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Introduction to Patterns with Mini-Erasers

Sweet Pea is 31 months old.

From: I found this idea on RockerMom’s Spinner’s End Nursery School.

Material:

Pattern Matching Music Notes Worksheet (.pdf file requires Foxit or Adobe Acrobat). RockerMom also posted her own worksheet, but I made my own before I found hers. Mini Erasers in the shape of music notes. […]


Foam Puzzles

Sweet Pea is 31 months old.

From: We got this set of 4 foam puzzles as a gift from Sweet Pea’s grandma.

Material:

Foam Puzzles (I couldn’t find the exact set that we were given. Here is a link to an uppercase and lowercase puzzle that Carissa from 1+1+1=1 recommends, plus […]


Grid Game with Jumbo Dice

Sweet Pea is 30 months old.

From: I read about a grid game on Amy’s great blog Teach Mama, where she stated that she originally got the idea from this Explorations blog. I modified her idea because I happened to have a jumbo sized die that I […]


Yoga Kids

Sweet Pea is 30 months old.

Sweet Pea demonstrates Downward Facing Dog.

 

From: Sweet Pea really likes joining me for WiiFit Yoga so when I read about a Yoga Kids dvd on The Adventures of Bear blog, I immediately ordered it from our library.

Material:

Yoga Kids dvd. dvd player.

Procedure:

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Matching Game

Sweet Pea is 29 months old.

Material:

6-12 pairs of matching picture cards. ( I found a cute little Nemo Matching Game in Target’s Dollar Spot, but obviously you could play this with any Memory card game set or even make your own.)

Procedure:

Go […]


Reusable Workbooks / Kumon’s My First Book of Tracing

Sweet Pea is 29 months old.

From: I had a comment from Barkey’s Mommy on my Kumon Let’s Color post recommending something like this. I also saw this entry describing how to create re-usable workbooks at Teaching My Little Bookworm.

Material:

Kumon My First Book of Tracing (or any other appropriate workbook). […]


Felt Pizza

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 […]


Kumon Let’s Fold

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 […]


Feathers in Styrofoam

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 […]


Arranging Feathers

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 […]