Building Words with the Movable Alphabet
Sweet Pea was about 4 years old when she was introduced to this work. From: The Movable Alphabet is a set of letters that allow children to build words before they have started either writing or...
View ArticleCooking with Kids: Easy-Peasy Popsicles
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. From: I often freeze those tubes of yogurt for Sweet Pea. One day, when she asked me to make them, we were out of tubes, but had some yogurt cups, so I offered to try to...
View ArticleChild Friendly Kool-Aid Dyed Play Silks
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. From: Play Silks are a type of beautiful toy commonly used in Waldorf education. You can buy them pre-dyed, but at almost $15 each, it is very expensive to get more than...
View ArticleWashi Tape Pencils
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. From: I got a pack of washi tape on Black Friday last year as a door-buster at a craft store. I didn’t have any idea what to do with it until I saw this cute idea for...
View ArticleCloud Dough
Sweet Pea was 5 years old. From: Many people have blogged about Cloud Dough, but I first read about it at Tinkerlab. Cloud Dough is a mixture of flour and oil that creates a really interesting...
View ArticleGuest Blogging @ What to Expect When You Are Expecting
A couple of months ago, I was invited to write a post for the very popular What to Expect When You are Expecting website. They wanted me to write something for their “Real Mom Stories” series, so...
View ArticleUsing a Montessori Finger Chart for Addition
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. Prerequisite: This purpose of this activity is to help with the memorization of addition facts. Your child should already be very familiar with the concept of addition and...
View ArticleDIY Watercolors from Upcycled Markers
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. From: I found instructions for this fun and frugal activity from Julie Finn at Crafting a Green World. Material: Several old dried-out markers in a variety of colors....
View ArticleSalted Water Color Paintings
Sweet Pea is 6 years old. From: I saw this beautiful technique in an issue of Family Fun magazine. Material: Watercolor paper or other sturdy paper. Watercolor paints or liquid watercolors (Click...
View ArticleHalloween Charades
Sweet Pea is 8 years old. From: I was looking for some activities for Sweet Pea’s classroom Halloween party and got the idea for a game of Halloween themed charades from EasyPartyIdeasAndGames.com....
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