Using Laptop at this young age:O

Bismilah,

I am amazed watching Alishbah that how she works on a laptop at this young age... she can open the laptop on her own, click on a user to get logged-in... browse to her favourite video that she want to watch (i have saved some videos in a particular folder for her)... play the video... pause the video usually when she heards Azaan :)... replay the video when Azaan finishes ALHUMDULILLAH:)

Alishbah dont allow me to take pictures or make a video (i have to do it secretly) of her activities... But whenever i get chance i will do and upload inshaAllah :)

Beach Fun

Bismillah,
Alhumdulillah, what a great fun we had yesterday on beach. Alishbah enjoyed playing on sand.... Her excitment level was soo high that she was not allowing us to leave the beach :)

Taking a scoop of sand

And dumping in a bucket 

Now holding a bucket... Look at her tongue

And putting on her own hahahahaha

Playing with sand



Feeling its texture 

Making a sand mountain

I hide her feet in sand and start playing `Alishbah k feet kahan hain? (where are alishbah feet)`. She showing her foot and saying `yahan hain(here)`

We also saw a beautiful sun-set (SubhanAllah)

 This kind of outdoor activity is very good for health... both sand and fresh breeze are way too good for all of us :)

Pouring

Bismillah,

For developing hands control and eye-hand co-ordination in your kid, one of the simplest way is to put a big bowl with water and some small pots

Alishbah pouring water in a jug

Again, a good way to keep your child busy :)

Messy Play: Kneading

Bismillah,

Whenever i knead wheat dough Alishbah always come and try to put hands on the bowl but this time I give her a bowl add few drops of green colour and little water... She spends hours in playing... Nice way to keep your toddler busy!!

Wheat with water and few drops of colour

Alishbah enjoying and mixing

Nice excerise for toddlers

Playing with wheat dough is fun and (most) young children love it. It actually helps in developing control and strength of the muscles in their fingers and hands. Those same little muscles which they need to be good and strong to hold a pencil and write with :)

Counting

Bismillah,

Zeno,One, Two, Tahree, Foun, Five, Sis, Senen, Eight, Nine, Tennnn... Clapppingggg!!!

Yes, this is Zero to Ten counting version of Alishbah and you will hear this type of counting all around in our home these days:)
One day she will pronunce all numbers correctly InshaAllah.

Ten bottle caps

Ten bangles

10 Cotton-buds

Ten toy fishes

Puzzle--ing

Bismillah,
We always try and provide our children with the best food so that they have all the nutrition for their proper growth. But what do we do for their mental growth????
Puzzles provide the food for brain right from early childhood. Toddlers love puzzles because these educational games challenge their mind and we love the benefits they give our precious little ones.

I know she is not attaching all correct BUT its f9 :)

Alishbah fitting puzzles

:)

Puzzle helps in Problem solving, Cognitive skills, Hand eye coordination, Motor skills and Confidence


Filling and Threading!!

Bismillah,

One of the effective way for developing fine-motor skills is threading and filling. It also helps in Hand-Eye Cordination. So here are some activities that she did this week

I put some peanuts in a box

Alishbah taking out one peanut from box

And putting it in a bottle

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Inserting some colorful cheerios in a skewer (i attached a small hair-clip at the end so that cheerios dont come out from the other hand)

Another view of inserting

see her concentration:)

A great way to keep your toddler busy

Final product :) Is it looking beautiful???

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A big bowl with some rice, a glass and a spoon. She is filling rice in a glass with a help of spoon :)

More activities like this will come SOOOONNN!!! (inshaAllah)

Cooking Fun

Bismillah,

Few days back i was crushing black peppercorns in a hand crusher. Alishbah quickly ran towards me and try to get the crusher... i remove the peppercorns and gave it to her.. GUESS what she did.... she started crushing her biscuits and then enjoyed eating them MashaAllah

crushing biscuits

final product :)

Messy Play: Finger Painting

Bismillah,

Last week we started some finger-painting
Alishbah like to paint  BUT BUT BUT more love to paint on her own (hahahahaha):) The painting experience was a bit tough and messy experience for me so try it just before bath time.
 (I will try making edible paint at home later inshaAllah)

What is this mamma??

pressing and feeling the paint

see her happiness

Her first ever painting (ofcourse i helped her)

finger painting is very beneficient in developing eye-hand cordination, fine motor skills and sensory touch. What looks like a mess on the surface is truly a learning experience for your child.

Building Blocks

Bismillah,

One of the first and EVERGREEN activity of Alishbah is playing with building blocks which was gifted by someone... and she always enjoy constructing different things through her own imagination. Usually she build building of similar sized blocks which i think is quite good in shape recignition.

These kinds of toy blocks strength in a child’s fingers and hands, and improve eye-hand coordination.

Alishbah playing with blocks



Tall building of single size blocks

Some other buildings

and here comes the train of single piece

Peg Puzzles: Numbers

Puzzles!!! can always be a GOOD idea for building one`s child brain.. So again we bought a Peg Puzzle of Numbers.
This puzzle is for helping promote number recognition and counting skills! Encourages hand-eye, fine motor and visual perception skills.
Number Recognition process is under-construction but solving is DONE Alhumdulillah!!!

Alishbah solving puzzle

Final product

Chunky Puzzle: SHAPES

when we gifted Jumbo Shapes Chunky Puzzle (by Melissaa and Doug) to Alishbah... she got soo much excited after seeing the jumbo-sized shape pieces and a puzzle board. At first she find difficult to solve and ask me to solve but then after 3-4 tries she was able to solve all the shapes Alhumdulillah...

These kind of puzzles can be used for developing fine motor control, encourages hand-eye cordination —and for building visual perception and matching skills!

Alishbah set of Chunky Shape Puzzle

Another view of inserting shapes

Now she removed all pieces and built a
building hahahahaha (we named it SHAPE BUILDING)

Another set of Small Shape Puzzle was gifted by her Phuppo... I thought that it will be difficuilt for her but after several trys she able to complete Alhumdulillah