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 Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: I first read about shoe polishing as a traditional Montessori activity in Maja Pitamic’s excellent book Teach Me To Do It Myself. Material: Uncolored shoe polish (We used beeswax sealer from The Walking Company, Montessori Services sells a natural shoe conditioner, and For Small Hands has a […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: I was inspired by a PostSecret that said something like, “Even though I’m a millionaire, I make my own collar stays out of empty cereal boxes.” Material: A collar stay taken from your shirt or my collar stay template. Empty Kleenex Box or any type of […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: I have finally finished the lowercase Do-A-Dot letters! A long time ago, I created a set of uppercase Do-A-Dot letters and since then, many people have asked me to also make a lowercase version. It took me much longer to make these than I expected, but […] 
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: The Crafty Crow (a wonderful collection of children’s art ideas) featured this fun idea from A Bit of This and A Bit of That. Material: Half-sized sheets of dark colored paper or card stock. Glue. 2-3 Tablespoons of salt in a small bowl. 1 Extra sheet of […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: When Sweet Pea began to tire of the Tape Maze, I extended it with this activity. Material: Masking Tape. A handful of pom-poms or cotton balls Small bucket or bowl. Procedure: Set up a tape maze as I described in the Tape Maze activity. Have […] 
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: This is a variation on the traditional Montessori “Walking on the Line” activity. Material: A roll of masking tape. Procedure: Tape a very long piece of masking tape to the floor. Place several other long pieces of masking tape on the floor that cross […] 
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: Initially I thought this cute heart picture from I Really Should Be Sleeping was made from fingerprints. I quickly realized that her version was made of out buttons, but decided that a heart made from fingerprints would be fun for Sweet Pea to make. Material: A […] 
My access to the internet has been very limited so I have not been able to post as regularly as usual. Things should hopefully be back to normal next week. Sweet Pea is 47 months old. From: I was trying to think of a way for Sweet Pea to put her name on […]  
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. […] |
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