This way of teaching is totally child-centered in an effort to help young ones, help themselves. One of the main focuses is make learning natural and to cater to a child’s natural eagerness to learn. So with that said, this post is catered to those younger children aged 2-6. Whether your toddler is in Montessori school or not here is a Montessori at home activity for toddlers that will totally cater to their already pre-dispositioned eagerness to learn.
What You Need
1. Paper Towels: You can purchase some from the dollar store or get a store brand style. Don’t go wasting the good stuff on this activity! If the paper towel supply is low you can do this with paper too! 2. Sharpie Markers 3. Scissors
Top Kindergarten Sight Words That Work Well For This Activity
– AT Words: Mat, Cat, Sat, Bat, Hat, Rat, Flat – AN Words: Can, Ran, Man – OP Words: Mop, Hop, Top, Bop, Pop – AP Words: Cap, Map, Tap, Lap, Tap – TH Words: That, Then, There, This, Think – WH Words: What, Where, When
How TO Make This Fun Paper Towel Sight Word Activity
1. Get a piece of paper towel. 2. Fold it in half. 3. Cut it down the middle. 4. Top flap is for the first letter or two letters in some cases. You can break up complex words as well for more advanced readers! 5. Bottom flap is for the second part of the word. (NOTE: You can reverse order this as well. For example “MAP” could show the “ap” first then the “M” last (I.e picture at the top of this blog post!) 6. Bowl with water. OR do it during bath time or while in the pool for even more fun!