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Sweet Pea is 5 years old. Intro: This is a super easy practical life lesson with a good dose of science. During the holidays, Sweet Pea saw my gravy separator and wanted to know what it was, so I set up this quick little activity for her on the spot. Prerequisite: Your tot should [...]   
Sweet Pea is 5 years old. From: Lately, Sweet Pea has been very interested in braiding. There is a braiding board in her classroom at school that she often talks about which inspired me to create a version for her to use at home. Material: Cardboard box. Duct Tape. 3 Different colors of ribbon or [...]  
Sweet Pea is 5 years old.
From: I loved this beautiful strawberry basket weaving with yarn at Paint Cut Paste, and decided to try let Sweet Pea try an easier version with ribbon. Material: Berry basket. Ribbon. Scissors. Procedure: Wrap a piece of ribbon around the basket 2 times to [...]  
Sweet Pea is 5 years old.
From: Ever since I posted a worksheet with my original upper case milk cap letters, people have been emailing me asking for a set of lower case letters too. I finally created a set of them and thought up this quick activity for introducing alphabetical order to [...] 
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 cocoa powder, etc. [...]  
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 coin cards in the [...] 
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: This idea was from Quirky Momma. Material: 1/4 cup Vinegar. 1 tsp Salt. A small (non-metal) bowl for the vinegar and salt. A bowl of water. Several grubby pennies. Rags for scrubbing the pennies. Towels for containing the mess.
Procedure: Mix the salt and vinegar in the [...] 
Sweet Pea was 46 months old. From: This activity was inspired by a section on sewing in John Bowman’s book Montessori at Home. Prerequisite: Your tot should be very good at lacing before you introduce him to sewing. Material: Shelf Liner. Embroidery Floss Sewing Hoop Dull needle. (We found a package of plastic beading needles [...] Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: I was getting ready to show Sweet Pea a sewing activity (which I will post about next time) when she surprised me by saying she knew how to tie a knot. Her preschool teacher had shown her this very simple method and in delightful reversal, [...] 
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: Given the opportunity, I think I might be able to eat my weight in cherries. They happen to be in season around here right now so when I saw this cherry pitter at the grocery store, I thought cherry pitting would make a great activity for Sweet [...] |
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