You may have remembered that back in October I mentioned that Miss Oh Waily was cutting playdough with her small butter knife. Well I have finally managed to get her using this in a practical, real life way. She has had bananas as her one of her snacks this week, and I have by some … Continue reading Activities of the Week: Cutting & Sensory sand tub
Month: April 2010
Miss Oh Waily the Photographer
I'm not sure that you can genuinely call photography by a toddler a Practical Life activity. Still, I suppose we need to move with the times and if there is one thing Miss Oh Waily likes, it is to get her hands on the digital camera. So, by way of example of her shutter skills, … Continue reading Miss Oh Waily the Photographer
Waily Wall Walking Update – Week 1 & 2
So now that I am at the beginning of Week 3 in the Waily Wall Walking Challenge I thought I would do a short recap of Week 1 and 2. Week 1 was very successful, three walks for a total of 8.8km. Week 2 was not. No actual walks for walks sake. We did do … Continue reading Waily Wall Walking Update – Week 1 & 2
Classified Pictures
This is the first suggested Language activity in David Gettman's Basic Montessori: Learning Activities for Under-fives book. Currently I am working on this for Miss Oh Waily. It's not quite as easy as I thought it would be. I have struggled a bit to come up with fifteen different scenes that can generate between ten and … Continue reading Classified Pictures
Amateur Genealogist Looking For A Challenge
Did the title catch your eye? Good. Now to the details... I am an amateur genealogist and have been so since I was fifteen years old. For those who don't know me in real life - that's a very long time, nearly two thirds of my lifetime in fact. But I was not born where … Continue reading Amateur Genealogist Looking For A Challenge
