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 Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I saw these nesting multi-colored gift boxes and thought they would make an excellent color sorting activity. Material: Several different colored containers (I bought my gift box set from the party section in Hobby Lobby, but think that colored toddler bowls or nesting cups would work well […]  
Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: This was inspired by my desire for a set of Montessori Insets, which are a bit out our price range right now. (The Montessori Primary Guide has a good description of how to use insets in the Montessori style.) Material: Any sort of plastic or metal stencils. […] 
Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I got the idea for making a life-size portrait from this tot school post on The Shafer Family blog. Material: A large sheet of paper at least as long as your tot is tall. (I suggest using a roll of craft paper or butcher paper, but […] Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I saw a glue stick next to us while we were drawing in the sand tray and thought, “Hey, why don’t we try gluing the sand onto some paper?” Material: Non-toxic sand. A box or jelly roll pan to hold the sand. It needs to be wide […]  Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: A traditional Montessori lesson involves showing children how to draw letters in a tray of salt. I saw this activity using sand instead of salt at Chasing Cheerios. Material: Strong shallow box or a jelly roll pan. Non-toxic sand or salt to cover the bottom of the […] 
Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I found these Bottle Cap Letters on Carissa’s Tools for Tot’s page. I got the idea to use Mod Podge on them from this post at Heather’s Eager Little Mind blog. Materials: Several washed and dried caps from gallons of milk. Mod Podge. Small paintbrush. 2-3 Milk […] 
Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: At my sister-in-law’s suggestion, we made hand prints for a Father’s Day gift and Sweet Pea has been crazed about making “Han- Pits” ever since. Materials: A large stack of card stock or construction paper. (We went through about 5 times the amount of paper I thought […] Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: I have been looking for some good puzzles / toys for Sweet Pea and I just loved this fun Melissa & Doug Bear Family Dress Up Puzzle that I saw at The Learning Tree. Observations: There are 3 bears and 5 different puzzle pieces for each […]  Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: This was another activity from the book Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic. Sweet Pea likes to unfold everything help me fold the laundry so when I saw this activity I thought it would be great for her. Materials: Sharpie […] 
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 […] |
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