We are having a Farm Unit this week and Vito is loving these farm animals matching cards. This is the first time that we’re using these matching cards.
Learning Shapes for Toddlers
Saturday, September 5, 2015
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Vito’s sensitive years has begun and he’s been learning a lot since I last posted his 21 months learning materials! With his current interest in letters and shapes, Vito and I has been doing lots of play-based learning in the morning before his nap time. Now this doesn’t take hours. It’s a maximum of 10 minutes per learning material that he picks.
So far he can recognize the following shapes:
He can’t pronounce their names properly though (except for star and circle), but yes he can say their names in a toddlerish cute way.
So here’s a summary of what we’ve been using to name and recognize shapes.
Melissa & Dough Jumbo Shape Puzzle
This is his favourite! He works on this everyday. Working on this board, you need to say the name of the shape of the puzzle holder, and point to its match (say also its name) and then place the puzzle in the board.
Playskool Shape Sorter
This toy has been on the shelf for ages! I first made him use square, star and circle. Then added oval and diamond and now, he has mastered half of the shapes!
This shape form fitter is available here.
Cookie Cutters and Playdough
The cookie cutters were bought from the local store. I love the colors and the differential sizes! This is similar to the cookie cutters that I have.
And this is how he forms a star and a square all at the same time!
And yes, we do get to use them as stencils too!
Miniland Shape Sorting
This is one of my favourite purchases this year. I love that we can do lots of things with this, from color and shape sorting, lacing and counting! This is not his favourite pick though, so we might NOT be working on this for the meantime. This Miniland Abacus Shapes can be bought from here.
We stopped using glue because Vito didn’t like it. Now that he’s a lot bigger, I re-introduced it once again and he’s not afraid of it anymore! This is just a simple activity of sticking shapes into an art paper using buds.
As you can see, I’m teaching him how to apply glue on a piece of paper
And he placed them on the paper of course, but on the wrong side and added some more glue on it!
Melissa and Doug Pattern Blocks
And the newest addition is this learning material from Melissa and Doug. This is quite popular and the boys love it! Yes, not only Vito but Mavi is using it too! Worth-it if you have multiple kids 
And that’s about it! Hope this will give you an idea of materials and activities when learning shapes with your kids! Don’t forget to pin this for later!
Circulatory System Learning Materials
Thursday, September 3, 2015
The files are finally up in the Pinay Homeschooler Sellfy Shop!!! I am so happy to share with you the learning materials I prepared for Mavi for our circulatory/cardiovascular system lessons later this month. You can read about the details of the activity here, The Study of the Circulatory System for Kids.
Cardiovascular Information Diagrams
Everything you needed to know about the elements of the circulatory system is included in this file. Diagrams like parts of the human heart, the the blood vessels, different heart diseases and blood groups. It also contains flowcharts on how the heart works. A variety of activity sheets are also provided.
The Human Heart
The file contains 23 parts of the human heart, and with the following:
The Cardiovascular System
The file contains 15 parts of the cardiovascular/circulatory system, and with the following:
Cardiovascular System BUNDLE PACK
And for those interested in ALL THREE FILES, you can get all of them in one time purchase with this bundle pack in a zip format for a discounted price.
For more learning materials, visit The Pinay Homeschooler Sellfy Shop.
Thank you!
Cardiovascular Information Diagrams
Everything you needed to know about the elements of the circulatory system is included in this file. Diagrams like parts of the human heart, the the blood vessels, different heart diseases and blood groups. It also contains flowcharts on how the heart works. A variety of activity sheets are also provided.
The Human Heart
The file contains 23 parts of the human heart, and with the following:
- 23 control cards
- 23 picture cards
- 23 labels
- definition cards for each part forming a booklet. See how I created our booklet here.
The Cardiovascular System
The file contains 15 parts of the cardiovascular/circulatory system, and with the following:
- 15 control cards
- 15 picture cards
- 15 labels
- poster type diagram
- definition cards for each part forming a booklet. See how I created our booklet here.
Cardiovascular System BUNDLE PACK
And for those interested in ALL THREE FILES, you can get all of them in one time purchase with this bundle pack in a zip format for a discounted price.
For more learning materials, visit The Pinay Homeschooler Sellfy Shop.
Thank you!
Montessori Unit Division Board (with FREE Activity Sheet)
Mavi enjoyed using our Montessori Division Board! Such a helpful tool in learning division, with hands-on application and visual concepts. Enjoy learning how to use it from the video below.
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Welcome to the Learn & Play Link Party!
Here are the featured activities for this week!
Simple Montessori Inspired Counting for Toddlers from Living Montessori
DIY Rainbow Rock Clock for Preschoolers from The Kavanaugh Report
Autumn Counting Mats from Living Life and Learning
Find and Erase Matching Shapes from Hands On As We Grow
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