We've had these wooden beads for a few months and she's now able to do it on her own - though she still likes to do it together sometimes :) If she's in the right mood, she'll do it a couple times over and over. It's been cute to see her slowly learn to do it all by herself.
Another little activity that I got from this blog post. She was into it when we had a mini-Montessori date at Sam+Amelia's [I'm thinking mainly because it was what Sam wanted to do], but gets impatient quickly and wants to do her own thing, ie. throw the pins across the room or shake the bottle, or try to stuff bunny's paws through the top. I took a video after we tried it the first time - she does 2 of my favorite things in this video: how she says "see??" to Bunny and her adorable little pleased-with-herself laugh.
She really loves this one - painting with water on a chalkboard. I'm going to be careful to keep it a special activity, so she won't lose interest. She likes to paint "dots" and will do a cat too, if I ask her to :)
[sorry, re-reading this I feel like it's all super-awkwardly written. I think I need to go to bed]
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So far, these are the books I've read: Montessori from the Start, Raising an Amazing Child the Montessori Way and Mommy, Teach Me! I don't feel like searching out the links, do you mind?
The blogs on my googleReader: Chasing Cheerios and The Wonder Years.
4 comments:
You might want to give www.montessorimom.com a try. It's a little hard to navigate, but somewhere in there I found some good photos of activities and materials.
Cleaning and cooking are always a big hit in my house. I set up a cleaning supply cupboard for the little ones. My floor has never been so clean!
Have fun!
Her hands are so special to watch. How beautiful her signing of "sorry".
Lola
where did you get the pins?
Thank you for the great ideas. I love the chalkboard with water. You have such a precious girl!!
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