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The Art of Observation: A Study of GREEN
St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday to celebrate with kids. We integrate geography, history, culture, practical life and sensorial work into our St. Patrick’s Day activities. We even squeezed in an art...
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St. Patrick’s Day Activities for Kids
We’ve had lots of fun over the years with St. Patrick’s Day. I love the holiday because it integrates so much learning. Click through the image for a list of all our St. Patrick’s Day activities. Below...
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Create a Family Recipe {A Valentine’s Day Activity}
This Valentine’s Day family activity might be my favorite so far this year. The idea was brainstormed up by one of my classmates in Montessori training when covering the Peace curriculum. This activity...
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Easy Last Minute Valentine’s Activities for Kids
Scrambling for an easy, inexpensive last minute Valentine Activity for you kids? Here are two to help you get started… Heart Lacing Activity All you need is: a hole punch red paper scissors a lace,...
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Preschool Math Gold Coin Estimation
Preschoolers are ripe for learning math concepts. They may not know it but their brain sure do. For example, within Montessori introducing preschoolers to geometry via the geometric solids (visual) and...
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Egg Sound Hunt
The sensitive period for learning language begins at birth. There is even research that tells us this learning, especially learning sounds, begins in vitro. Combining learning with something that...
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St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Skill Activity for Kids
I received this great package of craft supplies from Craft Project Ideas filled with green goodness. As you know I have been a bit obsessed with exploring green. What can I say? I get inspired by the...
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20 Earth Day Activities for Kids
Oh, I can already smell spring in the air. There is a smell. We all know it. At this point in the year, all of us here is Seattle crave the sunshine. I am not opposed to any one season but I do love...
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DIY Clover Lacing Card for St. Patrick’s Day
Hey Carrots Are Orange readers. I am so happy to be able to share today with you while Marnie is busy moving her family to a new home. I have a St. Patrick’s Day activity post for you today and hope...
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Gardening Tools for Kids
“Children are born naturalists. They explore the world with all of their senses, experiment in the environment, and communicate their discoveries to those around them.” ~ The Audubon Nature Preschool...
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As I have mentioned in prior posts, we’re deep into learning to read mode. I find it fascinating to observe our 3.5 year old as he explores sounds and how they come together. I love it when he asks...
View ArticleMarch Montessori Shelves
I updated our Montessori shelves a bit for March. There is a green theme a la St. Patrick’s Day. We continue to work on fine motor skills with pipe cleaners and beading. This work is easy &...
View ArticlePEEPs Learning Activities for Kids
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Peeps. All opinions are 100% mine. Peeps is launching their first commercial in over a decade. I have to say that the whole campaign is quite...
View ArticleEaster Number Matching Activity for Kids
My guess is that you have a few plastic eggs and egg cartons in your home right now. All you need now for this number matching activity are numbers. We used colorful button numbers from Joann Fabrics...
View ArticleIdeas for Easter Leftovers
Now that the excitement and planning of Easter 2013 is coming to an end, what are we going to do with the leftovers? Easy enough for the chocolate and jelly beans but what about the egg cartons, hard...
View ArticleSimple Earth Day Craft
I love Earth Day. Who am I kidding? I love Earth Day Month. There is so much wonderful learning and outdoor exploration to ignite our children’s passions about the world. My goal for my boys is to...
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“Let us give the child a vision of the whole universe. . . for all things are part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity.” ~ Dr. Maria Montessori This post...
View ArticleEarth Day Gifts for Children
This month we celebrate Earth Day! There are many ways to involve children in this celebration. I have loads of Earth Day Activities and a very well stock Earth Day Pinterest board. The EARTH Book by...
View ArticleEarth Day Art Activity for Kids
My husband and I were completing a stellar “date night” with a post dinner trip to Home Depot. I couldn’t resist picking up some paint chips in beautiful earth tones. I knew we could do something with...
View ArticleBee Activity for Kids with Book
We read the sweetest children’s book recently called UnBEElievables: Honeybee Poems and Paintings. The poems together told a truly lovely story of the various players in a bee colony. The poems draw in...
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