Freebie Friday ~ 4 NEW Monsters Ed Christmas FREEBIES

Posted on 09/12/2022 by Momma Jo

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Christmas is fast approaching! I can hardly believe that we are already at the end of 2022. What a roller coaster ride the last few years have been. To celebrate the festive season, I’ve created these FREE early education mini packs. These will remain free on Monsters Ed forever!

Each mini pack includes the following festive activities:
Complete the pattern

Do-a-Dot letter activity (can be completed with either do-a-dot markers, pompoms or stickers)

Number recognition peg activity

Name recognition concertina book

Colour matching cards

I like to make up the mini packs in a file folder. This keeps the activities together and the file folder fits into a large envelope, which is easy to store.

Click on the image below to download the Mini Packs!

Totschool: Nursery Rhymes ~ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star messy play craft

Posted on 13/02/2013 by Momma Jo

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~Pixie is 17.5 months old~

Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are
Up above the world so high
Like a diamond in the sky
Twinkle twinkle little star
How I wonder what you are.

Pixie has had fun with this nursery rhyme. We have been signing it all the time and she has even started, sorta, singing it herself.

She started her star off with crayons, but didn’t seem to be enjoying it too much, so I gave her the left over paints from the big kidlets.

The completed paper plate star

She was having so much fun, I gave her the template I used to make the paper plate stars to paint another one. She had so much fun, the star tore as I picked it up. I placed it onto a paper plate to hang it up to dry. No glue required, LOL.

Messy hands

Her finished, second, star

Note to self, don’t let her paint with poster paint on the high chair. Poster paint does not come off plastic *sigh*

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Look at what the big kidlets did HERE, the resources are also listed on that blog post.

See all the posts covering this month’s theme HERE

See more Nursery Rhyme resources HERE

Totschool: DIY Fine Motor Skills

Posted on 08/02/2013 by Momma Jo

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Pixie is 17.5 months old

Pixie is a very demanding toddler and I often find it difficult to get anything done. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only momma who sometimes struggles to keep a demanding toddler busy when you want to cook, clean or just drink a hot cup of coffee.

I came across THIS on Pinterest and thought I’d give it a bash and see if Pixie likes it.

What you need:
Small feta cheese container, cleaned and dried
Mini pompoms (I started off with 10 and now we have about 80 all together for this activity),
Scissors and patience.
Directions:
Cut a few holes into the lid of the feta container big enough to push the pompoms through.
Pop the lid back on and show said toddler how to push them through and viola!

Happy toddler content with keeping herself busy 🙂 Pixie has been at it for over an hour now 🙂 I just keep taking the pompoms out of the container for her. She is sitting on the floor next to me right now as content as can be 🙂

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See more Toddler resources HERE

Tiny Tag Along Totschool

Posted on 15/08/2010 by Momma Jo

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~Fifi is 18 months old~

I didn’t get many pics of Fifi this week Here are a few I managed to snap while the boys were busy with lessons this week.

Fifi just loves this peg board, it keeps her busy for an hour or more.

This week she discovered the chalk board and chalk. She loves drawing and this is the perfect way to distract her and as an added bonus, if she decides to draw on anything else, it just wipes off with a wet cloth (or goes in the washing machine)

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Seriously, have you ever seen a more angelic face ♥

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Tot School

Posted on 11/07/2010 by Momma Jo

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~Fifi is 17 months old~

It dawned on me tonight that I don’t take pics of Fifi while we are busy with her Tot School. I definitely need to start doing that. Here are a few photos of her during the boys’ school time ♥