Okay, so technically this is not a robot. It doesn't have any sensors. It doesn't have a controller or computer chip. It isn't responding directly to external stimuli. But, hey, you have to start somewhere and my kindergartener definitely thought our homemade wigglebot was cool. He was so excited by ...
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World Zoology Cards
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Little kids love animals. I've been wanting to make some cards like these since my first child was a toddler. He loved learning and reading about animals so much, I figured why NOT start teaching him about the different types of animals like mammals, birds, and reptiles? There's so much knowledge ...
Relative Sizes of Planets
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I've always been fascinated by space. When I applied to college, I actually listed Astronomy as my intended major. Something about the vastness of the universe and the insignificance of our little planet on a cosmic scale brings me comfort. How can my problems possibly be worth stressing out over ...
Homemade Learning World Map
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My 5 year old is currently very into maps which makes me happy seeing as how I have embarrassingly survived 3 and a half decades knowing little to no geography. He's learning all the names of the continents and oceans in his Montessori school and is in love with the 90's cartoon, Where on Earth is ...
Raffle Ticket Egg Hunt
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My kids love doing Easter egg hunts at Easter so much that we sort of do them all year round, particularly in the months leading up to and following Easter. However, what I don't like about Easter egg hunts is that we used to always fill the eggs with food. Since we do them so frequently, I'd moved ...
Homemade Montessori Pink Tower
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My first child started attending a Montessori preschool just before his 3rd birthday. One of the tools which his teacher said he had trouble understanding was the Montessori pink tower. After I looked up what a "pink tower" was, I just couldn't believe that my son was unable to stack blocks in order ...
Homemade Color/Pattern Card Game
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This homemade color and pattern matching card game was taken directly out of the book, The Toddler's Busy Book by Trish Kuffner. It's an easy way to teach kids colors and matching using leftover wrapping paper or construction paper. For older children, you can turn it into a traditional memory game, ...
Montessori Sound Jars
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My 3 year old was not very good at doing these Montessori sound jars when I first made them, but I'm hoping that as he gets older, he'll learn to distinguish between the different sounds. The idea is that you have two sets of jars (blue and red, in my case), each filled with the same objects (like ...
Homemade Colored Shapes
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When I first learned about laminating with contact paper from the book, The Toddler's Busy Book, I admittedly got a little carried away with "laminating" everything. One of the things I made was this set of colored shapes to help my toddler learn both his shapes and colors. Recommended Age Range: ...
Homemade Number Matching Game
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Kids seem to enjoy matching upper and lowercase letters so much in this homemade letter matching game, that I decided to try something similar with numbers. Admittedly, this number matching game a little more tedious if the child has not yet made the connection that a 2 digit number can be broken up ...
Michelle has a PhD in Engineering from Stanford University and a Bachelor's Degree from the California Institute of Technology. 