孩可能是件不太可能的事，所以我通常会上网寻找idea看看如何在已经拥有的玩具上作变化，创造新玩法。如果你已经购买了我们的益智木块数字拼图活动包 ， 那么请看这里~接下来会和大家分享另一个利用活动包里的木方块来进行的数量活动。
Material List : square cubes (2cmx2cm)outline from 1-10 , wooden blocks, truck drawing， number cards/magnet 简单的尊卑工作 ： 画出卡车（当然你也可以网络搜寻打印出来即可） ； 画出木方块的边线（从1到10）； 木方块 ； 数字卡/磁铁
Prepared by Chen's daddy and me (cubes only, :p) 晨爸爸帮我画卡车，我是描画四方块边线而已~
laminate all the paper material to make it long lasting 将教材过胶处理
How to play with it? 玩法示范： 1. For very young toddlers, we can put on the number and also the wooden blocks cube outline card for them. The cubes outline that i draw out is according to our color blocks, so children can do color matching as well. 如果孩子还没掌握数量，那么可以这样进行。放上数字，然后放上刚才准备好的木方块板。让孩子将木方块派上。然后可以和孩子一同数数看是否正确。我的木方块版是根据blocks的颜色来制作。所以可以一起进行颜色配对。
1. Mummy put on number and cubes outline 2. Color Matching 3. Done! And can let children do counting to double check the answer
Double check her answer
2. Mummy/Daddy puts on number only(without cubes card), children can do counting and put on color wooden blocks in correct quantity. 进阶版玩法，家长把数字放上。让孩子自行将正确数量的木方块放在卡车上。
3. Basic addition activity (within 10) 简单的加法
Mummy put on 7 and let Chen put on correct cubes board. But Chen placed cubes board with 3 blocks only, so mummy add up another cubes board with 4pcs of blocks. 3+4, we get 7 finally! :) 我放上了7号在卡车上，原意是让晨先放有7个木方块的版，可是她放了3个的。我再多加一片4个的，那么就得到7咯！
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According to Wikipedia: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture
book published in 1967. Written and illustrated by Bill Martin, Jr. and
Eric Carle, the book is designed to help toddlers associate colors and
meanings to objects. Wow, 1967! Almost 50 years already! But this story book is still popular among children and my girl like it very much! So, we must have some activities which related with the book.
翻查一下网络字典才惊觉这绘本是 Bill Martin Jr. & Eric Carle于1967的创作~至今也快五十年了！好夸张的数据。但是，其实这绘本很巧妙的融入了颜色和动物，所以小朋友们特别喜欢，晨也不例外。也是这样我就一定要准备些相关活动给家里的小朋友了。
*Golf Tee Hammering Activity* Materials : Mini/Toy Hammer (from Mr.DIY), Golf Tees(i get mine from Daiso) Free Printable Material : From Royal Baloo
棕色的熊主题，谢谢明帮我们购买 golf tee。今天就可以用钉子来进行 do a dot 啦～虽是新鲜玩意，小朋友是钉得开心，但是感觉上却没有很很喜欢的感觉。这小女生骨子里还真的女生到底呀～
Free Printable Material : 1+1+1=1(from same free printable material as above)
*Counting Practise* I can't get any suitable counting activity worksheet(free printable material), so i used pictures from 1+1+1=1 and prepared suitable counting practise worksheet for Chen. Of course, it is for personal use only.
" Children's brain grows at an explosive rate during the first three
years of his life. During these critical brain-growth periods, long,
thin nerve pathways grow inside the brain. We can help our toddler jump-start their brain development by engaging in games and fun activities with them. " [From Brain Boosting Toddler Activities]
I read about "working memory" & Shichida Method of Right Brain Learning for Children recently. Parents nowadays always complainted about children aren't smart as others and sent them for non-stop tuition. But instead of complaining, did we (as parents) do something for them during their critical brain-growth periods? At least for me, i feel i have the responsible to help my child for this(but getting high score during exam is her own responsible).So i try to provide some brain exercise activities for her including this memory games. This is my first trial, i think i will try to improve afterward. I'm still in learning and hope through sharing to receive advices/assists from others. :)
You may read here for more informations about working memory.
Again, i used pictures from 1+1+1=1 to make the matching cards and is for personal use only. I printed the picture on normal A4 paper and pasted it on EVA foam sheets.
*Letter Matching Games 字母配对游戏* Again, i used pictures from 1+1+1=1 to make the matching cards and is for personal use only.在1+1+1=1 内取得了动物的图然后制作成字母游戏卡。这纯粹是我用于个人用途的教材纸，基于尊重绘图者的创作，所以我不分享这个教材纸了哦。
Movable Alphabets : DIY ( you can just print out A-Z on card and cut out will do) A-Z字母 : 自制 （讲字母打印在纸卡上然后剪裁出即可）
Anyway, Chen still don't know ABC, this activity just to let her familiar with alphabets. This is not really easy for her as many of them (alphabets) are look-alike. But anyway, she can get correct alphabets after played with few cards.
