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Beautiful Marbled Eggs

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.

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Storynory

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 […]


Foam Shape Puzzles

Sweet Pea is 45 months old.

From: The Activity Mom blogged about these cute foam shape puzzles and Walking by the Way did a slightly easier version of them.

Material:

Self-adhesive foam shapes (or non-adhesive shapes and glue). 2 or 3 sheets of card stock or heavy paper. Scissors. Sharpie. Basket or bowl […]


Spice Grinder

Sweet Pea is 45 months old.

From: I found this cute little cinnamon and sugar grinder at the grocery store and thought it would be a great practical life activity for Sweet Pea.

Material:

Spice grinder. Thinly sliced apples.

Procedure:

Show your tot how to hold the grinder upside down over the […]


Twig

Sweet Pea is 45 months old.

From: Have you heard of Twig? Sweet Pea has recently outgrown a lot of her toddler things so I have been looking for some new preschool toys. I had seen a lot of great reviews for Twig, a unique building block set, so I was thrilled when I […]


Counting and Banding Spindles

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 […]


New Year’s Interview

Sweet Pea is 45 months old.

From: Amy posted this on Teach Mama last year and her family recently did it again. I interviewed Sweet Pea last March, but I like the idea of associating the interview with the start of the New Year, so we just did it again, too.

Material:

Pen or […]


Christmas Tree Counting

Sweet Pea is 44 months old.

From: I saw this on Carisa’s 1+1+1=1 blog. She originally got the printables from Musings of Me (which also has some other great Christmas worksheets). I loved the concept, but I don’t have a color printer and wanted the stars to be easier to cut out, so […]


Packing Peanut Collage

Sweet Pea is 44 months old.

From: I do a lot of my Christmas shopping online and recently have been inundated with boxes full of packing peanuts. Instead of just throwing them away, I let Sweet Pea make a collage with them.

Material:

Paper. Styrofoam packing peanuts. Washable white glue. (We like the Crayola […]


Stringing Straws & Buttons

Sweet Pea is 43 months old.

From: I am sure I’m not the first one to do this, but I don’t remember where I have seen it before. It is an oldie, but goodie.

Material:

4-5 Drinking straws. (We used clear ones because we had them on hand, but I think colored ones would […]