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Sweet Pea is 5 years old. From: I first saw this cool (ha!) and extremely healthy snack idea at The Kitchn. Material: Very ripe bananas. Cutting Board. Table knife. Small ziplock baggie. Milk (optional). A food processor, blender, magic bullet, etc. Toppings & Mix-Ins: 1/4 tsp vanilla extract, 2 TBS chocolate chips, 1 TBS […]  
Sweet Pea is 5 years old. From: I am a bit of an origami nerd. I will often make an origami crane to amuse Sweet Pea and lately I have been showing her how to create her own animals. Prerequisite: Your child must be able to fold a sheet of paper and make a […]  
Sweet Pea is 5 years old.
From: Sweet Pea is very interested in putting money into her piggy bank so I thought she would like to learn more about coins. I found this coin sorting activity at the Activity Mom. Material: A variety of different coins. Coin cards. (I created my […]  
Sweet Pea is 5 years old. From: I got the idea for this fun activity from this picture on pinterest, but I can not find the original source. (If you know where it came from, let me know so I can give credit.) Material: Yarn. Masking tape. A hallway or other long and narrow […] 
Sweet Pea is 5 years old. From: I found this very kid friendly (and almost healthy) recipe in Family Fun Magazine. I have modified the recipe a bit for clarity and because I thought that original size of the peanut butter balls was too large. Material: Peanut butter ball recipe. […] 
Sweet Pea is 5 years old. From: I have seen sidewalk paint recipes everywhere: Mom’s Crafty Space, Disney’s Family Fun magazine, river-girl, pink and green mama, and Meet the Dubiens. Material: 1.25 cups Cornstarch (or even 1.5 cups. Most of the above recipes call for a 1:1 water and corn starch ratio, but we […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: Allison from No Time for Flash Cards shared this great way to teach your tot about rhyming words. Material: A list of 5 simple words plus 4 or 5 words that rhyme with each of them. Here are some options: bug: hug, jug, mug, plug, rug, drug, […] 
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: Sweet Pea loves princesses and castles so when I saw Deep Space Sparkle’s Kinder Watercolor Castles, I knew Sweet Pea would be super excited to make one. Material: Several small bowls of diluted liquid water colors (or food coloring). Oil pastels. (We used a box of my […] 
I call 5:30pm the “Witching Hour” in our house because I am usually up to my elbows in raw hamburger, my husband is texting me that he will be home late, the dog is scratching at the back door to be let out, and Sweet Pea is invariably whining about some article of […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: “Sink or Float” is a common activity in Montessori classrooms, but I also found a ton of examples on other blogs : No Time for Flash Cards, The Activity Mom, Skip To My Lou, and Living Montessori Now. Material: A large clear jar or bowl filled with […] |
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