*Handprint Art 好玩的手印时间* Inspried from Pinterest again and we make handprint art for blue horse, gold fish and elephants?!! Yup, Chen requested to make an elephant after completed her gold fish and blue horse handprint. I searched from Pinterest again and let her make her own elephants(and i can use it for Father's Day!) 接下来就是好玩的手印时间。我们制作了金鱼，蓝色的马，还有大象？！当然大象没有在棕色的熊故事里出现。是晨突然要求要印大象手印。所以我马上用Pinterest找出样本图然后让她印上。（成品很让人满意，可以来做父亲节礼物咯~）
*Fork Painting 做只棕色的熊*
And of course, we tried to make a brown bear too! We used the back end of a fork, dipped in brown color paint to create brown bear's head. This little bear is just too cute! ^^ 最后当然是要做只棕色的熊啦~我们用叉背来制作头部，然后粘上饰品即可！
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After Early Numeracy Activities Week, of course we still
carry on for numeracy related homeplay. I added on some counting or
number matching activities inside almost every theme play. Through
continuous exposure, finally she can recognize almost all the number(but
sure will have mistakes sometimes)and can do counting as well.
Anyway, it is not important how good or how bad of their
achievement, we are rewarded as long as children are happy during the
process.
Ok, let's see what numeracy related homeplay that we done recently-
You may refer to our post about homeplay to get all the printable sources. For most of the activities, i use magnatic dots for Chen to do matching. You can use dot sticker (mark with number) as well. 基本的数字配对游戏。属于比较早期就可以开始进行的游戏。通过这个活动，孩子们会慢慢认得所有数字。当然，父母需要陪伴游戏并适时给予指导。多数的活动里，我都是用数字磁铁圆点来进行。你也可以购入一些dot sticker然后再上面写上号码即可。
Number Matching Games during Bus Theme Play Week 数字配对游戏
But of course, before this you need to prepare some number dots for those activities. This is what i done. 准备这样一套基本数字圆点即可进行以上的游戏了~
Number Matching Games in another way. 也可用其他方法进行数字配对
☆Counting Activities☆ Can be done in many ways, here with samples from us. 配合不同主题以不同形式呈现的数一数环节。
Count & Clip, clothespins are great to strengthen fine motor skills for kids. 运用衣夹子有助于精细动作技能发展，你可以让孩子使用衣夹子夹在答案上。
Daily Life Counting 将数量活动融入日常生活中 This no cost activity which you can do it anytime. For example, you can invite your children to count the button on their shirt. Count on items/food that you pass to them, like can you count how many strawberries inside your bowl now? Keep repeating and they will finally know how to count~ 最基本又不需成本的数量活动就是数些日常生活内所触及的物品。比如，数一数你的衣服上有多少颗纽扣，数一数你的碗内有多少颗草莓之类的~在不断重复练习下，慢慢的孩子们就能掌握。
Number recognize practice can from our daily life as well. I cut out
number one bread strips for Chen as breakfast. After finished, she
requested for Number 3! 😊 从日常生活也可以进行数字介绍活动哦～今早我将面包剪成条状并告诉孩子这些是一。晨吃完后再要求一些面包，并说，我要三的面包。😊 通过日常作息，我们也来认识数字～
☆Maths Tray Activity☆ Inspired from pinterest and love this idea very much. And I'm just too
lucky to found a round tray which is similar to Montessori Tray so i
started this round tray activity with Chen immediately~
Materials 托盘内有: Felt Number Card 不织布数字卡 Number Magnet 数字磁铁 Any suitable mini items on hand 任何适合的迷你小物
Child uses three of the five senses; tactile, auditory, and sight to learn the sound and formation of each letter/number. Child traces on the letter on the felt number card to gain a muscular memory of the shape of the letters as a prelude to writing.
My Maths Tray 其中一些数字托盘
This is how we played with it. 我们利用数字托盘进行这些活动~
☆Playdough Activities☆
Yup, sure we can also introduce Number to our little with this simple play dough~ It can be carried out in many ways, for example: 粘土大概是多数孩子的最爱，通过游戏尤其是孩子们喜欢的游戏其实更容易让他们对这些数字留下印象。以下是我们的一些游戏环节：
Let's play while waiting for our meal. Busy bag is really important for daddy and mummy~ 在等食物时我会把Busy Bag拿出来，尽量避免电子产品。今天来玩数字积木拼图！
After i introduced Number Felt Card(Sensory Card) to Chen, every time she saw alphabets/number which is in bigger size, she will use her finger tip to trace the word~ ^^ After completed her wooden puzzle, she traced the wooden blocks surface and said 2~ 自从用不织布数字卡来让她练习用指尖写字后，之后每每看见比较大的字母或数字，晨都会用手指做tracing动作。今天也是一样，完成2的拼图后就自行写起来~
☆ Rice Tray(Salt Tray) Play☆ After few times finger trace on felt number card then we move to (salt
tray) prewriting practice. Of course, what she enjoy most is the rice
playing session (i provided bottles, spoon, cup for her to play
with)instead of prewriting practice. 通常在不织布触感卡进行了几次finger trace
练习后(晨会说，妈妈我要在米上面写字，当然一眼看穿写字是其次，她是想玩米粒～)，我们会利用自制米粒托盘继续习字。网络看到多数人用盐或面粉托盘，可
是我比较喜欢用米粒 (我有稍微搅拌至碎)，觉得比较好清理。然后找个合适的盒子置入米粒即可～
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