Christmas Sorting! Buga used her wooden tongs to sort some Christmasy objected in a simple divided tray. We had bows, ornaments, shaped erasers, and bells. I put all the objects in the middle and she had to separate them into categories. Next time I will build in some other ways to sort – like bows, […]

Our Spring Time theme certainly brought out the flowers! We have been reading a lot of stories about gardens, flowers, and colors. We have also been watching the flowers bloom around us. When I bought a rainbow of flowers for Buga’s sensory bin I made sure to buy extras for this little “store front business”. […]

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 […]

Printable Valentine’s Day Activity I made this because Buga has been very interested in cutting straight lines, sorting them, and gluing them down, so I wanted to make one related to our Love Unit. I thought she would like the idea of chocolates (again!) and made it available for other little learners to use and […]

I started making “Candy Chocolates” (pretend) for a Valentine’s Day Learning Game for Buga. It is my plan to use these chocolates in a candy box…with the little wrappers…for her to count, sort, and pretend with. She is going to use tongs to pick them up and put them in the box. Each box contains […]

A Simple Counting Activity. I found these “border strips” at the dollar store – meant for a bulletin board. I cut one up so they became matching manipulatives while keeping another whole. She matches the numbers to the number strip and I tried to create a graph visual with berries. It was cute, educational, and […]

*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 […]

A whole little world inside a box…like your little one’s imagination, you will find a world of play, a world of fun, a world of learning. The Family Box will inspire creative play and enchant young story-makers. Each family has six members (one for all the colors of the rainbow) and six coordinated sleep sacks. […]

I recently purchased these little Activity Rings for our Learning Closet. I LOVE open-ended toys and this one seemed perfect for imaginative play. There are 6 different rubber rings about 3″ in diameter. The bright colors help teach color concepts. We use them as “sorting rings”. With Pom Poms and Mini Kush Balls we sort […]

A beautiful addition to Mama May i Shop’s Natural Play Collection, this colorful learning toy is the perfect open-ended set to add to your little explorer’s Play & Learn medley. A Rainbow fun and educational way to play and learn – colors! Your little one will enjoy picking and placing colored balls into their corresponding […]