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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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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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Insert a Poker Chip

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Sweet Pea is 37 months old.

From: I found this quick activity on Counting Coconuts.

Material:

Clean plastic container with a tight fitting lid.  (I used an old Gerber Puffs container.)
Box cutter or knife.
Poker chips or fake coins.
Bowl or basket to hold the poker chips.

Procedure:

Carefully cut a slit in the top of the plastic lid.  Test [...]

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Sweet Pea is 37 months old.

From: I love these new Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds and I bought a huge tub of them from Sam’s Club.  However, if I let myself eat them straight out of the jar, I could devour my entire days worth of calories in one sitting.  Faced with such a temptation, [...]

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Using a Funnel

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Sweet Pea is 36 months old.

From: I spotted a funnel in my junk drawer and remembered that I had seen “Using a Funnel” on a list of practical life Montessori activities a while ago.

Material:

Funnel.
Sink.
A sturdy chair or step stool.  (If money is no object, then perhaps this beautiful Learning Tower.)
Measuring cup or small pitcher.
Empty water [...]

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Grinding Egg Shells

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Sweet Pea is 36 months old.

From: I was browsing through the Montessori Services website when I came across a Grinding Activity Set.  I though that Sweet Pea would love something like this and since it was right after Easter, I just happened to have a bunch of dyed, hard-boiled eggs in my fridge.   [...]

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Sound Eggs or “A Descent into Hysteria” - Part 2

Sweet Pea is 35 months old.

From: This activity is based on the Montessori sound cylinders work.  It is a great way to use some of those plastic eggs that are laying around after Easter and I’ve seen it in a ton of places (most recently on Giving Up On A Clean House and [...]

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Color Tablets, Box #2

Sweet Pea is 33 months old.

From: Color Tablets are another traditional Montessori activity.  I found a simple version of this activity in the book Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic and another good description in Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives by David Gettman.

Material:

12 color tablets, which can be purchased (high quality [...]

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Spooning Hearts

Sweet Pea is 32 months old.

From: In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought we’d do something with hearts.    This is a traditional Montessori activity that involves spooning objects from one location to another. I have read about something similar on many, many other blogs, so when I spotted these cute heart shaped [...]

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