Do you need ideas for hands-on activities to do with your toddler? I have compiled over 100 Montessori inspired activities for toddlers from the age of 1 to 2.5 years old. That is at least a years worth of fun hands-on learning play ideas! These are all the activities that Little Bee and I have done over the last year….
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I’m excited to have Corinne Jacob as a guest blogger on Mama’s Happy Hive blog. She believes that learning should be fun and she has some amazing ideas for fun color learning activities for toddlers. Little Bee and I had a great time making them! I recently read about a study conducted by the Language Learning Lab at Stanford University…
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This summer we took an amazing vacation to the ocean to enjoy the sand and the crashing waves. Several weeks before we left for our trip, Little Bee and I created this fun sensory play ocean art for kids activity. Materials Needed: Thick Paper Plates Glue Thick Green Card Stock Paper Tin Foil Markers Sand (Tiny Rocks -optional) Smaller Seashells…
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This is a collection of 25 fine motor autumn apple crafts for kids of all ages to enjoy! Apple Stamping Art Apple Stamping with Apples and Leaves – Happy Hooligans Apple Stamping Tree Craft for Kids to Make – Crafty Morning Fall Fun: Apple Stamping – Mama.Papa.Bubba. Apple Designs and Suncatchers Apple Sand Craft for Preschoolers – Gift of Curiosity…
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It’s that time of month for the 12 Months of Montessori Learning series! This month we are featuring our “Montessori Spaces” in our home. Our family recently moved into a new home and I am having so much fun setting up our new learning spaces. I love how our Montessori kitchen for kids space came together and I also love…
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In our home we love to cuddle and read books together. Little Bee has always enjoyed books ever since he was a baby. His favorite books as a baby were the wordless books with white on black (or black on white) backgrounds. As a toddler, his favorite books are the ones with silly rhyming stories (songs), touch and feel books,…
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This hands-on learning about bees theme has been in the works for over a year. It always seemed like one of those blog posts that I should have written eons ago, since my blog is called, “Mama’s Happy Hive!” Needless to say, this will be the first write-up of many “bee” themed activities to come in the future. 😉 Over…
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This is a compilation of 15 Montessori toddler shelf themes, from Mama’s Happy Hive blog, for children (1-3 years old) to enjoy. I thought it would be fun to put all our creative shelf ideas into one place to show what we have been working on in the past year and a half. In this collection of Montessori shelves, you…
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Ever since Little Bee was a baby, I involved him in “Music Together” classes and exposed him to classical music at home. Unfortunately, I can not play an instrument and that saddens me. However, I was involved in choir throughout high school and college. My husband plays the guitar and also enjoys singing with me. Although my musical background is…
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