Toddler Exploration Time

One Friday a month, the park district puts on a Toddler Exploration Time at the Oak Park

Conservatory.  Since Miles doesn't have school on Fridays, it's the perfect day

for he and I to go and do something special.

Each Friday has a different theme that the activities are centered around.  

They start with a story based on the theme,

then the kids get to walk around to a few different stations they have set up.  Today's theme

was foods that make up the colors of the rainbow.  They made pumpkins out of playdoh,

painted with vegetables (that face!! 😂),

and got to take a closer look at some fruits and vegetables.

It's really cute, and what I love is you go at your own pace.  Once the story is over, you roam around and can leave whenever you're done.  So I can follow Miles' lead on when he's had

enough.  He makes his way through the stations, explores what he wants to explore,

and then we go about the rest of our day.  

I'm so thankful we have such fun activities available to us.  I love being able to expose

him to different things and share in these cool experiences with him.