Can we officially call ourselves a Montessori home now that we have a pink tower? Terrible blur but that’s how it goes. The first three block were presented and then he did it himself. Not too shabby. Although then he knocked them down 🤭 Dude! Those blocks cost money 💰 I bought them from A 2 Z Montessori - I’ve bought from them before and will do so again. Super quick to courier my order so I got it within 2 days. Update - We tried to the pink tower again today, I thought we should try the first five size he did so well yesterday. I shouldn’t have bothered and just gave him the whole thing. He was keen to get in. It’s so hard to not touch and fix! But when he made a mistake I asked him to notice it, does this look right? I also asked that when it knew it was right. I’ve packed the two 1cm block away because they will totally go missing!
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This isn’t really worth a blog post but it is something I have been meaning to do 🤫
I drew on the front of the drawers using a paint pen. I’m feeling Montessori motivated today 😆 2 1/2 years A has been counting lately... well trying to. He has trouble with four but sometimes he can get right up to ten. I bought this ice try from Daiso during the holidays and figured now was a great time to introduce him to the counting box. It’s pretty cool because the moulds are large and it has a lid. I’m looking for a similar one now with 10 spaces. To introduce it I acted excited about what was in the box - I held it upside down so he couldn’t see. I gave hints like it starts with a ‘b’ sound and it’s something you could eat. So once I flipped it over he was pretty into it. I had put a banana in each space - which also helps with one to on correspondence. I took the lid off and then we counted them together. I asked A to take out the bananas and put them on the lid - one at a time - and then we counted again. I then asked A to put them back again - one and a time - and he counted them as he did so. He put them back in the spaces fairly randomly but oh well... I think he did a great job of counting! The only issue is that he loves miniature things so much he has now pinched all the bananas and put them in his pocket 😆
The next time we play I’ll swap out the banana for something else... maybe cars. 2 1/2 years Well, it’s my first week back at work, and I’ve been planning tot school for my mid-week days off. Our first focus is the ‘T’ sound. Atlas already knows the letter T but we are focusing on the sound. The theme is ‘T for tools’ simply because this book finally came in the mail! It has lovely illustrations although the fact that the toolbox belongs to the dad is a bit eye roll worthy. In our family I own the tool box but in our society it seems that tools are men things. I love Safari Toobs - eh who am I kidding - I love toys. I have a small collection of Toobs, so it’s exciting when I use them! We’ve played with this set before. I saved the images from the internet and put them into a word document. I made sure they were similar in size as the real toys and labelled them. A loves miniature things so these tools got a work out during the week! I also let him use them in free play. I might have to get a spare set 😆 I laminated a set of tool three part cards as well. I’ve only put out the labeled card and kept the other two aside. I bought these from The Wise Owl Factory. This link also has ideas for tool activities. The other card set we used came from ABCs to ACTs. This link goes to the printable page - you’ll have to look through all the cool things! 😜 They are for playing memory, but A still hasn’t got the hang of playing this game. We keep trying, but we usually play it with all the pictures facing up and A can find the pairs. I had set out a colouring sheet that I got off a Google image search, which I didn’t take a photo of. Since A is interested in shapes I also included this Do-a-dot printable from mpmideas.com. The last thing I had set out was two Montessori knob puzzles that I bought off a random eBay store a while ago. Congratulations! You’ve made it to the end 😄
So our first real tot school was a success! The idea of Tot School came from http://www.1plus1plus1equals1.com. You need to read browse through the archives there! A must read! 2 years 4 months Here is A folding up face washers Here is a folded washer. And here is A running away with all the folded towels so that he can lie on them 😅
2 years 4 months I saw this idea from Planting Peas, via Pinterest and thought A would like this one. Although he loves coloured hair bands, he’s not so keen on brushing his hair. He gets out his hair and container and likes playing with them. I keep all our cardboard rolls, for craft and for planting seeds, so this was really easy. Sorry not sorry for my crappy photos. I’m usually busy with the actual activity and just snapping a quick shot on my phone. You’ get real action shots from me 😅
I have been wanting to create a Montessori alphabet/language object collection for some time. Like, since I first about heard about Montessori years ago. I love dolls and miniatures so this was going to be right up my street. . I would buy the odd thing here and there but didn’t really have much of a plan other then some Pinterest pins. I was going to use hardware boxes like I have seen elsewhere, but I know that if I used them I would drop them while the lid was open and the objects would fly everywhere. I know this because I have been a beaded jewellery maker... I still find random beads For my birthday a friend gave me this very cute set of cardboard drawers and A decided that he liked them a lot. So for now that is what we are using. I stuck some stickers on the front of the drawers to label them. We are focusing on the letters SATPIN. A’s name is made up using some of those letters plus L. So I’ll be doing L as well. But what got my wriggle on is that A can already tell me the letters of his first name. Today he named those letters using the magnets on his fridge which spelt out his name. And he told me that he had another A in his name and pointed it out 😱 so I’m going to have to pick my game up. I also really want to use the SSP Monster Mapping which our school uses in the Early Years which is fun and exciting and works. The rest of the drawers are empty - so I’m going to have to get hunting! I’ve got things I can use, like my Re-ment miniatures, but I’ll keep them put away until he is just a little bit older.
Doesn’t this photo give you the impression that A loved this work? Putting pom poms into an ice cube tray - looks like a great idea. A didn’t think so. This was as far as he got before he got bored and just dumped a few more in anywhere and left the rest. I thought maybe he already knows how to do this or maybe it’s because he doesn’t like the feel of these pom poms - as we all know toddlers do have very strong preferences that change like pretty much instantly. So later in the day I put some bells into the bowl, and left tongs out. He loves tongs, I fact last night he wanted to go to bed with the BBQ tongs. He came back to the work but not for much longer then the first time. Anyway, this provided A with approximately 20 seconds of entertainment but I thought I would share an activity fail with you. We can’t all be perfect, all of the time.
In the meantime our cat has been eyeing off the pom poms. He loves to kick them around the house and crash into things in the wee hours of the morning. 2 years 3 months
This Montessori inspired activity uses beans and small bells. The child uses a pair of tongs to transfer the bells into a bowl.
2 year 3 month
This is a really simple Montessori inspired activity. I bought a bag of coloured wooden beads from a craft shop. The sorting tray was from some Christmas tree decorations a few years ago. I popped a bead of each colour into the tray sections and A went to town. When he made a mistake is really stood out so he could correct it himself, just as he’s doing in the photo.
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AuthorHi, I'm Pamela. A nail crazy lady with green hair. I live in outback Queensland with my toddler and my husband. I love books, writing and crafting. For more info about me go to my 'About' page. Archives
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