Infant/Toddler Materials

Motor Activity: Opening & Closing Extension

October 8, 2009

Age: 9 – 12 months Goal: To develop fine motor skills and the pincer grasp. Materials: mat, basket, 5 or 6 objects that can be opened and closed (book, box, purse, etc.) and an object to go in each container Prepare the work and get out the mat. Place the basket on the right side [...]

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Social Activity: Trying on Hats

October 8, 2009

Age: 9 – 12 months Goal: Interacting with others, to develop concentration, body awareness, and laying the foundation for dressing . Materials: mat, three or four different hats Presentation Prepare the work and get out the mat. Sit with the infant facing you. Once you have the child’s attention take the hats out and put [...]

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Motor Activity: Opening & Closing Objects

September 24, 2009

Age: 9 – 12 months Goal: To develop fine motor skills and the pincer grasp. Materials: mat, basket, 5 or 6 objects that can be opened and closed (book, box, purse, etc.) Presentation Prepare the work and get out the mat. Place the basket on the right side of the mat with the child sitting [...]

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Sensory Activity: Experiencing Different Sounds

September 5, 2009

Age: 6-9 months Goal: To develop listening skills and motor skills. Materials: mat, a set of small containers filled with small objects (I used grits, rice, oats, and beans) tray or basket (for sound containers). Make sure the lid of the container is firmly sealed or glue/tape the lid secure. Choose containers that are identical [...]

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Homemade Child’s Placemat

September 4, 2009

Last week during a few of Joey’s naps I made a few placemats for his eating dishes. I like them and they were really simple to make. I just traced the dishes and silverware on a plain piece of cardstock, cut them out, glued them to an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of cardstock, and then [...]

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Cognitive/Motor Activity: Stacking Rings

August 31, 2009

Age: 6 months+ Goal: To develop fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and a sense of order. Materials: mat (Make sure you’re mat is big enough to line the rings on side by side. Mine obviously isn’t. ) , stacking rings or blocks on a dowel (or like object) Presentation Prepare the work and get out [...]

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Infant/Toddler Montessori Activities

August 27, 2009

What’s been on our shelf the last few weeks? Check it out: I switched up the work last week as I’ve been preparing new work. It’s been a bit of a trial and error process. I find that I get really excited about a work and then realize that Joey’s not quite ready to handle [...]

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Homemade Infant/Toddler Montessori Materials

August 13, 2009

Here’s a few pictures of the Montessori materials my husband was making. They still need to be painted and stained, but they look great! I didn’t get the object permanence box with a drawer, but maybe we can figure out something similar. I don’t have pictures of the other activities yet.

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Getting Settled

August 12, 2009

Things are finally starting to settle down in our new home and we’re getting back to a routine. It feels good to have the boxes put away and things in order. It’s beginning to feel like home. On Monday I worked on Joey’s room a bit. I hung a few pictures of his work shelves, [...]

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Homemade Infant/Toddler Montessori Materials

July 27, 2009

I love Montessori materials, but sometimes they are just so expensive especially when you’d like to have more than one or two. I’ve been looking for awhile at Montessori Outlet’s Infant/Toddler materials and was planning on buying the Object Permanence box. It’s around $20, but then I found out the shipping would cost $20 and [...]

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