This is our Valentines table, I set it up when Baby Bell was taking her afternoon nap. I wanted it to be a nice surprise when she woke up. Like most toddlers she loves activities, and learning new things. So I tried to incorporate several different things that are good for a toddler to work on. Sensory, fine motor skills, listening skills, and more. So here you will see building blocks, a felt board and hearts, Valentine play dough, story stones, transferring pom poms, her color pegs, and flower arranging. She loved it all from the minute she saw the table.
Working on Transferring pom pom balls was one of her favorite activities. She has been working on this for days, she really enjoys transferring anything.
Of course for pink week I had to put Bells in pink princess clothes. I can’t help myself.
Flower arranging is considered a practical life activity or lesson in the Montessori education, however I truly believe each child can benefit from arranging flowers. For Bells I wanted to use something sturdy that wouldn’t tip over as she was putting her flowers in. So I choose to use a mason jar, I hole punched the lid about 10 times for the holes and added water. Then Little B showed Bells how to take the flowers one by one and place them into a hole.
This was Miss Bells favorite activity of the week. She loves the pretty flowers and she did a great job arranging them. Don’t forget to let your children stop and smell the flowers. Life should not be rushed through, we could all learn from the children by taking time to enjoy the things around us.
Be sure to come back for part 2. It ended with a big surprise to momma.
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This is gorgeous in presentation! I LOVE it! 🙂 I need to try flower arranging with my little boy and also the story stones look like a TON of fun! 🙂
these are so beautiful!!! loved the colours and your girl looks so content there!
Good morning, I am so glad you stopped by to link up with Toddler Idea Tuesday. I wanted to let you know that yours is one of the featured posts this week. I am looking forward to future posts, you have some wonderful ideas.
I hope to see you over at Toddler Idea Tuesdays again!
Have a great day
WOW, thank you, I am so glad you liked it.
What a great way to allow little ones to try out flower arranging. I am wondering how exactly you got holes into the lid though.
We love pompoms for activities here too. If only my children would stop running off with them.
Your little one is such a sweetie. Glad to have found your blog
I would love for you to stop by and share on my recently revived Toddler Ideas Tuesday linky. I will be featuring 2-3 posts every week, linking back to the original post.
I hope to see you at Tots and Me.
http://totsandme.blogspot.com/2014/01/toddler-ideas-tuesday-january-28th-2014.html
Have a great evening.
Love the flower arranging. I will have to remember that when our tulips come up in the spring!!
Thank you so much to everyone 🙂 for your thoughtful comments.
What A Sweet Bonding And Learning activity!
What A Sweet Bonding And Learning activity!
Adorable!
All good ideas. My son did some flower arranging earlier this week and enjoyed it.
This is so beyond adorable!! My guys just loved spooning pom poms as well:) Thank you!!
Thank you 🙂
This is so sweet! I love your toddler-friendly version of flower arranging – what a great idea! Raspberry play dough sounds divine, too 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks for your kind words 🙂