Happy
Weekend....
Disclaimer:
I am not professional; I am inspired by Montessori Method. This is my experience
which is worked for us and wants to share with you. Depend on your child’s
interest, you can start with the various activities which keep your toddler
active and build confidence within them.
Saee
is 2.5 years now; I think it is the right age to start with her the learning
activities. She also loves to play with different kind of activities which mumma
sets for her, and asking more and more. Montessori is an education method which
is based on self-directed activity, hands on learning and collaborative play. These
are the basic activities for the children at different ages and to the
individual personalities of each child. The main function is to help and allow
the child to develop independence in all areas according to his or her inner
psychological directives.
I am
sharing with you five easy and DIY (do it yourself) learning activities. I set
up this activity for saee when she gets up from the nap. I need to demonstrate
to her and then let her play with them the way she wants. Because many time
kids are not ready to listen to their moms…they want to do in their own way according
to their imagination.
Here
we go.....
1. Recognition of capital letters
I have book of capital and small letter with pictures like this. I bought
word game which had plastic capital letters. Saee love alphabets a lot, she
always playing with that.
I
asked saee to recognize the letter and put the plastic letter on that. Like where
is A ? A for Apple, and then she put the letter A on that picture.
2. Coin Drop Activity
A small
piggy bank which saee like it because it is House. She doesn’t know what is a piggi bank, so I thought to make a DIY with this for her play time. Instead of coin I
have made a small square from old box and write numbers from 1 to 10 on them. I
asked saee put the numbers 5, then she identified the numbers and put in that
house. This is one of the fine gross motor skill activities which improve eye coordination.
Kids also learn and able to identified the numbers.
Saee
loves this drop game. Sometime I gave her coins too. This is one of quite time
activity which kept her engage for a long time and I can relax.
3. Recognize and match the shapes
Saee’s
first book was shape book, when she was 11 months old. I made this from using
the thick card paper and stick color contact paper. I drew the shapes on the
card board and colored them with color pencil. It gets bit challenging for her to
match the similar shape with similar color.
I
asked saee where is Crescent? she point out and put the same shape on that
object. Then I asked her what is the color of square or triangle and then she
match the color too.
4. Rice Pouring
This
is one of the life skill activities, which enhance fine motor skill. Kids learn
how to pour by using spatula and bowl. This is one of the funniest activities
which saee loves to do.
I demonstrate
only for one time and she said….ata mi karate.. I am using these two bowls.
Once she get used to this then I will use other cutlery like small glass, jar, different
shapes of cutlery through which she will be able to pour the grains. Yess there
was lot of mess sometime ….but doesn’t matter…your child is learning and
enjoying…so let them enjoy and ask them to tide up, they love to clean the
space.
5. Stickers
Every
toddlers love sticker. These are small butterfly, but you can bring different kinds
of stickers like star, Barbie dolls, Mickey mouse etc..Depend on your child’s interest.
I drew a big triangle and ask saee to stick the sticker inside the triangle.
Then I drew circle, square or any shape which she want and she stick the
stickers inside the image.
All
of these are the Montessori activities. I loves to make different kinds of
objects for my kiddo and play with her.
I
hope you mummas got some idea with this post and will start the activity with your
kids.
Do
you inspired by Montessori?
Which
one is your child’s favorite playtime activity ?
Spooky... This was something I really enjoyed reading
ReplyDeleteAs a teacher, I believe in creating a nurturing and engaging learning environment for preschoolers that fosters their natural curiosity and love for learning. Learning activities for preschoolers should be hands-on, interactive, and play-based, allowing children to explore and discover concepts through meaningful experiences.
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