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Intro to Geometry: Curved or Straight

Sweet Pea is 43 months old.

From: I found this really quick activity at Sunbeams and Sanity, who found it on Montessori for Everyone.

Material:

Curved or Straight Worksheet # 1 and Curved or Straight Worksheet # 2 (These are both .pdf files and require Foxit or Adobe Acrobat to view them.) You can […]


Sugar Chalk Spider Webs

Sweet Pea is 43 months old.

From: When we made sugar chalk drawings, I had the idea that the same technique would work perfectly for spider webs and have been eagerly waiting for Halloween to give it a try.

Material:

1/3 cup Sugar. 1 cup Water. Bowl. Whisk. 1 or 2 pieces of […]


Homemade Finger-paint

Sweet Pea is 43 months old.

From: I found this homemade finger-paint recipe at Not Just Cute.

Material:

Printer friendly version of this fingerpaint recipe. (This is a .pdf file and requires Foxit or Adobe Acrobat for viewing.) Stove. Saucepan. 3 TBS sugar. 1/2 Cup cornstarch. 2 Cups cold water. Containers for holding the […]


Transfering Pom-Poms with a Clothespin

Sweet Pea is 41 months old.

From: I saw this quick Pegging Pom-Poms activity on All Join In.

Material:

Clothespins. Ice cube tray. Pom-Poms or cotton balls. (You will need as many pom-poms as there are spaces in your ice cube tray.) Bowl or basket for the pom-poms.

Procedure:

Put the […]


Water Drops on Wax Paper

Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I found this excellent activity at The Adventures of Bear.

Material:

Wax paper. Permanent marker. Eye dropper (We found ours at Micheals, but you could also use an old Children’s Tylenol bottle dropper.) Small bowl. Liquid water color or food coloring. A piece of blank paper. […]


Giant Connect-the-Dots

Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I found this fast and fun idea at What Do We Do All Day?

Material:

Large sheet of paper. (We used a big roll of butcher paper from Sam’s Club.) Washable markers.

Procedure:

Make sure you are on a hard washable surface. Vinyl is […]


Penny Drop Game

Sweet Pea is 39 months old.

From: I was inspired by this penny drop game at Tired, Need Sleep.

Material:

10 Muffin tin liners, coffee filters or paper circles. 2 Crayons. 10 Pennies.

Procedure:

Let your tot color half of the circles one color while you color the remaining ones a different […]


Hole Punch

Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: This is another very simple idea from Teach Mama.

Material:

Paper. Hole Punch.

Procedure:

Show your tot how to carefully line up the piece of paper into the business end of the hole punch. Demonstrate squeezing the handles together to punch the hole. Next give […]


Sidewalk Water Painting

Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: This is a very fun and easy outdoor activity that I saw on the excellent Teach Mama blog.

Material:

Pleasant weather. An old paintbrush. Bowl of water. Concrete, wood, rocks or any other object that can be “painted” with water.

Procedure:

Bring your materials […]


Sticker Number Line

Sweet Pea is 38 months old.

From: This really fast activity is from Life with My Giggly Girls, who originally got it from No Time For Flashcards.

Material:

Stickers. Sheet of paper. Marker.

Procedure:

Fold the paper into 3-10 sections, depending on your tot’s counting ability.

Unfold the paper and […]