Showing posts with label Montessori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montessori. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Toddler Ideas Tuesday: February 10, 2015



Welcome back to Toddler Idea Tuesdays! I hope you will join with me again in sharing the fun activities, crafts, and lessons that you are doing with your young children. 

Shall we continue counting down to Valentine's Day? It is now only 4 days away. I decided to spend these weeks leading up to Valentines Day sharing some toddler-friendly Valentines Day ideas on Toddler Idea Tuesdays. Three weeks ago, I shared a couple of simple Valentines toddlers can make. Two weeks ago, I shared toddler-friendly Valentine's Day crafts. Last week I shared some fun food ideas.

I would like to conclude my Valentine's Day Series of Toddler Idea Tuesday with a look at some Montessori Inspired Fine Motor Activities. I posted this post 5 years ago when Tabitha was only 3 years old and Amelia was 1 1/2. We were doing a lot of Montessori activities back then.


Now onto:


Toddler Idea Tuesday Features


On my last Toddler Idea Tuesday post, there were 5 wonderful posts linked up. I will be picking one randomly selected post to share, plus the top clicked-on post. 

This week's randomly selected Valentine's Day post is:


Jen at Chestnut Grove Academy shared the 1st post in her Colors For Tots Series. There are some wonderful ideas for focusing on the color RED, just in time for Valentine's Day.

The following post tied with the above post for the most clicks:



Jennifer from Hint Mama shared a fun idea for turning Baby Gyms into Toddler Forts

I would love to have you join in this week! What sort of activities do you do with your toddlers and preschoolers? Do you have some favorite activities you would like to share? I invite you to link up below. I will be pinning posts on my Toddler Ideas board and I would love to feature some of the activities each week from what is linked up. Please know I may share a picture from your post and link back to it, along with sharing how we used your idea in our toddler time. By linking up you are giving me permission to use a picture from your post. I will ALWAYS give credit and link back. Additionally, if you choose to try out any of the ideas with your toddler, please make sure you give credit where credit is due.

Linky will be open through Sunday night, to give me time to check out all the posts and get the Features organized. Please take the time to visit some of the other wonderful posts linked up.

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Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Workbox Wednesday- February 4, 2015

Welcome to Workbox Wednesday! 

This week I would like to share an old post. Several years ago, we were using a lot more learning trays in our school time. One time, I put together some Montessori type activities that focused on Valentine's Day. Here is a peek at my Montessori: Valentines post.



I invite you to follow the link above to see the details. 

If you use workboxes, tot trays, or anything similar, feel free to post a link to your blog post or a picture (pictures can be from facebook, but please make sure they are PUBLIC so we can see them, or use a host like photobucket.com to get a URL for your photo) that shows WHAT IS IN YOUR BOXES!

Please don't forget to visit my co-hosts at Chestnut Grove Academy and Line Upon Line Learning.

Visit others that link up, leave comments, follow, etc. The favors will be returned! Feel free to grab a button too, so others can find the link up and join in the fun!

What is in your workboxes?

Chestnut Grove Academy
 

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Toddler Ideas Tuesday: April 29nd, 2014



Welcome back to Toddler Idea Tuesdays! Have you been busy with your young children?

We just finished a unit on Planes, Trains and Automobiles for Poppins Book Nook. Our focus was on planes. I decided to bring out some related Montessori type, fine-motor activities for Hannah and Harold.

So, bring on the clouds...


Spooning "Clouds"



Size Order "Clouds" with Counting




"Cloud" Counting
(One-to-one)



Now onto:



Toddler Idea Tuesday Features




1- Jennifer from Reviews, Chews and How-tos shared Devishly Good Eggs. 

2- Jennifer also shared her craft tutorial for Easter/Springtime Candy Holders made out of toilet paper tubes.

3- Jennifer from Hint Mama shared how to turn "Mommy Getting Ready Time" into an activity.

What sort of activities do you do with your toddler? Do you have some favorite activities you would like to share? I invite you to link up below. I will be pinning posts on my Toddler Ideas board and I would love to feature some of the activities each week from what is linked up. Please know I may share a picture from your post and link back to it, along with sharing how we used your idea in our toddler time. By linking up you are giving me permission to use a picture from your post. I will ALWAYS give credit and link back. Additionally, if you choose to try out any of the ideas with your toddler, please make sure you give credit where credit is due.

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Thursday, August 8, 2013

Teaching Toddlers with Montessori Activities



Welcome to the third day of the 5 Days of Teaching Toddlers, sorry I am late posting this, we had a busy day. Today I am going to focus on some of the simple Montessori activities that I used with the girls. Some we did use in the toddler room of the Montessori and they all help to develop the fine motor skills.

When I first started we didn't have any trays so I used shoe box lids. The activities, or work, are supposed to look nice and appealing to the children, but we did the best we could do.

One of the first activities we taught the toddlers when we started doing more Montessori work with them, was the spooning. We used cotton balls to start. We were taught to show the children that they should work from left to right to prepare them for reading.

Spooning
They are to take the spoon and transfer the cotton balls from the left to the right.




We also used pom poms.


At the Montessori we did color sorting with dyed pasta and different colored cups. Here we used colored pom poms and an egg carton.



Ball Sorter
I made this for Hannah and she was to fit the balls into the correct hole. Also works on object permanence. 




Hannah also liked to put balls into a container and take them out.



The girls were taught to use tongs to transfer objects from one bowl to the other, again working left to right.


For further motor development I had them tong objects (noodles) into ice cube trays.  For Tabitha this was also one-to-one counting.


When she was really young Amelia used her hands, which still helps to develop the pincer grasp.



The girls (and now Harold) all enjoy putting things into the cheese shaker.







Using toothpicks was lots of fun.




 To extend this activity they threaded foam beads onto the pipe cleaners. I have also had them thread Cheerios onto them.



I also included bean tubs where they had to find the different beans and place them in an egg carton for more one-to-one counting.



Another early Montessori activity we taught the children was pouring. They learn to pour with little pitchers on a tray. I love that we are at home and the girls have lots of chances to help refine their skills in every day life, not just as an activity on a shelf. 

For example, helping to cook in the kitchen.



I mean, we had this dustpan and brush activity on the activity table...





and I taught them to sweep using child sized brooms and tape on the floor for a visual reminder of where to sweep the dirt to...


but when we make a mess while helping cook in the kitchen, they get to clean up real messes.



These are several of our favorite Montessori type activities that help to develop their fine motor skills and practical life skills. 



Don't miss any of the posts in my Teaching Toddlers series:

Wednesday: Teaching Toddlers with Montessori Activities

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