This is his current favorite. It is a great fine motor work. I made it for him when I observed his interest in putting little things in holes. Because of the small pompoms that always end up in his mouth this work is on top of his shelf where he cannot grab it independently; therefore this work is supervised at all time (he asks for it when he wants it though!)

This is his next favorite. Any box he finds he will try to open or close it. These are mostly easy one for him. The 2 cardboard boxes open and close easily. The white box has a hinge however it is still a bit hard to open so I will help him. The pink one just lifts open and he loves it. The herb container wasn't here originally however he opened the full container after finding it in the pantry while I was cooking and poured the herbs everywhere, so I figured he was ready for an easy screw top, I cleaned the container and added it to his shelves!

He still loves banging on this drum (similar drum here)! That being said, he has now figured how to put it around his neck and walk around with it while banging on it! It's the cutest thing ever! But it is now a supervised toy because of the strap around his neck.

These 2 simple puzzles came in a set of 4 shapes. This is a great hand eye coordination work. He mastered the large circle one he worked on previously and is now working on the small circle and the square. The circle is pretty easy for him but the square requires more work. Once he has mastered the square I will be replacing it by the triangle.

This is the permanence box with the drawer in. Previously I had it placed in a tray with no drawers but he mastered that pretty quick and started ignoring it so I placed the drawer back in. At this point it is a bit too hard for him, as the sequence is a bit too hard but he is trying and we will keep working on it!

We got these sensory blocks a long time ago. They come with 4 colors and each colors has 3 different bead sizes. Right now he likes shaking them, and I have observed him listening carefully to the different sounds they make. Also he likes to knock them down if big brothers or I build a tower.

I always like to have a basket of animals for my little ones. The current animals are: horse and foal, dog and cow, these are all animals he has seen. We use this more for language and I describe each animals, call them by their name and make animal sounds. He has shown a strong interest in horses (probably due to the fact that I make it run and neigh!) and that is why there are now 2 horses in the basket.

The last transfer work I made for him was used as a dumping work! Since he really loved the Christmas ribbons, I changed the transfer work a bit and used the ribbons in it. He will now do a few with guidance and then... he happily dumps them all out of the basket! But there is now clear improvement.

This is the counting and color ring stacker however at this point we are only using it for hand eye coordination and fine motor skills. I only have one ring out for each stake so it is easier for him and he enjoys taking them all off and putting them back on. As he grows I will start using it as a color matching work.

These are homemade (see my Instagram post for how I built them) and he loves them. He will take them all out of the bag one by one and explore the textures and different colors.

He loved pens, pencils, markers, paintbrushes... and mark making! However he tends to run around the house with them and draw on walls and floors (we are working on redirecting). So for now in his room he has this little tablet for mark making. I don't think he enjoys it as much as a real pen but until he understands where he can draw or not, it will have to do!

He loves holding my wallet at the grocery store and helping me get my credit card in and out but gets really sad when it is time to put it away. So I found an unused wallet and added old cards to it and large coin from the coin box that we are not using yet. He enjoys exploring it and getting everything in and out of the wallet.

I placed 2 little cars with 2 men in a little pouch (I do not zip it as he cannot open it yet) and he uses them for a mix of hand eye coordination (putting the men in the car) and rolling the cars around. At this point he doesn't seem very interested in the anymore though, so I will likely swap them out soon.

He has a few books on top of his shelves. They are placed close enough to the edge that he can grab the on his own and, although he has a bookshelf in his room, these are the books he likes to read when he wakes up from nap. If you notice there is also a mom book in there that I like to read while he works. The little drawing on top was made by Alex for Theo and it is high up so Theo does not crumble it again!