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 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 […]  
Sweet Pea is 28 months old. From: The results of this water color resist project at 4 Crazy Kings looked so appealing that I just had to try it. Material: Digital camera. Re-positionable laminating sheets or removable contact paper. (I preferred the laminating sheets. You can NOT use regular contact paper.) 3 […]  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 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 […] 
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. […] 
Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I got the idea for making a life-size portrait from this tot school post on The Shafer Family blog. Material: A large sheet of paper at least as long as your tot is tall. (I suggest using a roll of craft paper or butcher paper, but […] Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: I saw a glue stick next to us while we were drawing in the sand tray and thought, “Hey, why don’t we try gluing the sand onto some paper?” Material: Non-toxic sand. A box or jelly roll pan to hold the sand. It needs to be wide […]  Sweet Pea is 27 months old. From: A traditional Montessori lesson involves showing children how to draw letters in a tray of salt. I saw this activity using sand instead of salt at Chasing Cheerios. Material: Strong shallow box or a jelly roll pan. Non-toxic sand or salt to cover the bottom of the […] 
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 […] 
Sweet Pea is 26 months old. From: At my sister-in-law’s suggestion, we made hand prints for a Father’s Day gift and Sweet Pea has been crazed about making “Han- Pits” ever since. Materials: A large stack of card stock or construction paper. (We went through about 5 times the amount of paper I thought […] |
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