
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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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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Sweet Pea is 36 months old.
From: I saw this in a bunch of places (The Shafer Family, The Adventures of Bear, and My Montessori Journey) and really wanted to do it, but it took me a while to find the non-skid suction mats.
Material:
1 Mini non-skid bathtub suction mat. (I had a terrible time finding these, [...]
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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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Sweet Pea is 34 months old.
From: I found this activity in MaryAnn Kohl‘s great book, Preschool Art.
Material:
1/3 cup sugar.
1 cup water.
Whisk or spoon.
Chalk (We had a great time with regular white chalk, but colored sidewalk chalk might be even more exciting).
Bowl.
Dark colored paper (black or red worked best for us).
Procedure:
In a small bowl, [...]
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Sweet Pea is 31 months old.
From: This was created in a frazzled moment of “I barely have time to feed us, much less do a Tot School activity, because I have way overextended myself this holiday season.” This is a quick activity for those times when you are rushing around the kitchen trying [...]
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Sweet Pea is 26 months.
From: One of my friends suggested this activity.
Materials:
Chalkboard. (See the Notes from the Trenches.)
Paint brush.
Small bowl of water.
Towel for drying the chalkboard.
Sponge to wipe up spills.
Procedure:
Show your tot how to dip the paint brush in the water and use [...]
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Sweet Pea is 25 months old.
From: I saw a picture of some cut up sponges and a garlic press on the really fantastic The Wonder Years blog and thought it looked like a great idea.
Materials:
1 sponges cut into 1″ cubes.
1 sponge for cleaning up water. I cut a regular sponge [...]
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Observations: Paint with water is our new favorite activity. I first talked about the paint with water book we received from Sweet Pea’s Great Aunt Jackie here. Since then, I have been on a constant look out for more of them and have discovered a few things that I wanted to share.
We found our second [...]
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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.
Materials:
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.
A large [...]
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