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 Sweet Pea is 32 months old. From: I know that spreading something with a knife is a common Montessori activity, but I am not sure where I first read about it. Material: Egg salad, cream cheese, jelly or any other food item that spreads easily. A small bowl to contain the spreadable item. Several […] Sweet Pea is 32 months old. From: I started doing this a while ago so that Sweet Pea could be involved in writing thank you notes for her gifts. After Christmas this year, we had several thank you notes to write. Material: Blank note cards and envelopes. (Target sells some cheap ones near their […] Sweet Pea is 31 months old. From: This was created in a frazzled moment of “I barely have time to feed us, much less do a Tot School activity, because I have way overextended myself this holiday season.” This is a quick activity for those times when you are rushing around the […]  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. […] 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 […] Sweet Pea is 29 months old. From: This activity was from the book First Art by MaryAnn F. Kohl. Material: Plastic safety scissors or training scissors. (I found our training scissors in the “Back-to-School” section at Target, but I don’t think they carry them during the rest of the year.) Play-doh (or […] 
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 […] Sweet Pea is 27 months old.
From: We bought this Melissa & Doug Cutting Food Box at a local toy store.
Observations: This set contains a wooden knife and cutting board, along with several painted wooden food items. Each piece of food is composed of several sections that are […] 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 […] Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: This was an activity created out of desperation because Sweet Pea wanted to be so involved every morning when I unloaded the dishwasher. She liked to roll the racks in and out, hunt for sharp objects such as knives and vegetable peelers among the utensils and […] |
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