-- Geography & Cultures --
I got this set of multicultural wooden children from oriental trading and paired it with our newest book from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. If your child is not a part of this program, sign them up!! Both Caleb & Julie are signed up and each of them will receive a new book every month until they are 5 years old!!! I absolutely LOVE these books and most of them have become my kids' favorites!
-- Imaginative Play --
Winkin', Blinkin' & Nod =)
after reading about Winkin', Blinkin' & Nod they had to re-create the story with this tub, a stick, some tape and a blanky! :)
-- Pinching Pennies --
This Montessori activity works on Pincer grasp & coin recognition show child how to use 2 fingers & thumb to pick up penny and move them from one dish to another.
-- Sorting & Tracing --
This activity let them sort glass beads as well as trace and color in the colors we were working with. This was Julie's work which was surprising because hers is usually nothing but straight lines all the way across a page! It's neat to see how bringing in different objects for them to study and explore can help develop their "creativity" =)
Everything set up for the next day's lessons =)
-- Color Paddles --
They love playing with the color paddles... from looking out the window, to bath time or while playing in the sensory bin, the color paddles are always a big hit! I got a whole set of 18 Color Paddles for $5 from Oriental Trading.
-- Marshmallow Shapes --
We made shapes with marshmallows and toothpicks. Of course, the kids had to sneak a few but it was a great lesson because then they wanted to build and didn't have as many marshmallows as they needed ;o)
Caleb built a "house"
Braden's "Ladder"
Julie Counting =)
Hard at work!!! =)
-- More Catapult --
Caleb finished his catapult he was building and we tested it out the other night!! Here he is searching for something small and not-too-dangerous...
First up? Punkin' head!!! =)
In Caleb-speak: "Yeah-ah!"
Next was his Lightening McQueen Squinky :)
They both LOVED watching things fly! :)
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