This weekend we spent the weekend in Liverpool on a little road trip. T gets incredibly excited when we stay in hotels and can't wait to pack his bag as soon as possible.
The begging to pack his bag for this started at least a week ago, so I thought I'd create a little list for him and really make it into a learning activity or game!
We are working on numbers with him at the moment so I added the relevant number of items with corresponding dots.
I got out all of T's clothes for the trip and placed them on his bedroom floor. He then went through the list checking off everything that had been placed in his suitcase.
We talked about the numbers as we went along, and looked around the room for other occurrences. Each time he found an item of clothing he ticked it off the checklist.
When he was finished we placed the list back in his suitcase so he knew what too pack the other end!
You don't have to be going on a trip to enjoy this activity, you could just pretend like T wanted to do for a week!
If you'd like a copy of our lists to play this game yourselves you can download it here.
I hope you like this post, if you play this game I'd love you to share your pictures with us X
Good idea to get the involved in packing as it reduces the stress for all!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea! We're going away in December so will definitely be doing this! x
ReplyDeleteI love that he's so pleased to have packed it all himself. This list is a great idea, although we would need more tops for my messy boys! :) x
ReplyDeletethis is a great idea - I did something similar when Mr D had a night at his Grandma's house
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Perfect pre holiday training! #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteThis is a brilliant idea! (May try it on my OH...) #toddlerapprovedtuesday
ReplyDeleteThis is a cute idea, and really gets them involved too. Tyler is always so pleased when he's helped with a grown-up activity, so this is right up his street! Sabrina xx #toddlerapprovedtuesday
ReplyDeleteThis is such a lovely idea, I'll have to remember this next time we're going away x
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This is a great idea - really helps them to count and think about travel. Fab #toddlerapprovedtuesday
ReplyDeleteThis is a cute idea, I like that you've included one for the way home as well. Clever idea, lovely. Ray xx #toddlerapprovedtuesday
ReplyDeleteLove this idea. We're always leaving stuff whereever we go!
ReplyDeleteThis is a genius idea!!!! :-D What a great way to get kids involved from a young age and making it fun! :-D xx
ReplyDeleteLeandra you are always so organised I am envious!! Such a lovely idea and he clearly loves doing it xx
ReplyDeleteLeandra you are always so organised I am envious!! Such a lovely idea and he clearly loves doing it xx
ReplyDeleteLeandra you are always so organised I am envious!! Such a lovely idea and he clearly loves doing it xx
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this idea as I often have to pack for everyone with very little help
ReplyDeleteI love this! What a fun idea and he is such a cutie too, btw! Will have to do this. We're taking a trip this weekend. Perfect timing! Thanks! #ToddlerApproved Tuesday. Here's my link (I just posted it!): http://mytalesfromthecrib.blogspot.com/2015/09/cooking-mamas-sneaky-waffles.html
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant idea! A great way to get the kids involved and learning at the same time. Genius. Becky x #ToddlerApprovedTuesday
ReplyDeleteWhat a great activity - will be remembering this one when we go away in a few weeks. Thank you :) and for hosting #toddlerapprovedtuesday
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