Here are a few of our favorite preschool color books, crafts, and activities. Enjoy! A Color of His Own – Leo Lionni The Crayon Box that Talks – Shane DeRolf Dog’s Colorful Day – Emma Dodd Bear Sees Colors –   Rainbow Roller – Mama May I -a colorful rainbow vibe to turn any monotonous […]

Lincoln couldn’t get enough of this invitation. He played and squeezed until it was gone and then wanted more. So we emptied and reloaded and he works again. Until we had no more baking soda. <3 #MamaMayiCreate #MamaMayiLearn #MamaMayi #MamaMayiShop #Montessori #Montessori101 #kidsart #kidscience #unplugged #childhood #totschool #preschool #lifelonglearner #unschool #homeschool

This little Folder Game was made for our Summer Beach / Ocean Theme and is used to reinforce simple colors. I found the Fish on a border at the Dollar store. I hole-punched them with a large circular punch, laminated the, and added Velcro. I cut out the “Coral” free hand, glued them into the […]

Oh, Fall! Fall is here. I can tell by the brisk air. The smell of pumpkin and earth. The sound of leaves crunching while little feet walk. This sound is so characteristic of Autumn. I wanted to incorporate it in our sensory time – without using real leaves which would rot and decay while shelved […]

Look What Landed Just In Time For Spring at MamaMayiShop.com ! Simply a Color Sorting Mat? Not quite. There is so much room for color and number exploration with these whimsical Springtime Learning Lady Bugs. Teach: Colors, Complimentary Colors, Numbers, One-to-One Ratio Comparisons, Counting, Numeral to Number Recognition, Ordering, Sorting…there are countless ways to play […]

I have been trying to incorporate some more “curriculum” like things into our learning time. Science is one that I have been trying to add in…I bought these really cool test tubes that I know will get a lot of use for different types of activities. I thought it would be fun to change the […]

I know I have posted about Pom Poms before but we still use ours for this project so I thought I would post some new pictures and mention it again. It’s a great way to help build fine motor skills and color coding and pattern making. All you need are some Pom Poms, a tray, […]

Summer brought with it some outdoor fun….and some new products to go along with the blue skies and sunshine-y days. These colorful, flittery, fluttery silk streamers will endlessly delight your little mover and shaker. Two-grabbable hoops and twelve strands of rainbow, hand-dyed, silk make each playful pair oh so soft and whimsical. Watch your little […]

*New Product* Sensory Color Sorting Play Set Color-Sort your world! This beautiful color-sorting mat has been quilted together with an array of rainbow colors, 10 in all: Pink, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Brown, Black, and White. It is almost a yard (36”) long and can easily be rolled up and toted around for […]

Each wall in Layla’s new room is going to be divided into “stations” or “sets” for her to interact and play with or simply explore. I wanted each set to have a theme – The themes are: Reflect, Dream, Investigate, Create, Imagine, Play, and Experiment. These words are going to be put up on the […]