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les for myself but i know me and my type a personality and these rules are an absolute necessity be sure to stay tuned because i have some awesome giveaways coming up and of course with st patty s day just around the corner i ll have a few themed school activities to share as well posted by counting coconuts at 9 00 am 18 comments labels blogging thursday february 18 2010 when blogging becomes a burden last week i didn t blog much and several of you very sweetly wrote to me asking if everything was ok truth is i took a mini blog break because i m finding blogging to be a bit more time consuming than it used to be and i daresay it s becoming a bit like work i promised myself that if ever i felt that way about blogging i d stop writing and delete my blog well i don t know if i m ready for that maybe but at the very least i m going to write a lot less often for the moment i ll be stepping away from blogging and commenting altogether not sure for how long i just really need to refocus my energies and re adjust my priorities to those concerned bloggy friends no worries all is well posted by counting coconuts at 12 00 am 33 comments labels blogging tuesday february 16 2010 schooltime this is a tot school montessori monday mish mash kind of post what can i say i m feeling lazy about separating them out this week we ve spent the last 2 weeks taking it easy and having fun with all the v day activities i created earlier in the month i suppose i went a little overboard because we still have a week s worth of trays to work with practical life james favorites last week he especially enjoyed the felt rosebuds i made hooray click here for more information about these activities i made some homemade meatballs and sauce on valentine s day both of my guys l o v e italian food james helped me prep the meatballs in this pic james is using the smallest cube from the pink tower to check his work once the tower is aligned on one side the smallest cube should just fit along the open rim of the opposite side i showed him how to do this quite a while ago and this is first time i ve seen him do it on his own accord sensory the heart size sequencing activity was thisclose from being a total flop after completing it once he set it back on the shelve never to be touched again in the upper second pic james decided grover should join in on the fun click here and here for more information on these activities letters unlike every other time james was more interested in playing with the letter objects than matching them with the correct letter he did match them but only once and i wished i had printed more pages for the letter heart stamper activity he finished it in no time click here for more information on these activities math misc all of these activities went over extremely well the top left activity i do not have posted anywhere as i came up with it at the spur of the moment easy and fun it s stamping hearts onto pink paper james continues to amaze me with his math skills the quantifying activity was a breeze for him click here for more information on these activities and if you re not tired of clicking check out the buttons below to see what other mamas are doing with their children posted by counting coconuts at 9 00 am 12 comments labels montessori monday practical life tot school monday february 15 2010 homemade dot stampers my sweet hubs surprised me with some gorgeous roses for valentine s day after swooning over them for a while i realized the bottom of each rose was encased in a plastic test tube which was filled with water james and i experimented with them and came up with ta da homemade dot stampers here s how you can make your own set go to your local florist and see if they have some extras they d like to donate to you update my friend becca jo suggested this site as a place to purchase these tubes if the florist isn t an option fill the tubes with water then add a drop of food coloring put the cap on and shake gently to mix the colors james loved this part he enjoyed watching the colors slowly swirl together with the water update i should mention the caps stay on while you use these stampers there s a small hole in the middle of the cap that releases the watercolor when pressed against something for the canvas simply do this find a tray a cookie sheet works well too and lay a sheet of wax paper on it and then 2 layers of paper towels that way you ll get two paintings in one shot spritz the towels with water for some reason this helps the stampers release their colors this was such a hit with james we made quite a few paintings which are now beautifully decorating james schoolroom posted by counting coconuts at 1 00 pm 40 comments labels art diy activities homemade goodies thursday february 11 2010 the knitted hat is finished i am absolutely shocked that it a actually looks like a hat b actually fits james big melon and c actually took me very little time to knit so we had a little photoshoot yesterday you know those times when you have to snap like 20 shots so you ll ho pefully get just one good pic well i was pleasantly surprised to see several cute pics in the bunch well at least i think they re cute although i am a bit biased click on the collages if you want a closer look and my handiwork i e the knitting and the kid an excellent example of the classic mommy camera obsession no what does james think of his pretty warm basket weaved homemade with love hat pfffft a big thumbs down he wore it for about 3 minutes i d say and then he politely handed it to me and said i don t yike it sigh am i a horrible mother if i make him wear it don t answer that fortunately the hat fits me too so it s mine now no way i m letting all that work go to waste posted by counting coconuts at 11 00 pm 19 comments labels homemade goodies knitting wednesday february 10 2010 muffin tin meal the theme for this mtm is what else valentine s day james said wow this is dewishish delicious when i set the tin in front of him here s what s in it chocolate milk strawberries heart shaped crackers annie s organic saltines so yummy red pepper ham and swiss cheese whole wheat bread made into a heart shape i used a cookie cutter mixed berry applesauce posted by counting coconuts at 7 00 am 13 comments labels muffin tin meals monday february 8 2010 felt rose tutorial i m delighted so many of you were interested in my doing this tutorial these little rose buds are so easy to make oh and let me just say up front that i am in no way shape or form an expert in sewing please let me know if you have any questions ok let s get started here s what you ll need a 2 wide x 10 long strip of red felt i used eco fi but 100 wool would be lovely too a 3 5 x 3 5 block of green felt red thread green thread or invisible thread i started using this but had a hard time working with it since i could barely see the thread guess that s the point though a needle a pair of scissors first take the red strip of felt and with your scissors create scallops along one