Counting and Bears

Yesterday Rachel started exploring the new games in her games drawer.

First she put the different sized bears in order.  As she said, "Easy, peasy"

Then, we hid a bear under a numbered cave.  I then told her the number (say, 17) and she had to find the bear.  This was popular. :)

Then, we did a symbol matching game, which she again declared "Easy, peasy".  So, I shifted the game to a pattern completion game.  Two green triangles, one green triangle, two blue circles...what comes next?  No problem...and no thought.  I think I'll look at some more complicated pattern completion activities.  I assumed this was beyond her still.

What was nice is that the games were good starting points, but evolved based on what she was doing or interested in at the moment.  While I was at a meeting, she convinced Daddy to play "Hide the Bear", but instead of a paper bear, she grabbed a stuffed animal and hid it in various locations.  Dad thanked me for teaching her the game. :)  I had planned on playing the game with her later in the week, but it was a natural extension from the paper bears, and she initiated it.