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Popsicle Stick Shapes

Sweet Pea is 31 months old.

From: I have seen similar ides is several places: Chasing Cheerios , Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary and My Two Happy Homeschoolers.

Material:

About 20 Popsicle craft sticks.
Markers.
Several sheets of paper.

Procedure:

On three Popsicle sticks, write the word “TRIANGLE” in the middle and draw a small triangle near both ends.
On four Popsicle sticks, [...]

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Sweet Pea is  30 months old.

From: When I was younger, I was crazy about Zoobooks, which is a high quality children’s magazine about animals.  I thought I might subscribe, and happily discovered that the Zoobooks company now makes a magazine for younger kids called Zootles and one for toddlers called Zoobies.   Our library carries [...]

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Sweet Pea is 30 months old.

From: I read about a grid game on Amy’s great blog Teach Mama, where she stated that she originally got the idea from this Explorations blog.  I modified her idea because I happened to have a jumbo sized die that I thought would [...]

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Sweet Pea is 30 months old.

From: I found this activity in the book Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives by David Gettman, Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic and also on the exceptional Wonder Years blog.

Material:

2 small, equally-sized measuring cups or other spouted [...]

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Sweet Pea is 30 months old.

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From: Sweet Pea really likes joining me for WiiFit Yoga so when I read about a Yoga Kids dvd on The Adventures of Bear blog, I immediately ordered it from our library.

Material:

Yoga Kids dvd.
dvd player.

Procedure:

Figure out how to work your dvd player.   [...]

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