Back at home I put away the toys from the loose parts bin – they’ve been out for several weeks and it was time for a change. I replaced them with some miscellaneous toddler toys. These are odds and ends that don’t fit with other toy sets so I grouped them together;
This was an unintentional set-up.
The Duplo blocks have been available in the block bin for almost two months – I won’t change the blocks until the children start losing interest in playing with them. One of the toddlers found an alligator in the loose parts bin and decided it belonged in the block area with the Duplo alligator;
We then decided to go on an alligator hunt to see if we could find any more alligators. They found the new stuffie and put him in the ‘water’ area so he could ‘swim’;
I found an alligator in one of the November/December books but the toddlers were more interested in the other ones – the ones they discovered.
Going on an alligator hunt may have resulted because I had all the ‘right’ items available but maybe….it was a connection the toddlers made during free play and I just noticed what they did.
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