Actually it was more the kinds of activities you mentioned (sorting pom poms etc) that I am looking for, not paper based activities. I am looking for things to do with 18months to 2 1/2 year olds to give them fun learning acitivities in addition to all the free play. We do painting, colouring, playdough, etc and I have just discovered that they love playing Simon Says and Ring Around the Rosie...but I am looking for more active/learning activities to do with them...by games, I meant active games like Simon Says. Any ideas anyone?


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I was printing out pages and buying books with letters to trace and mazes and games and my children last year who went off to JK barely touched them. They were an all action group and just wanted to play and play. I had better luck setting up different things daily like: scissor practice, a sensory bin full of different things, colouring with paper, a matching game and a pompom sorting game and set them all at the dining room table, then after 10 minutes they passed it on. Great way to pass an hour and still keep them interested. Now I have 2 three year olds and 3 babies so I'm really challenged this year.