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Sweet Pea is 47 months old. From: I kept seeing the Mighty Mind product pop up on my Amazon recommendations and decided to try it. (Apparently Amazon thinks I am a 4 year-old child. All my recommendations are decidedly geared towards the preschool set. You think I might enjoy reading the new Jean Auel’s […]  
Sweet Pea is 47 months old. NOTE: Are you looking for an edible version of this activity that can be used with real eggs? Read my Beautiful EDIBLE Marble Egg post! From: I love the look of marbled Easter eggs and decided to try our marbled paper technique to create them. […]  
Sweet Pea is 48 months old. I am always running out of audio books for Sweet Pea. We have listened to the entire Little House series, Anne of Green Gables, all of Ramona, Henry and Ribsy, Winnie the Pooh, a few Magic Treehouses and as much of Junie B. Jones as I […]  
Sweet Pea is 47 months old. From: This is another activity suggested in John Bowman’s new book Montessori at Home (I am giving away a copy here.) Material: Tweezers (I used rounded-tip beading tweezers). A bowl of pony beads in 4 different colors 4 Small bowls. Procedure: Sit near your tot […] 
Sweet Pea is 46 months old. From: This activity was in John Bowman’s book Montessori at Home. Material: Ruler. Table knife. 1 can of Play-Doh (You can also make your own, but a Play-Doh is very cheap so I don’t think it is worth the trouble.) Procedure: Start by explaining to […] 
Sweet Pea is 45 months old. From: The Activity Mom blogged about these cute foam shape puzzles and Walking by the Way did a slightly easier version of them. Material: Self-adhesive foam shapes (or non-adhesive shapes and glue). 2 or 3 sheets of card stock or heavy paper. Scissors. Sharpie. Basket or bowl […] 
Sweet Pea is 45 months old. From: I found this cute little cinnamon and sugar grinder at the grocery store and thought it would be a great practical life activity for Sweet Pea. Material: Spice grinder. Thinly sliced apples. Procedure: Show your tot how to hold the grinder upside down over the […]  
Sweet Pea is 45 months old. From: Have you heard of Twig? Sweet Pea has recently outgrown a lot of her toddler things so I have been looking for some new preschool toys. I had seen a lot of great reviews for Twig, a unique building block set, so I was thrilled when I […] 
Sweet Pea is 45 months old. From: Do you want to make some cute homemade Valentines with your tot? We loved these adorable watercolor resist valentines from One Inch World (featured on Teach Preschool’s excellent Tumblr blog). Material: Watercolor paint. (We used liquid water color, but a standard pallet of watercolors should work […] 
Sweet Pea is 45 months old. From: I saw a box of cocktail stirrers at Target and thought they would work for the Montessori spindle box activity. Material: 45 sturdy cocktail stirrers (We found ours at Target near the paper cups. I had to buy 2 boxes to get 45 stirrers.), Popsicle sticks […] |
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