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 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 […] 
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 […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: 3-part cards are another classic Montessori activity. I was excited when I found a free set of frog 3-part cards from the Montessori Print Shop and decided to try them right away. Material: A set of 3-part cards. Our first set was the Frog Nomenclature […] Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: I first read about shoe polishing as a traditional Montessori activity in Maja Pitamic’s excellent book Teach Me To Do It Myself. Material: Uncolored shoe polish (We used beeswax sealer from The Walking Company, Montessori Services sells a natural shoe conditioner, and For Small Hands has a […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: This is a variation on the traditional Montessori “Walking on the Line” activity. Material: A roll of masking tape. Procedure: Tape a very long piece of masking tape to the floor. Place several other long pieces of masking tape on the floor that cross […] 
Sweet Pea is 46 months old. From: This activity was in John Bowman’s book Montessori at Home. Material: Ruler. Table knife. 1 can of Play-Doh (You can also make your own, but a Play-Doh is very cheap so I don’t think it is worth the trouble.) Procedure: Start by explaining to […]  
Sweet Pea is 45 months old. From: I saw a box of cocktail stirrers at Target and thought they would work for the Montessori spindle box activity. Material: 45 sturdy cocktail stirrers (We found ours at Target near the paper cups. I had to buy 2 boxes to get 45 stirrers.), Popsicle sticks […] 
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 […] 
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 […]  
Sweet Pea is 38 months old. From: A couple of months ago, we tried to make our own rubbing plates out of hot glue and cardboard, but they did not work very well. When I saw a set of Roylco ready-made rubbing plates at Hobby Lobby, I thought we would give them a […] |
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