Proud of my son. Activities that use to do my toddler in the nursery

Each parent is proud of his child, I know that :D.  Today I want to share with you some of Damian´s works from nursery, all of his paintings during the first month on the new nursery. In previous nursery they were doing different craftings and not just paintings, so every nursery has its own structure and materials to develop the imagination and fine motor skills of the toddlers. If your child stays with you at home, I think it would be a good idea to do some of these activities with your child as well.

First image is: Welcome!

paint with colours

paint with a sponge with many colours

paint with cotton

paint with gelatin

paint with wax pencils

paint with chalk

paint with chocolate

paint with sugar

paint with forms

stamp the hand with blue colour

paint with sponge

paint with red colour

I enjoyed a lot watching his creations, that´s why I´m so proud of him and I share this with you.

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Costa Brava - Besalú, Figueres, Roses, El Port de la Selva, Cadaqués

Costa Brava is a place that I was advised to go long time ago, as one of the most beautiful coast places to go in Catalunya. I really wanted to go, but everytime it was an excuse not to go there. This weekend there was no excuse to cancel our getaway to these fantastic places. It is true that in summer it is much better, but it wasn´t bad at all to go there now. The only thing is that it was really windy outside and we couldn´t enjoy walking through all the cities.

We made a route visiting 5 cities: Besalú, Figueres, Roses, El Port de la Selva and Cadaqués.

First day we went to Besalú, a little town, which was designates as a historical national property, that features with Middle Age houses. Walking through the houses you feel like you are in a medieval movie.

But before going there, just few metres above we made a stop and took our breakfast on a greeny lea. Damian enjoyed this stop as he was tired after 1 hour and a half of his stay in a baby chair.

Then we went to Figueres, birthpplace of Salvador Dali, we didn´t spend too much time here, as Damian was very tired and all the way wanted to be taken on arms. But the most important thing, Museum Dalí was seen by us. Yeah!

Last stop for Saturday was Roses, little town on the cost, with beautiful beaches. Here we remained for the night. We made some walking in the evening, but we didn´t take any picture. So here is just one picture of all city and another from where we stayed.

Sunday was really windy in that parts of Costa Brava, and Damian get asleep in the car, so El Port de La Selva and Cadaqués we enjoyed from the car :P. These are the places to get back and back not just once. Expect in summer another post with better weather and of course with us in the photos :)

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Crafting. Creating a little farm on paper.

I´m not the person who do a lot of crafts or things hand made, but I like a lot how other people enjoy doing crafting and to see what great things they can create. But, this weekend, I made an attempt to do a farm craft with Damian, almost because he loves animals, and in this way he learns a lot of things.

For this activity I needed: scissors, coloured paper, a big white paper, glue, printed paper with domestic animals.

Damian likes scissors, and to cut all the things, it was a really difficult task, as he didn´t let me cut anything with any scissors. So, I needed to cut all the shapes without him, that he couldn´t see me. I cut all the domestic animals that I have printed, then the shapes: of a house, a car, grass, sun. After preparing all together with Damian we created a real farm with animals and real farm life. I would like to say that this activity is a great time spent with your toddler, and it is an easy way to learn all the domestic animals, and colours.

Do it with your toddler, and you´ll see how much you will enjoy this activity :D:D:D

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