Sorry the pictures are a bit dark.
Here they are using the spooning with cotton balls. The cotton balls were what we used at the Montessori I worked at, with the toddlers.
Yes, she tended to use her hands to put the cotton balls on the spoon.
Tabitha seemed to enjoy working with tonging with the hearts. Unfortunately, the tongs came up missing and Amelia tore some of the mini cupcake liners off. Without being able to find the tongs I didn't worry about replacing the papers. Here are a couple of pictures from when it did get used.
She also seemed to enjoy the matching heart shapes activity I found at Carissa's site.
Tabitha also decided to try some tracing, all on her own. I looked over and she had taken one of the foam hearts and was tracing it.
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My kids still pick up stuff with their hands and put it on the spoon. Which makes for rather messy meals.
ReplyDeleteThanks for linking up to Montessori Monday! Can I just say that I *love* the fact that your tongs went missing...lol. It sounds like something that would happen here! :)
ReplyDeletei believe after few practices, your kids will get used to tonging the hearts or other 3D objects skillfully..
ReplyDeletemaybe when the time comes you can let them use chopstick to pick up any 3d small objects which is safe for them to play...