Tot Tuesday

We have been working on colors and I brought out this game that I had since J was smaller. Where's mouse? It came from a Mailbox subscription that I had long ago. It consists of colored houses and a mouse. The object is to find the mouse hidden behind one of the houses using color words. But since Kaleb is still young, I use the color words and he finds the mouse.

We started the game by setting up the houses. I talked about the colors and such.

Then I hid the mouse behind a house. We did this first without closing his eyes. He found the mouse.

Then I asked if he wanted to hide the mouse. He thought it was funny when I would pick a few of the houses that I knew the mouse wasn't behind and then he would show me where the mouse was hidden. This is an easy game for tots and you could probably create your own. Plan Your Preschool has a felt version of the game with a cute rhyme to go-along and Moms Have Questions Too has a color game using popsicle sticks. Two easy and simple games to help your tot learn his colors.

This is his "stop taking pictures and play with me" look.