More More Money

The Wee One, who is only 2 years younger than Mister and Ladybug, feels frustrated that she can't do the same activities so I always try to give her some things along the same thing.  I am amazed at what she picks up from Mister and Ladybug's work, but I want her to feel successful at her work on her level.  Here are a few money related activities on her shelf.

Money transfer

Money imprints - First she used her hand to make the dough flat and then used a roller.  

Where does it go?  For some reason the Wee One loved this activity and she made me make more cards.  She had to match the coins to correct pattern.  As an extension we counted each type of coin.

Candy Corn and Holiday Cards

We are still struggling with sorting out the Wee One's activities from Mister and Ladybug's activities.  Te Wee One wants to do Mister and Ladybug's activities and they want to do her activities.  Of course what child would pass up the opportunity to work with candy corn?

Simple activity for practicing transferring and a lot of smelling, and probably some tasting too.

Another quick activity:

The kiddos like to put together picture puzzles rather than greeting card puzzles, but we have an abundance of greeting cards.  

What's On the Shelf - October

I love October because there is so much fun to be had and so much to do!  Here's the first activities on the shelves:

Practical Life

These chopsticks have a tendency to overlap, so just the right pressure has to be applied.

I have cringed at the cutting work  Mister and Ladybug have brought home from preschool, so  for some fun practice they can make a jack-o-lantern and cut it out.

Science/Sensorial

My body wooden puzzle

Human body x-rays

This is a challenge because the pieces are small.

Literacy

Halloween card making

After we played with this, I changed some of the verbs for more variety.  DK should have included blank pieces.

For Fun

JoAnn $1 section

Usborne cards 

Potato Head family

Piggy Says What?

An easy and quick activity to put together and do, which kept the Wee One happy for some time. Each time she put in a coin she would let out an "oink" and a snort.

Farm - Part 1

We started our farm study with talking about pigs.  We read If You Give a Pig a Pancake and I Like Me.

Art

Pig in the mud

Math

What's the sum?

The equations were writtin with numbers on one side and dots on the other. 

Literacy



Practical Life

Cow squirter water transfer

Putting on a washer and screwing onto the butterfly.

Mister needs a lot of work on correct pencil grip (he still hasn't decide if he is lefty or a righty yet!) and this tweezing activity helps develop those fine motor skills.  The Wee One liked to tickle herself with the feathers.

Sensorial

Farm babies puzzle

I mixed in a few Easter activities for no other reason than they are fun.

Pour a Little Rain

The Goodwill is on the way to Mister and Ladybug's preschool and I feel the need to stop in there all the time.  I am pretty sure we will be greeted as regulars soon.  On our last trip the Wee One spotted a white ceramic pouring thing (I call it a thing because I have no idea what it is - creamer?) and she would not put it down.  For $.50 I couldn't refuse, but it's too bad they didin't have a matching one.

Once Upon a Time - Part 1

Here's our work for the first part of the month.  It is mostly Valentine's Day theme right now, but will change as we move farther into the month.  Enjoy!

Math

This game idea came from My Montessori Journey.   Ladybug was over the moon with all the purple.

Practical Life

This is tray is on the Wee One's shelf because she loves transferring activities.  However, Mister and Ladybug have taken turns doing it too.  The hearts are from last year's sensory bin and I saw them in Target's $2.50 section this year.

Valentine's bracelets - Pink, purple, or red pipe cleaners would have looked better, but this is what I had on hand.



Flower arranging - This is one of my favorites because I love to see the concentration on their faces as they get it just so.


Sensorial





The yellow and green stamps are letters that spell "LOVE" and "XO"  This has been the Wee One's favorite activity.

Literacy - Story retelling with Goldie Locks and the Three Bears

Books I can read - I found all these books at the Goodwill.  I am not a huge fan of any of them, but it gives Mister and Ladybug confidence to be able to read something.



-ap, -at, and --an sight word review

Art

Color the heart and cut it out.  We used their hearts to decorated the windows for Valentine's Day.

"You put this out for me because you know I LOVE to sticker!"  Yes, Ladybug I put this out for you.



Taste and Play

I have two activities that fall into this category and both went over well with the Wee One.

We have been short on snow this winter (my husband has been thrilled, but not so good for sledding), so I thought I should scoop some up before it's gone.  She scooped a little, chose a different spoon, scooped a little, and ate some.  Definitely look for clean snow for this!  Live in a place without snow...maybe a snow cone maker?

The Wee One felt left out (puppy dog eyes) when her siblings were making marshmallow shapes, so I gave her a marshmallow skewer activity.

You Would Think I Would Learn

We have been using a lot of glitter and I am finding it everywhere.  I think in my efforts to clean it up has lead to the glitter multiplying or at least spreading and clumping all at the same time.  So, when I saw glittery bells I should have walked away.  Oh no my eyes lit up and I said, "OH GLITTERY BELLS!"  I am not going to write what I have been saying now about the glittery bells. 

These bells just fit into the IKEA ice cube mold.  She had to give them a little push to get them all they way in. 

The Wee One tried dumping them back out into the little basket, but found that even when the tray was upside down bells stayed in.