Homeschool Activities for Toddlers 32 Months Old
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Introducing Simple Machines to Kids (with Free Printable)
Monday, July 18, 2016
Montessori-Inspired Activity: The Life of a Honey Bee
Saturday, July 16, 2016
Vito is 32 months old.
The appearance of the honey bees in our front and backyard has led us to look into the lives of these beautiful creatures who are the main source of honey. Vito is terrified of them but not Mavi. We were out the other day catching a few of them, observing how they produce the buzzing sound and freed them up again.
Montessori Inspired Insects Activity
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
I am reintroducing some Montessori-inspired activities once again to Vito. We’ve been doing lots of free play for the past few days that I miss giving him “prepared” activities. As he will turn three in the next few months, I’m planning to have a more “structured” schedule and curriculum for him this school year. I’ll share that later on once I figure out how to do that.
Anyway, so in our Insects Unit, I borrowed these cards from my friends at The Wise Owl. They’re Philippine based online shop that provides Montessori cards and Safari Toob figures locally. Their cards are lovely and the images are so beautiful!
Montessori Sensorial Activities using the Knobless Cylinders
Tuesday, July 12, 2016
Kingdoms of Life: Animal Kingdom
Sunday, July 10, 2016
Mavi borrowed this book from the library so we can revisit the Animal Kingdom and he wanted to explore more of the other kingdoms of life. We’ve done a couple of times before (here and here) and he loves revisiting this over and over.
Learning About the Beach
Monday, July 4, 2016
Vito is 31 months old.
Because of our Bodies of Water Unit, we took the boys to the beach a few weeks ago. It was Vito’s first time to be in a beach and actually enjoyed the sand and waddled in the water!
Fun Rain Cloud Experiment for Kids
Sunday, July 3, 2016
Vito is 31 months old.
Still part of our study of the bodies of water, we tried the rain cloud experiment at home and it was a total hit!
Land and Water Forms Learning Materials
Saturday, July 2, 2016
Learning About Waterfalls and Rivers
Thursday, June 30, 2016
Vito is 31 months old.
Another fantastic activity that we did this week was the making of waterfalls and river.
Ocean-Themed Practical Life Activity
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
This was a simple and easy to setup activity for Vito. Looks simple but he loves doing this over and over again!
Hands-On Learning: Land and Water Forms
Monday, June 27, 2016
Hands-on Learning on the Types of Fossils
Friday, June 24, 2016
Indoor and Outdoor Light Activities for Kids
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Investigating the Past Life with Safari Toob Fossils
Friday, June 17, 2016
Anyway, Mavi is officially joining Vito’s weekly themed activities as he’s almost done with school. He misses “Mom” school and urged me to let him join with the activities. So while Vito is all about play and learn, I’m giving Mavi some serious investigative work like research, more readings, and selective hands-on activities.
Exploring Colors with DIY Light Table and Stencils
Thursday, June 16, 2016
We’re having simple activities for our Light and Shadow Unit. Since it’s been raining most of the time, we’re doing much of the activities indoors (much to my dismay). So probably, creating shadows under the sun has to wait, and shadows using torch will also have to wait since our sunset here is 10PM. We might redo this activity in September or October, when night time comes early so we can play with our torch and make shadows.
Montessori Inspired Dinosaur Clean-Up Activity
Friday, June 10, 2016
Vito is 30 months old.
It was so warm last Tuesday that I asked the boys to play outside and then wash their dinosaur toys. Oh boy, they were so happy to do so!
Inspiring Kids To Do Research
Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Fun Dinosaur Color Sorting with Homemade Playdough Recipe
Monday, June 6, 2016
Collection of Transportation Activities for Toddlers
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Creativity with Shape Mags (Stick N Stack)
Friday, June 3, 2016
Vito is 30 months old.
I bought this amazing product when we went to the US last month. We have Magnatiles and we love it, but the problem is we can’t really make something more out of those squares and triangles. When I came across Stick N Stack in Amazon and read good reviews, I just needed to buy those beautiful window tiles and carts! And if you ask me, yes they work really well with Magnatiles!
And since we’re having Transportation Unit, I made Vito create his own cart. Oh boy, he played with it for hours!! I asked Mavi to assist his little brother for awhile but later on left when he realized that Vito doesn’t want him for a playmate.
FREE Types of Clouds 3 Part Cards
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Transportation Unit: On the Road Vehicles
Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Vito is 30 months old.
I was pretty busy the other day that I didn’t have time to think of activities related to road vehicles. So I made the boys create their own landscape of a road with vehicles on it.
Books on Vehicles that We Love
Monday, May 30, 2016
These are the books that we are loving and using in our Transportation Unit this week! These are perfect for kids ages 2 to 7 years old! Check out the details below.
Learning the Different Types of Clouds
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Anyway, the first book he read was the Clouds Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science 1 (AmazonUS) (Book Depository). This is by far the best book I’ve encountered that illustrated the different types of clouds in a simple way, and the explanations are so basic and easy to grasp for kids. So after reading the book, we sat down the next day and worked on some hands-on activities for retention.
Transportation Unit: Water Vehicles
Friday, May 27, 2016
Vito is 30 months old.
Both of my boys were looking forward to this Transportation Unit as they love cars, trains and airplanes. We started off by introducing Vito the water vehicles using Safari Toob In the Water figures, a little water sensory tub and matching activity.
Exploring the Landmarks of the World
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Beginning Sounds Through Language Objects
Sunday, May 22, 2016
This week, Vito and I are exploring beginning letter sounds through objects we can find at home. This is very similar to the Alphabet Sort Montessori Inspired activity, but in our case we are not sorting the objects yet. What Vito and I are doing is to just name or identify the objects and match them to our control sheet.