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Water Drops on Wax Paper

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Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I found this excellent activity at The Adventures of Bear.

Material:

Wax paper.
Permanent marker.
Eye dropper (We found ours at Micheals, but you could also use an old Children’s Tylenol bottle dropper.)
Small bowl.
Liquid water color or food coloring.
A piece of blank paper.
Smock (Optional.)
Jelly roll pan (Optional, but good for containing spills.)

Procedure: [...]

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Giant Connect-the-Dots

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Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I found this fast and fun idea at What Do We Do All Day?

Material:

Large sheet of paper.  (We used a big roll of butcher paper from Sam’s Club.)
Washable markers.

Procedure:

Make sure you are on a hard washable surface.  Vinyl is good.  Carpet is bad. 
Draw about 10 [...]

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Fingerprint Animal Note Cards

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Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I found this idea for cute fingerprint animals in Family Fun magazine and also on Teach Mama and paint cut paste.

Material:

Washable ink pad.
About 10 Note cards or pieces of sturdy paper.
Damp towel for wiping ink off fingers, hands, arms and everywhere else.
Fine point black marker.
A pencil with an eraser.
A [...]

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Button Outline Matching

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Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I found this great post full of ideas for buttons at The Activity Mom.

Material:

A bag of plastic craft buttons.  (We got ours from Micheal’s.)
A thin tipped marker
A piece of paper.

Procedure:

Select several different shaped buttons.
Use the marker to draw an outline around each button.

Gather your tot, the selected [...]

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Penny Drop Game

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Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I was inspired by this penny drop game at Tired, Need Sleep.

Material:

10 Muffin tin liners, coffee filters or paper circles.
2 Crayons.
10 Pennies.

Procedure:

Let your tot color half of the circles one color while you color the remaining ones a different color.

Place all of the circles on the floor.
Stand up [...]

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Rubbing Plates

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Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: A couple of months ago, we tried to make our own rubbing plates out of hot glue and cardboard, but they did not work very well.  When I saw a set of Roylco ready-made rubbing plates at Hobby Lobby, I thought we would give them a [...]

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Hole Punch

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Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: This is another very simple idea from Teach Mama.

Material:

Paper.
Hole Punch.

Procedure:

Show your tot how to carefully line up the piece of paper into the business end of the hole punch.
Demonstrate squeezing the handles together to punch the hole.
Next give your tot the hole punch and help him or her [...]

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Sidewalk Water Painting

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Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: This is a very fun and easy outdoor activity that I saw on the excellent Teach Mama blog.

Material:

Pleasant weather.
An old paintbrush.
Bowl of water.
Concrete, wood, rocks or any other object that can be “painted” with water.

Procedure:

Bring your materials and your tot outside.
Wet the paintbrush and show your tot [...]

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Sticker Number Line

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Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: This really fast activity is from Life with My Giggly Girls, who originally got it from No Time For Flashcards.

Material:

Stickers.
Sheet of paper.
Marker.

Procedure:

Fold the paper into 3-10 sections, depending on your tot’s counting ability.

Unfold the paper and draw a line along each of the folds to create several [...]

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Matching Color Shades

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Sweet Pea is 37 months old.

From: I saw this on Giving Up on a Clean House, Crunchy and Green, and Chasing Cheerios.  Also, the Montessori Color Tablets, Box #3 exercise is a somewhat similar activity.

Material:

Paint sample cards.  Select 2 identical sheets for each color you want to use.
Clothespins.
Scissors.
Glue. (I prefer these glue dots.)
Strips of cardboard [...]

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