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Rhyming Cups

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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, slug, smug, [...]

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20 Ways Your Preschooler Can Help In The Kitchen

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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 lost doll [...]

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Scientific Prediction and Observation: Sink or Float?

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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 water.  (We used a beaker from [...]

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Corn Syrup Painting

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Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From:  This beautiful corn syrup painting idea from eighteen25 has been on my to-do list for over a year.

Material:

Corn syrup. 3-4 Small bowls. 3-4  colors of liquid watercolors or food coloring. Crayons. Paper. Paintbrush. Smock for your tot. Damp Sponge for clean up.

Procedure:

Put [...]

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Spray Painting Snow

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Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From:  I saw this fun activity was on Rockabye Butterfly last year, but we had to wait a very long time for it to snow enough for us to try it.  I’m happy we finally got a little bit of snow this year before winter was over!

Material:

Liquid [...]

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Cutting Snowflakes from Coffee Filters

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Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: I found these easy coffee filter snowflakes at Art for Little Hands.

Material:

Coffee Filters.  (You can use plain paper, but the coffee filters are a great size and shape for this activity.) Scissors. (These Maped Koopy Scissors are our favorite.) Glitter Glue (optional).

Procedure:

Show your [...]

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Personal Spelling Dictionary

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Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

 

From: Sweet Pea has been (relentlessly) asking us how to spell certain words.   My husband mentioned that one of his teachers had created a personal dictionary for each student and that we should try making one for Sweet Pea.

Material:

Any notebook with at least 27 pages [...]

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Play-Doh and Craft Stick Number Line

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Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From:    I have had  trouble finding anything about learning the teen numbers.  Many activities seem to be about only the numbers 1-10, so I was excited when I saw this wonderful math idea at Chalk Talk because I knew I’d be able to extend it all the [...]

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Paper Weaving

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Sweet Pea is 4 years old.

From: I found this quick little activity from lilla a (site is in Swedish) via pinterest.

Material:

3 or 4 sheets of colorful paper. Tape. Scissors.

 

Procedure:

Cut a  1 inch strips all the way across one sheet of paper, but leave about 1 inch uncut at the top. Tape the [...]

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Do-A-Dot Letter Mazes

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Sweet Pea was 4 years old.

From: I found this quick Do-A-Dot letter recognition idea at Tons of Fun and also at A Mommy’s Adventures.

Material:

Do-A-Dot Markers. A-Z Letter Maze Worksheets. (All of the letter worksheets are included in one file.   Right click on link and select “Save Link As…” or “Save Target [...]

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