by jessicaperkins | Mar 4, 2016 | art, glue, homeschool, Kidsart, mamamayi, MamaMayiMake, mamamayishop, mess, mindfulparenting, sculpture, toddler, totschool, unschool, wood, wooden
Lincoln loves glue. #loves . Like, love loves. He likes to squeeze it. To touch it. Smoosh it. Smear it. Sometimes taste it. Squeezing the glue bottle is such a great fine motor skill builder – he is building up the strength in his hands. I cut a square...
by jessicaperkins | Nov 17, 2015 | color, colors, experiment, KidArt, Kidsart, kidscience, mamamayi, MamaMayILearn, mamamayishop, mixing, play, toddler, totschool, unplugged
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...
by jessicaperkins | Jul 18, 2015 | balance, balls, feature, Friday, learning, Mama May i, mama may it shop, mamamayi, mamamayishop, montessori, play, product, toddler
I made it to Grandma’s house this week to get inventory under control and while we were hanging out [playing] in the new stock room the kids were pulling out products from their bins and playing. And Lincoln (almost 2) found the Balance Balls. At first he was...
by jessicaperkins | Oct 18, 2011 | autumn, bin, fall, leaf, leaves, preschool, Sensory, toddler, totschool
It’s Sensory Bin Time! Oh how I love the open-endedness of a sensory bin. I love how many different skills can be practiced with a little bit of imagination and a box of “stuff”. I always enjoy creating these things, it’s a lot of fun for me to...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 21, 2011 | activity, art, artwork, beach, craft, fish, homeschool, ocean, project, toddler, totschool
We are always looking for ways to incorporate our themes into our art projects. We recently decided to make an under the sea “mural” on our door using different methods of expression for different creatures in the deep. We are learning about the beach and...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 4, 2011 | friends, life, park, philosophy, play, toddler, tot school
Every time we go to the park Buga yearns to meet “friends” to play with. When she sees little people her age playing she gets so excited: “Mama, Mama…Look! There are lots of friends at the park to play with!”I am not the biggest...
