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 | Oct 12, 2015 | activity, counting, fall, kidmath, leaf, leaves, mamamayi, MamaMayILearn, math, montessori, preschool, totschool
One to one correspondence. Early counting.We have been using these little Counting Leaves in our Sensory Kits since September but had some colored gemstones out today for another project and decided to do some one-to-one correspondence. I love the Fall colors and how...
by jessicaperkins | Aug 2, 2012 | activity, beach, coconut, dough, kids, kitchen, natural play, ocean, play, playdough, preschool, totschool
We have been making Play Dough seasonally, which seems to work out well. We choose a different color and scent depending on what we are exploring for the season. This Summer we chose to make Yellow Play Dough with Gold Glitter and Coconut Extract (it smells like...
by jessicaperkins | Jun 6, 2012 | art, beach, coloring, crayons, preschool, project, shell, shells, summer, totschool
We did several projects to include on our Beach Mural this summer. One of them was a simple color-me shell page. We both colored some of the shells to put up at the bottom of the ocean floor. Buga doesn’t always enjoy coloring – it’s not that she...
by jessicaperkins | Dec 21, 2011 | activity, Christmas, montessori, prewriting, sort, sorting, tongs, totschool, transferring
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...
