Thursday, November 11, 2010

MONTESSORI / DEXTERITY ACTIVITIES FOR LITTLE ONES (using marble rocks & popsicle sticks)

~Homeschool Weekly Wrap Up for my 3 & 1 year old~

I purchased these marble type rocks for the Dollar Tree (which I have to tell you I have gotten ALOT of great materials from the Dollar Tree lately to incorporate with our learning). I decided we could use them several different ways, here is what I came up with using them & popsicle sticks!

I laid out 5 popsicle sticks, had him put in order 1-5 (1 on the 1st stick & so on)

Then he wanted to rest the popsicle sticks till each one was full

My 1 year old liked putting these marble rocks in a plastic container

 Then trying to scoop them out using a popsicle stick
My preschooler balanced the rocks on the wide popsicle stick


Come back to see what other dexerity activities I came up for my little ones!

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4 comments:

  1. Great ideas! We are really working on dexterity right now. So, this will be helpful! Kerri

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  2. Love the Dollar Tree for my tot school needs.

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  3. Such a great idea and one that I always forget about - thanks for the reminder!

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