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Sweet Pea is 29 months old. From: I was inspired by this cute felt pizza described on The Adventures of Bear blog. Mine is not nearly as pretty as hers, but it does have the advantage of not requireing a sewing machine. 🙂 Material: Several pieces of felt that resemble colors in a pizza […]  
Sweet Pea is 28 months old. Material: Kumon Let’s Fold (I found ours at Target.) Procedure: The book contains instructions for demonstrating how to fold each of the pages. Observations: We have had this book for a couple of months and Sweet Pea struggled with it for a long time. She enjoyed […]  Sweet Pea is 28 months old. From: While Sweet Pea was doing the arranging feathers activity, she wasn’t able to put them exactly where she wanted. The feathers would either fall over in the vase or were too squished together. It occurred to me that pushing the feathers into Styrofoam would allow her […] Sweet Pea is 28 months old. From: I thought this simple feather arranging activity from My Montessori Journey would be fun for Sweet Pea. Materials: Feathers. Small jar or bud vase. Marbles or glass gems to hold the feathers steady (optional). Tray (optional). Procedure: Spread several feathers out on a […] 
Sweet Pea is 28 months old. From: The results of this water color resist project at 4 Crazy Kings looked so appealing that I just had to try it. Material: Digital camera. Re-positionable laminating sheets or removable contact paper. (I preferred the laminating sheets. You can NOT use regular contact paper.) 3 […] Sweet Pea is 27 months old.
From: We bought this Melissa & Doug Cutting Food Box at a local toy store.
Observations: This set contains a wooden knife and cutting board, along with several painted wooden food items. Each piece of food is composed of several sections that are […] 
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 […] |
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