Rainbows Revisited

Here is another rainbow themed project we did last week. Simple enough and he got to use a stapler which is scary but he really likes it.

He started out by cutting strips of construction paper. We actually used the Roy G. Biv colors this time. Then we just made a paper chain and I held the paper while he stapled. (Scary! ;) ) Then we attached the Pot 'O Gold to the end.

I did not "work" today so I will be making up for it tomorrow. We have to catch up on St Patrick's Day activities, Muffin Tin Monday and The Weekly Unplugged Project. Plus I have a new Rainbow art project to try.

Lemons to Lemonade

After seeing this "award" floating around the blogoshere for awhile I am happy to say I "won" two of them! Thank you so much Momma Snail @Snail Trail and Jennifer @ The Wilson Family Tree for nominating me. :)

The Lemons to Lemonade Award!

The rules of the award are as follows:
1) Put the logo on your blog or post.

2) Nominate at least 10 blogs that show great attitude or gratitude.

3) Link to your nominees within your post.

4) Let the nominees know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5) Share the love and link to the person from who you received your award.

1. A Mommy's Adventures
2. The Peterson Party
3. Ten Kids and a Dog
4. Adventures of a Flake
5. My Two Happy Homeschoolers
6. Faith and Gasoline
7. ScottChrisCoriCassiCali
8. Play, Explore and Learn
9. A Listmakers Life
10. Our Montessori Story

These are just some of the blogs I have gotten many of my ideas from and you should check them all out for sure. I have also appreciated most of them visiting and supporting my newish blog!

Math.

I have an old deck of Phase 10 cards that are missing a few so I have been wanting to use them in someway. They are so colorful and I couldn't just throw them away! I just set up this Math game using the cards and wrote "plus" and "equal" signs and let him use beans as counters. I showed him the easiest way to get the answer was to look at the first card and count out that many beans and then look at the second card and count out that many beans and then count them all up.

More Practical Life

This idea came from Our Montessori Journey. So easy to set up! Just get a basket of Pom Poms and a hand help dust pan and brush and let the kids go crazy dumping and sweeping. For a kid who has trouble cleaning up after himself and has never sweep anything in his life he really liked it. Sure, he threw the pom poms around the room a few times, but he always picked them up and put them back in the basket. This means he will be cleaning up a lot more of his own spills from now on!

Shamrock Collage

This is a classic activity that can altered for any holiday/season just by changing the colors and shapes.

First you cut out two squares of clear contact paper the same size.
You peel the back off one and lay it face up on the table and let the kids go at it using tissue paper and glitter.
When they are done you peel the back off the second sheet of contact paper and stick on the first one and rub them together.
Then you cut out into the desired shape. I can not free hand draw as you can see with this messed up shamrock.
We did the same thing with Christmas trees around Christmas time and hearts on valentines day.

Orange ya glad I didn't say banana?

I had the same idea as Adventures Of A Flake a couple days ago. I wanted to try using a manual juicer with "Indy". Alas, no one I knew had one. So when I finally made it to the store I found a pretty good one for about 3 bucks. We didn't get much juice but he really enjoyed the process. And the tasting. Then we tasted ours compared to the store bought kind. He said he loved both.

Walking On The Line

I have been researching Montessori and Montessori activities for awhile now and this is one of the first things I found. Walking On the Line, is basically just what it sounds like. First I used duct tape to form an "ellipse" as best as I could! I am sure I didn't do the shape exactly right. He really liked this activity much more than I thought he would. I showed him how to walk slowly and balance while walking on the line. Then I showed him Heel Toe walking. Then we carried a full cup of water while walking and trying now to spill it. And he wanted to carry a box of oranges! Now that was kinda difficult!

More info on Walking On The Line can be found here and here.