Little Explorers!

So if you don't already know I work at the University of Illinois Early Child Development Lab. I really LOVE my job! I am an assistant teacher in one of the infant rooms. I get to take care of and play with infants all day long. Of course I wish I could spend that time with my babies, but hey if I have to work, I am glad it is with other children and doing a job I love! Anyway, at my work we do all kinds of art and sensory activities with the children everyday. Some days we do painting and other days we do more exploratory activities. These activities are such stimulating activities and really promote the development of the children. Every time I am participating in these activities with the children I always think, I wish I could do this with my babies. Well this weekend I realized, "hey, what's stopping me?" So I decided if I am able, on the weekends I am going to plan an activity to do with the twins. So today we did two activities. The first one we explored paper muffin cups. The twins really enjoyed this, especially Elijah who was grabbing all the cups and not leaving very many for his sister. We talked about the crinkly sound the cups made.
I had only planned on doing one activity, however in the past we have brought in snow for our kids at school to explore, so I thought that would be a fun activity for the twins. So I brought in some snow, and boy was it funny to watch! Elijah wasn't too interested in the cold snow, he enjoyed the measuring cups much more. Kathryn however, really enjoyed the snow, especially eating it! We talked about how cold the snow was and how it tasted. I made sure to take video of the activities and pictures, so I am posting the videos here. Keep an eye out for more in the future. Enjoy!