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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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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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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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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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