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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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Clean Paint

Shannon’s Note:  This is a guest post from my friend Lori, who worked as a preschool teacher for 3 years and now enjoys staying home with her daughter.

E.G. is 18 months old.

Materials:

2 Sheets Glad Press’n Seal or Contact Paper
Tempera Washable Paints
Scissors (for the grown-up)
Q-Tips (optional)

Procedure:

Line up the different colored paints for your child
Allow your child [...]

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Sweet Pea is 26 months old.

From: I saw this on The Wonder Years blog.

Materials:

10 Closed jingle bell-style 1″ bells. (I got a small bag from Micheal’s for about $3.00)
A butter knife.
3 Baskets or bowls.

Procedure:

Use the butter knife to pry one of the bell’s corners up enough to remove the metal [...]

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Sweet Pea is 24 months old.

From: My mom suggested this.  She says that she used to do this with me when I was a tot. 

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Sink.
Sturdy chair or step stool.
Sponge, measuring cups, old produce (like a carrot or piece of lettuce), dish wand or other interesting kitchen items.
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Blissful Moments [Link Removed  because the blog is now private.] had a great idea for tot school of using plastic Easter eggs as a sound matching activity.  I had seen something like this a while ago and was interested in the idea of using the eggs as containers.  I was pretty [...]

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