Following on from my last post, I took some inspiration from the Montessori books I borrowed and assembled some Montessori 'inspired' activities for Boo. As she has been sick, we hadn't had a chance to venture to the shops to get exactly what we needed, so I made do with what I had in the house.
We did three activities:
1. Pouring rice from one container into another
2. Putting coins into a piggy bank
3. Matching lids to jars
The first was incredibly messy – we ended up with rice everywhere! But it was a lot of fun and Boo spent ages on this activity and once she mastered it, I changed it up later with introducing a funnel to pour the rice into. After playing with this for a while, Boo then got herself a spoon and started transferring the rice from one container to another with the spoon, causing all sorts of mess but she did well 
I even got her to help clean up afterwards. Here is a picture of this activity:
The tray was a plate from a party that we kept because it was bamboo and we couldn't bear to throw it out and the blue container came with our iron 
Putting the coins into the piggy bank kept her occupied for a while. She turned it into a counting game, but this activity did not hold her attention as long, though she did spend some time doing it which was a surprise!
The last activity was not so much of a hit – might have something to do with the fact that she was as sick as a dog (but still in good spirits ) but it did keep her entertained for a short while.
I can't wait until we move into our new place where there is much more space and I can set up a little area for her with all these activities easily accessible for her.
Have a great week! We are!
