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Sweet Pea is 32 months old. From: In honor of Valentine’s Day, I thought we’d do something with hearts. 🙂 This is a traditional Montessori activity that involves spooning objects from one location to another. I have read about something similar on many, many other blogs, so when I spotted these cute heart […] Sweet Pea is 32 months old. From: I know that spreading something with a knife is a common Montessori activity, but I am not sure where I first read about it. Material: Egg salad, cream cheese, jelly or any other food item that spreads easily. A small bowl to contain the spreadable item. Several […] Sweet Pea is 31 months old. From: This was created in a frazzled moment of “I barely have time to feed us, much less do a Tot School activity, because I have way overextended myself this holiday season.” This is a quick activity for those times when you are rushing around the […]  Sweet Pea is 31 months old. From: I have seen similar ides is several places: Chasing Cheerios , Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary and My Two Happy Homeschoolers. Material: About 20 Popsicle craft sticks. Markers. Several sheets of paper. Procedure: On three Popsicle sticks, write the word “TRIANGLE” in the middle and draw […]  
Sweet Pea is 30 months old. From: When I was younger, I was crazy about Zoobooks, which is a high quality children’s magazine about animals. I thought I might subscribe, and happily discovered that the Zoobooks company now makes a magazine for younger kids called Zootles and one for toddlers called Zoobies. Our […] Sweet Pea is 30 months old.
From: I found this activity in the book Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives by David Gettman, Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic and also on the exceptional Wonder Years blog. Material: 2 small, equally-sized measuring […] Sweet Pea is 29 months old. From: This was recommended by my friend Lori. It is similar to the Magic Paint Bag activity in the book First Art by MaryAnn F. Kohl, although I think this version works better. Material: Non-toxic washable craft paint. Glad Press’n Seal. Duct or Packing Tape. (The tape needs […] Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: This was an activity created out of desperation because Sweet Pea wanted to be so involved every morning when I unloaded the dishwasher. She liked to roll the racks in and out, hunt for sharp objects such as knives and vegetable peelers among the utensils and […] Sweet Pea is 25 months old. From: I am not exactly sure where this idea came from, but I think I saw a picture of something similar at 1+1+1=1. Materials: Penne pasta. A salad dressing mixer (works great because you can remove the lid to get the pasta back […] Sweet Pea is 25 months old.
From: I saw a picture of some cut up sponges and a garlic press on the really fantastic The Wonder Years blog and thought it looked like a great idea. Materials: 1 sponges cut into 1″ cubes. 1 sponge for cleaning up water. […] |
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