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Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: The Crafty Crow (a wonderful collection of children’s art ideas) featured this fun idea from A Bit of This and A Bit of That. Material: Half-sized sheets of dark colored paper or card stock. Glue. 2-3 Tablespoons of salt in a small bowl. 1 Extra sheet of […]  
Sweet Pea is 4 years old. From: When Sweet Pea began to tire of the Tape Maze, I extended it with this activity. Material: Masking Tape. A handful of pom-poms or cotton balls Small bucket or bowl. Procedure: Set up a tape maze as I described in the Tape Maze activity. Have […] 
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 4 years old. From: Initially I thought this cute heart picture from I Really Should Be Sleeping was made from fingerprints. I quickly realized that her version was made of out buttons, but decided that a heart made from fingerprints would be fun for Sweet Pea to make. Material: A […]  
My access to the internet has been very limited so I have not been able to post as regularly as usual. Things should hopefully be back to normal next week. Sweet Pea is 47 months old. From: I was trying to think of a way for Sweet Pea to put her name on […]  
Sweet Pea is 47 months old. From: I kept seeing the Mighty Mind product pop up on my Amazon recommendations and decided to try it. (Apparently Amazon thinks I am a 4 year-old child. All my recommendations are decidedly geared towards the preschool set. You think I might enjoy reading the new Jean Auel’s […] 
Sweet Pea is 47 months old. NOTE: Are you looking for an edible version of this activity that can be used with real eggs? Read my Beautiful EDIBLE Marble Egg post! From: I love the look of marbled Easter eggs and decided to try our marbled paper technique to create them. […] 
Sweet Pea is 48 months old. I am always running out of audio books for Sweet Pea. We have listened to the entire Little House series, Anne of Green Gables, all of Ramona, Henry and Ribsy, Winnie the Pooh, a few Magic Treehouses and as much of Junie B. Jones as I […]  
Sweet Pea is 47 months old. From: This is another activity suggested in John Bowman’s new book Montessori at Home (I am giving away a copy here.) Material: Tweezers (I used rounded-tip beading tweezers). A bowl of pony beads in 4 different colors 4 Small bowls. Procedure: Sit near your tot […] 
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 […] |
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