:: unraveled~ a toilet paper experience ::

I got this idea from a Bev Bos workshop.

I stuffed three rolls of toilet paper (the fourth had somehow escaped on the way from the house) onto a shower rod that I tied to the canopy shading our deck and got the roll started.

Check out the hand/eye coordination needed for this catch:

I think he's trying to shake it off his foot in this one:

He got it off and observes the puddle of paper:

I love the surprised face as the wind keeps blowing it around (forces of nature):

It feels pretty good (sensory):

I thought he would have unraveled all the paper, but he stopped after this. Perhaps it was just the time of day. We just came back from two hours of running around. I'll try again tomorrow and see what he does.

The end !

:: refilling the birdfeeder ::

My lil man loves birdseed. A while ago I let him put his hand in the birdseed container and he cried when I put it away. Today I decided to set up an experience where he could help me refill the feeder. 

First, I set a tin full of birdseed into the baby pool (nature). It drew him in immediately.

He really dug his hands in (sensory): 

Then he decided to dump the seeds out (hence the baby pool)

After we made the mess, on to the business of filling the feeder (but first we must manipulate all the moving parts of the feeder) (motor)

He helped me put seeds in, and out, and in, and out, and in and out (opposites & fine motor). 

He took a close look, just to be sure...(observation)

J then helped me clean up the ones that got away (responsibility):

But then decided it should go back on the deck (independence):

The end!