Learning Shapes for Toddlers

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Vito’s sensitive years has begun and he’s been learning a lot since I last posted his 21 months learning materials! With his current interest in letters and shapes,  Vito and I has been doing lots of play-based learning in the morning before his nap time.  Now this doesn’t take hours.  It’s a maximum of 10 minutes per learning material that he picks. 

So far he can recognize the following shapes:

triangle

circle

oval

square

star

He can’t pronounce their names properly though (except for star and circle), but yes he can say their names in a toddlerish cute way.

So here’s a summary of what we’ve been using to name and recognize shapes.

Melissa & Dough Jumbo Shape Puzzle

This is his favourite! He works on this everyday.  Working on this board, you need to say the name of the shape of the puzzle holder, and point to its match (say also its name) and then place the puzzle in the board.

This is available from here.

Playskool Shape Sorter

This toy has been on the shelf for ages!  I first made him use square, star and circle.  Then added oval and diamond and now, he has mastered half of the shapes!

This shape form fitter is available here.

Cookie Cutters and Playdough

The cookie cutters were bought from the local store. I love the colors and the differential sizes!  This is similar to the cookie cutters that I have.

And this is how he forms a star and a square all at the same time!

And yes, we do get to use them as stencils too!

 

Miniland Shape Sorting

This is one of my favourite purchases this year.  I love that we can do lots of things with this, from color and shape sorting, lacing and counting!  This is not his favourite pick though, so we might NOT be working on this for the meantime.  This Miniland Abacus Shapes can be bought from here.

Gluing Shapes

We stopped using glue because Vito didn’t like it.  Now that he’s a lot bigger, I re-introduced it once again and he’s not afraid of it anymore!  This is just a simple activity of sticking shapes into an art paper using buds. 

As you can see, I’m teaching him how to apply glue on a piece of paper

And he placed them on the paper of course, but on the wrong side and added some more glue on it!

 

Melissa and Doug Pattern Blocks

And the newest addition is this learning material from Melissa and Doug.  This is quite popular and the boys love it! Yes, not only Vito but Mavi is using it too!  Worth-it if you have multiple kids    Vito has been practicing this fish as he can recognize the triangle and oval right away.  He know what shape it has by picking the right blocks, but he still can’t fit them properly on the picture.  We’ll be playing more of this!

You can this from here.

And that’s about it! Hope this will give you an idea of materials and activities when learning shapes with your kids!  Don’t forget to pin this for later!

Circulatory System Learning Materials

The files are finally up in the Pinay Homeschooler Sellfy Shop!!!  I am so happy to share with you the learning materials I prepared for Mavi for our circulatory/cardiovascular system lessons later this month.  You can read about the details of the activity here, The Study of the Circulatory System for Kids.

Cardiovascular Information Diagrams
Everything you needed to know about the elements of the circulatory system is included in this file. Diagrams like parts of the human heart, the the blood vessels, different heart diseases and blood groups.  It also contains flowcharts on how the heart works.  A variety of activity sheets are also provided.

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The Human Heart
The file contains 23 parts of the human heart, and with the following:

• 23 control cards
• 23 picture cards
• 23 labels
• definition cards for each part forming a booklet.  See how I created our booklet here.

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The Cardiovascular System
The file contains 15 parts of the cardiovascular/circulatory system, and with the following:

• 15 control cards
• 15 picture cards
• 15 labels
• poster type diagram
• definition cards for each part forming a booklet.  See how I created our booklet here.

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Cardiovascular System BUNDLE PACK
And for those interested in ALL THREE FILES, you can get all of them in one time purchase with this bundle pack in a zip format for a discounted price. 

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Montessori Unit Division Board (with FREE Activity Sheet)

Mavi enjoyed using our Montessori Division Board!  Such a helpful tool in learning division, with hands-on application and visual concepts. Enjoy learning how to use it from the video below.

 

You can download the free division worksheet here.

You can purchase this Montessori Division Bead Board from AmazonUS or from any Montessori shop.

And for more videos and tutorial, visit Pinay Homeschooler in YouTube.

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Here are the featured activities for this week!

Simple Montessori Inspired Counting for Toddlers from Living Montessori

DIY Rainbow Rock Clock for Preschoolers from The Kavanaugh Report

Autumn Counting Mats from Living Life and Learning

Find and Erase Matching Shapes from Hands On As We Grow

Now it’s time for this week’s link party! This is a BRAND new link up for all blog posts that include learn and play activities and hands-on education for kids. We are excited to read your blog posts and to see what you have to share! Please link up below and grab our button to display on your blog.

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• Healthy Living

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Sneak Peak: Circulatory System Learning Materials

I finally completed our printable learning materials for the heart and the circulatory system.  I’ve been creating booklets and cards for the past few days and I am so happy of the outcome!

The three files will be published in my Pinay Homeschooler Sellfy Shop this FRIDAY. 

First file is all about the human heart.  I placed the printed material in a red cardstock to add borders and for the booklet I used  binder rings to compile the pages.

The booklet will be very useful in describing each parts. 

Second file is the cardiovascular system of the human body. 