side create small scallops first and then at about the halfway point make the scallops larger these will be your outer petals next create the leaves by folding your green felt block in half and cutting out identical leaf shapes that should end up being about 2 long x 1 wide make your rosebud by rolling the red felt strip scalloped side up starting with the small scallops you may need to re roll a few times to get the overlapping petals look using your red thread and holding the rosebud firmly in your hand begin sewing the bottom of it i know my stitching is pretty random it takes a lot of stitches to secure the many layers of the rosebud i m sure there s an easier nicer looking way of stitching this but this novice is not that skilled also this part gets covered by the leaves anyway after you ve stitched the rosebud prepare your leaves overlap them slightly and with your green thread stitch them together next you ll attach the leaves to the base of the rosebud first line up the middle of the leaves with the bottom of the rosebud then pulling back the leaves slightly thread the needle through the middle bottom of the rosebud into the leaves keep doing this until the two are well connected then move onto the edge of the rosebud this part can be a little tricky what i do is a little something i like to call tuck and stitch thread the needle at the very base of the flower and tuck it into the leaves do this all the way around the rosebud trying your best to tuck deeply so no green thread will appear on the flower here is where the invisible thread would work nicely now that your flower is nearly complete there s just one last thing to do flatten the rose petals outward to create that opening bud look that s it you now have a sweet little rosebud i made a dozen of these to use for a valentine s day montessori activity posted by counting coconuts at 7 00 pm 21 comments labels diy activities homemade goodies tutorials valentines day saturday february 6 2010 valentine s activities letters language books i highly recommend each of these books especially love you forever i challenge you to not cry or at the very least get a little misty eyed while reading this book such a sweet story and one of my favorites letters language matching letters to objects this is similar to one of our alphabet drawers only in this case i collected small red things to be matched with the sound of the corresponding first letter eg triangle begins with t creating letters with wikki stix i drew the letters l o v e on index cards and laminated them so the wikkis would stick a little better the idea is for james to bend the wikkis into each letter matching letters with dot stampers for this activity james would take a letter circle from the bowl find the match on the sheet of paper and then use the red stamper to mark it off sort of like letter bingo sequencing the alphabet using heart cut outs like most kids james has the alphabet song memorized but i m curious to know if he can sequence the letters visually too name spelling using foam letters i took a photo of them spelling out james name with the idea being he ll match the actual foam letters to the ones in the photo i realized i forgot to add this to my math post number recognition using a parking lot and red pink and purple cars this idea comes from my montessori journe y can you tell how much i love her blog james thought this was pretty darn cool he s going through a sensitive period with numbers right now so while he knows these numbers well i want to continue to indulge his interest them for more valentine fun check out my other posts valentine s activities math misc valentine s activities montessori sensory fun valentine s style posted by counting coconuts at 12 00 am 24 comments labels books diy activities language valentines day thursday february 4 2010 disclosure policy this policy is valid from 01 april 2010 this blog is a personal blog written and edited by me for 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or party in question this blog does not contain any content which might present a conflict of interest to get your own policy go to http www disclosurepolicy org posted by counting coconuts at 8 05 pm no comments labels blogging valentine s activities math misc math matching candy hearts to numbers to do this work james would lay out all the numbers and then find the corresponding number of candy hearts i made it so there are only a set number for each color of candy hearts for example there is only one green heart so james would hopefully see that it belongs to the number 1 ps james has no idea these are candies we re not big on feeding him this kind of stuff but should he figure it out and he will he s a mouther we ll be ok with it in moderation similar idea for this activity only it s done in a tray and with a smaller sequence of numbers in this case i used tiny hair bands as the counters matching the hearts suit from a deck of cards i cut the cards in half and then put one half in one bowl and the other half in another bowl math in a bag this clever idea comes from my montessori journey since james showed me the other week that he can add and subtract i thought this was the perfect thing for him i plan on doing this every week going forward changing the arithmetic as soon as he masters it and i m only putting out one bag at a time so as not to overwhelm him plus i know my little guy he d gladly empty each bag and combine all the counters lacing numbers 0 10 not sure how this one will go over since james isn t much into lacing we ll give it try anyway misc i wasn t sure where to allocate these activities but all are fine motor related attaching pink and red erasers to pencils one day while shopping at the dollar store i saw these two side by side and i instantly saw potential for an activity sorting buttons by either color or shape i suppose this could ve gone along with my sensory activities ah well removing and applying heart shaped stickers i was inspired by jill at the shafer family to use the adhesive background that is left over from a used sheet of stickers i made my own variation of it by peeling off the backing and putting it on a sheet of paper the idea is james will peel off the hearts and try to match them to the corresponding shape on the background i think this will go over really well because while james really likes stickers he gets annoyed about taking them off these should be really easy to remove now that the backing is gone update number recognition using a parking lot and red pink and purple cars this idea comes from my montessori journe y can you tell how much i love her blog james thought this was pretty darn cool he s going through a sensitive period with numbers right now so while he knows these numbers well i want to continue to indulge his interest them for more valentine fun check out my other posts valentine s activities montessori sensory fun valentine s style posted by counting coconuts at 8 00 pm 20 comments 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