Discovery Boxes

River is 17 months old now, and he is easily bored. This has made him very cranky day after day, so after some research I found this wonderful website:  The Imagination Tree  it is the perfect place for fun activities to do with your toddler.

I made him a discovery "bowl" today. I found safe objects around the house, and piled them in. When I showed it to him, he became excited to get his hands on it. I didn't know it would be so traumatic for him at first...I thought putting an egg timer that vibrates would be fun for him.  As he was playing inside the bowl moving things around the timer went off , it scared the heck out of him. He jumped up with a petrified look on his face and came running to me. I couldn't help but laugh. (mean grandma) I went over to show him the timer and how it worked. It soon became his favorite object in his bowl, and he has figured out how to turn it off and on. This was a wonderful idea, and he enjoyed it for some time.