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Sorting Stickers

Sweet Pea is 31 months old.

From: I bought a cheapo sticker & album set from the Dollar Store. When I gave it to Sweet Pea, she started sorting the stickers by color all on her own. I was pretty impressed that she had made up her own Tot School activity with it.

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Introduction to Patterns with Mini-Erasers

Sweet Pea is 31 months old.

From: I found this idea on RockerMom’s Spinner’s End Nursery School.

Material:

Pattern Matching Music Notes Worksheet (.pdf file requires Foxit or Adobe Acrobat). RockerMom also posted her own worksheet, but I made my own before I found hers. Mini Erasers in the shape of music notes. […]


Foam Puzzles

Sweet Pea is 31 months old.

From: We got this set of 4 foam puzzles as a gift from Sweet Pea’s grandma.

Material:

Foam Puzzles (I couldn’t find the exact set that we were given. Here is a link to an uppercase and lowercase puzzle that Carissa from 1+1+1=1 recommends, plus […]


Popsicle Stick Shapes

Sweet Pea is 31 months old.

From: I have seen similar ides is several places: Chasing Cheerios , Turning Ordinary Into Extraordinary and My Two Happy Homeschoolers.

Material:

About 20 Popsicle craft sticks. Markers. Several sheets of paper.

Procedure:

On three Popsicle sticks, write the word “TRIANGLE” in the middle and draw […]


Zoobies

Sweet Pea is 30 months old.

From: When I was younger, I was crazy about Zoobooks, which is a high quality children’s magazine about animals. I thought I might subscribe, and happily discovered that the Zoobooks company now makes a magazine for younger kids called Zootles and one for toddlers called Zoobies. Our […]


Pouring Beans

Sweet Pea is 30 months old.

From: I found this activity in the book Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-Fives by David Gettman, Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic and also on the exceptional Wonder Years blog.

Material:

2 small, equally-sized measuring […]


Magic Paint Bag

Sweet Pea is 29 months old.

From: This was recommended by my friend Lori. It is similar to the Magic Paint Bag activity in the book First Art by MaryAnn F. Kohl, although I think this version works better.

Material:

Non-toxic washable craft paint. Glad Press’n Seal. Duct or Packing Tape. (The tape needs […]


Felt Pizza

Sweet Pea is 29 months old.

From: I was inspired by this cute felt pizza described on The Adventures of Bear blog. Mine is not nearly as pretty as hers, but it does have the advantage of not requireing a sewing machine. 🙂

Material:

Several pieces of felt that resemble colors in a pizza […]


Kumon Let’s Fold

Sweet Pea is 28 months old.

Material:

Kumon Let’s Fold (I found ours at Target.)

Procedure:

The book contains instructions for demonstrating how to fold each of the pages.

Observations: We have had this book for a couple of months and Sweet Pea struggled with it for a long time. She enjoyed […]


Feathers in Styrofoam

Sweet Pea is 28 months old.

From: While Sweet Pea was doing the arranging feathers activity, she wasn’t able to put them exactly where she wanted. The feathers would either fall over in the vase or were too squished together. It occurred to me that pushing the feathers into Styrofoam would allow her […]