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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 […]


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 […]


Arranging Feathers

Sweet Pea is 28 months old.

From: I thought this simple feather arranging activity from My Montessori Journey would be fun for Sweet Pea.

Materials:

Feathers. Small jar or bud vase. Marbles or glass gems to hold the feathers steady (optional). Tray (optional).

Procedure:

Spread several feathers out on a […]


Sorting Colored Pom-Poms with Tongs

Sweet Pea is 27 months old.

From: I saw these nesting multi-colored gift boxes and thought they would make an excellent color sorting activity.

Material:

Several different colored containers (I bought my gift box set from the party section in Hobby Lobby, but think that colored toddler bowls or nesting cups would work well […]


Stencils

Sweet Pea is 27 months old.

From: This was inspired by my desire for a set of Montessori Insets, which are a bit out our price range right now. (The Montessori Primary Guide has a good description of how to use insets in the Montessori style.)

Material:

Any sort of plastic or metal stencils. […]


Milk Cap Letters & Sesame Street Nameplates

Sweet Pea is 27 months old.

From: I found these Bottle Cap Letters on Carissa’s Tools for Tot’s page. I got the idea to use Mod Podge on them from this post at Heather’s Eager Little Mind blog.

Materials:

Several washed and dried caps from gallons of milk. Mod Podge. Small paintbrush. 2-3 Milk […]


Folding a Washcloth

Sweet Pea is 26 months old.

From: This was another activity from the book Teach Me To Do It Myself by Maja Pitamic. Sweet Pea likes to unfold everything help me fold the laundry so when I saw this activity I thought it would be great for her.

Materials:

Sharpie […]


Painting on a Chalkboard

Sweet Pea is 26 months.

From: One of my friends suggested this activity.

Materials:

Chalkboard. (See the Notes from the Trenches.) Paint brush. Small bowl of water. Towel for drying the chalkboard. Sponge to wipe up spills.

Procedure:

Show your tot how to dip […]


Kumon Let’s Color

Sweet Pea is 26 months.

Materials:

Kumon Let’s Color (I bought mine from Target.) Crayola Twistables Crayons ( I also found these at Target.)

Procedure: The book itself and each page contains instructions for presentation.

Observations: The book has a lot of instructions for a coloring book, which I liked. The first page discusses […]