|
 Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I saw these nesting multi-colored gift boxes and thought they would make an excellent color sorting activity. Material: Several different colored containers (I bought my gift box set from the party section in Hobby Lobby, but think that colored toddler bowls or nesting cups would work well […]  
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: 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: At my sister-in-law’s suggestion, we made hand prints for a Father’s Day gift and Sweet Pea has been crazed about making “Han- Pits” ever since. Materials: A large stack of card stock or construction paper. (We went through about 5 times the amount of paper I thought […]  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 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. […] Sweet Pea is 25 months. From: This from Carissa’s Learning Wheel idea at 1+1+1=1. Materials: 1 piece of heavy white paper or cardstock. 6 different colors (red, blue, yellow, purple, green, orange) of cardstock or construction paper. A laminator or press and seal lamination pockets. (Optional, but good if you want to […] Sweet Pea is 24 months old.
From: This simple idea was inspired by the excellent book Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic. I found a slightly more detailed explanation at Shu-Chen Yen’s On-Line Monntessori Albums. I decided that having Sweet Pea clip the clothespins to […] Sweet Pea is 24 months old. From: My mom suggested this. She says that she used to do this with me when I was a tot. 🙂 Materials: Sink. Sturdy chair or step stool. Sponge, measuring cups, old produce (like a carrot or piece of lettuce), dish wand or other […] |
 "Pin It")
 "Pin It")
|
|
Copyright © 2026 Shannon's Tot School - All Rights Reserved
|
||
