Joel’s Christmas present was seriously the coolest one I’ve ever put together. He’s been begging to go to school lately. His siblings have so much fun at school after all. So I put together preschool in a box for him.

I made eight tot books from 1+1+1=1. I made a tot book once when Fritz was a toddler and it was really fun. One of the tot books I made was monster fun. My favorite activity in this one is velcroing shapes onto the monsters head like a hat.

I made tot books about World World, dinosaurs, farms, and ponds. Each one has activities like comparing sizes, coloring, the alphabet, spelling his name, and so much more.

I also made lapbooks based on the books The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See?

I made a Spell My Name file folder activity for him. The letters in his name velcro onto squares for him to practice spelling his name.

I put the tot books and three Mother Could packets in a scrapbook paper bin. I added The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? board books. I also added a set of alphabet puzzles, beeswax crayons, some make a face sticker sheets, and a Doughriffic build a snowman set.

Then I bought some rice from Ani and put it in a bin with lots of fun things added for him to play with it. There are ball scoops, an ice cream scoop, silicone cupcake liners, tweezers, a little cup, plastic coins, and multicolored gems.

The rice is so pretty!

To finish out his present, I got a really cool toddler painting set and eight dotters. He absolutely loves everything and is having so much fun with it.