And the last one is a file containing all poster-typed diagrams and flowcharts of the elements that compose the Circulatory System, and of course this file also includes activity sheets!

I can’t wait to share the details of each file this FRIDAY.  So don’t forget to check out my blog or my store if you want to get a copy of any of these!

Continent Study of South America

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South America Continent Maps and Flags

Whenever we worked a geography lesson at home(for elementary only!), I always start with maps and flags because I wanted him to know the location and flags of certain cities from that continent.  We travel a lot, crossing countries and continents almost every year and so knowing all these will be useful. The Montessori Continent Puzzle that we are using is from Tower High Learning.

Color Recognition Activities and Learn & Play Link Up

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1.  Literature based learning

A few weeks before we went on a vacation, Vito was enjoying the book Put Me in the Zoo.  He learned a few words from this book and the best part is he started loving colors!  And because of this, I set up a few color recognition activities to go with the book, while he’s still at it

First, we created spots!  We used dotted stickers and Do-a-dot markers.  At the start of the activity, Vito had a difficulty working with stickers.  He struggled removing them on its paper sheet thus he couldn’t work on it independently.

We love our Do-a-dot Markers and we are using it in so many ways.  I have these markers since 2011!

Still with stickers and markers, we worked on color matching.  Here, Vito is practicing how to match the stickers with the colors created by the markers.

2.  Color Mixing

This is Vito’s first science experiment   I poured some  blue and yellow paints on a ziploc, placed it on the wall for him to mix and see the effect.  And yes we do get a green color! 

We enjoyed mixing the paints and inserted some shape lessons as well

3.  Color Sorting

This was just a random activity, I have a few popsicle sticks and used it for color sorting.  It was more of a presentation on my side (showing Vito how to sort)  rather than Vito working. 

We worked a few more stickers and I was surprised that he learned how to do it on his own.  He’s able to remove the stickers from its sheet and can successfully stick them on a paper.

This is the end product of Vito’s work.

4.  Finger painting

And lastly, another color mixing activity using some cotton buds.  As we do this, I would mention that blue and red makes purple, or red and yellow makes orange.

And of course, eventually he wanted to use his fingers!  I love love using our Giotto fingerpaints, they’re derma-safe (my kids have skin asthma and allergies!), no strong scents and most of all so creamy that Vito loves touching them.

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My favourite season is coming and I have have to feature fall themed-activities this week!  I can’t wait to try any of these with boys!

 

Fall Activities for Toddlers from Mommyhood in Holland

How We Learn our ABC’s from Tiny Tots Adventure
Apple Anatomy from A Little Pinch of Perfect

Fall Button Trees from How We Learn

Now it’s time for this week’s link party! This is a BRAND new link up for all blog posts that include learn and play activities and hands-on education for kids. We are excited to read your blog posts and to see what you have to share! Please link up below and grab our button to display on your blog.

If you are a blogger, share your family friendly posts here. We are looking for things which include:

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• Sensory Play
• Tot and Preschool Trays
• Fine and Gross Motor Activities
• Kids in the Kitchen
• Healthy Recipes for Kids
• Arts and Crafts
• Natural Living
• Free Educational Printables
• Family-Oriented Activities
• Healthy Living

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Everyone, please meet our link party hosts:

Christian Montessori Blog ~ Please visit our CMN FB group ~ Pinterest

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Jennifer from Study at Home Mama~FB~Pinterest~Instagram~Twitter

Marie from Child Led Life~FB~Pinterest~Instagram~Twitter

Jae from Pinay Homeschooler~FB~Pinterest~Instagram~Twitter

Heather from Golden Reflections Blog~FB~Pinterest~Instagram~Twitter

Renae from Every Star is Different~FB~Pinterest

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Static Addition with Montessori Stamp Game

When Mavi was about 5 years old, I introduced some complex mathematics using Montessori materials.  One of which is using the Stamp Game.  It is a Montessori math material that uses number tiles, in which the tiles are color coded to represent the units, tens, hundreds and thousands.

Note that prior to introducing addition, we have worked with the decimal system already using the Golden Beads.

 

You can get the Stamp Game in any Montessori shop or from Amazon.

For more videos and tutorials, visit my Pinay Homeschooler Channel in Youtube.

Collection of Practical Life Activities for Toddlers (21 Months)

Last week I shared the learning activities that I prepared on Vito’s shelf.  Learning activities are usually done in the morning, after reading books.  It would about 15 to 30 minutes of play, depending on his interest.  Practical life activities are done in the afternoon, after se pick up big brother from school.  All our practical life materials are stored in kitchen, stored in the shelf but I can’t share it because it is a sight to behold.

So for this month, here are the practical life activities Vito is working on.  These are rotated once in a while.

Stringing 

Scooping (hands) & Pouring Corn Kernels 

Shape Stamping & Wiping Afterwards 

Shape Sorting 

Using a Columns

Button Slots

Using left and right hand

Spooning 

He loves touching the kernels!

Look at the chubby hand.

And that’s about it!  I am sure your kids will love these activities as well!  Don’t forget to pin this for later!

Don’t forget to check out our collection of Practical Life Activities, click the images below for more information