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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 […] Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: I have been looking for some good puzzles / toys for Sweet Pea and I just loved this fun Melissa & Doug Bear Family Dress Up Puzzle that I saw at The Learning Tree. Observations: There are 3 bears and 5 different puzzle pieces for each […]  Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: This was another activity from the book Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic. Sweet Pea likes to unfold everything help me fold the laundry so when I saw this activity I thought it would be great for her. Materials: Sharpie […] 
Sweet Pea is 26 months.
From: One of my friends suggested this activity. Materials: Chalkboard. (See the Notes from the Trenches.) Paint brush. Small bowl of water. Towel for drying the chalkboard. Sponge to wipe up spills. Procedure: Show your tot how to dip […] 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 26 months. Materials: Kumon Let’s Color (I bought mine from Target.) Crayola Twistables Crayons ( I also found these at Target.) Procedure: The book itself and each page contains instructions for presentation. Observations: The book has a lot of instructions for a coloring book, which I liked. The first page discusses […] Sweet Pea is 25 months old. From: This was another activity from by the book Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic. Materials: 5 jars with matching lids. (I just saved up different jars with lids for a month.) Procedure: Remove the lids from the jars. Set […] |
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