First - we traced our names. I typed the names up and had them laminated on strips of paper and the kids traced their names with a dry erase marker.
Second - we played a game with our letter "A". We hid the letter and played hot and cold. Let's just say that two-year-olds are NOT interested in sharing. The three-year-old in our group did really well with this game. (Will have to note that for a later date when most of the group is 3.)
Next - We had our show and tell. Each child brought an item that began with the letter "A". We practiced some positional words. The alligator is "on" Meredith's head, etc.
Then - We had snack time. Here is a picture of what our placemats looked like. The numbers are on there so we can count out our snacks. We had ants (raisins), apricots, apples and dried apples. And I'm thinking, too many snacks is fairly overwhelming, so maybe just keep snacks to only 2 and not have everybody bring a snack. we'll have to take turns.
When the girls ask to color I pull this out. It has everything, minus the paper of course. It's fun to pull out our "craft box" or "coloring box". It was fun to pull it out for our playgroup. All of the stuff was right there. Markers, crayons (in the pink box), pencils, glue sticks, elmer's glue, water colors, scissors, and a ruler.
Here are two of our finished craft projects that we did after our snack. Meredith loved doing this. This was to help teach how to write an A. We put glue on the first line (the left line) of the A and had the kids start at the top of the letter. Then the right line and then the line between. It was a fun little project. Of course, then my girls dumped water and ruined the ones that got left at our house.
So, for next week I think we'll definitely have to shorten the formalized amount of time for our playdate. I think I'll stick to the names, show and tell, snack then craft. I'll just not add anything else and keep each of these short. (I'll let you know if that works better for 2-year-olds. :)
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