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Sorting Pompoms

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You will need:
1. Pompoms with 3 sizes (small, medium and large) I was able to buy mine from the basement of fully booked for Php 35.50 less than $1.
2. containers for sorting
3. plate/tray for putting all the pompoms in


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I waited until Caleb finished sorting all the pompoms to correct him. I showed him the container with the misplaced pompom and asked him which one didn’t belong. That way, he could easily see the difference and I didn’t interrupt his concentration.

This activity is good for classifying objects according to size and helps in concentration (special thanks to Madame Emerita Villaver for that one).

Second round of sorting. He was much faster this time around and misplaced only one medium sized pompom.

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Scooping

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Fresh coconut juice for lunch?
Use whats left over for a scooping activity!
If you don’t have coconuts, any kind of small bowl can be used.

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I scraped what was left over from the coconut meat and filled one coconut with water. I used food coloring to color the water green (I let Caleb choose of course!). Then, Caleb used a small soup ladle to scoop the water from one coconut to the other.

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Don’t forget to put the coconuts on a tray for easier clean up! There will be a lot of spills!

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Box House

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This was taken last year when Caleb was still a year old.
Materials used:

1. refrigerator box
2. serrated kitchen knife (I used my bread knife)
3. packaging tape / any heavy-duty tape
4. watercolor paints
5. paintbrush

Sorry I don’t have pictures for the step-by-step procedure. I took these pictures before I started blogging.

Anyway, I assembled the house by cutting it with the knife and just put everything together with packaging tape. It was just a basic rectangular house. I cut out squares for the windows and a rectangle for the door. The roof was just a flat rectangle that could easily be put on top of the house frame or removed. Of course, the house could also be folded flat. This made it easier for storage after playing.

I know it doesn’t look fantastic. But Caleb had so much fun painting it and pretending to live in it. We kept the house for a month before throwing it away.

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