Book-based Activities: Noah's Ark

I just found some good books about bible stories. These were Arya's first bible-based activities and he enjoyed them very much. The story book doesn't have much writing. Moreover, it provides sound effects of the story. Arya liked to produce the sound effects as I read him aloud.

Next, he painted a used-plastic jar which I had prepared before. He was going to make Noah's ark by painting the front part himself. Then, I finished the back part. I let it as it is though there are some white spots, just to make it original. However, Daddy and Arya's cousins said the Ark looked more like a house lol 😅.

EGGMOTICONS

Materials:  emotion board, matching cards, emotion eggs.

Pre-work from teacher/parent:
1. Introduce some feelings
2. Mime the expressions (the children will be interested to see the real expressions)
3. Explain why, in what situation and how to overcome negative feelings

Activities for children:
1. Point out the feeling mentioned by the teacher/parent
2. Match the cards with the emotion board
3. Match the emotion eggs with the board
4. Or take an emotion called out by the teacher, run to put it at certain point
5. Mime the emotions

Follow up:
Read books about feelings

This activity is good to teach children how to manage their negative feelings

Land and Water Forms Activities

Here are some Land and Water Forms activities. I gave a pair trays everyday so that he will remember them easily.

LAKE AND ISLAND

He was working on his den. We talked about the differences between land and water and what animals live there. He filled the tray with waterbeads in the water area.  He somehow insisted on putting the hippo, tiger and lion in the water. He said they were having a bath.

DIY: LIGHT BOX

I adore how Motleytoddler made her light box, therefore I followed her instructions to make an affordable one but I also made some adjustments.

Materials:
container (IDR 24,000 or USD 2)
silver spray paint (IDR 24,000 or USD 2)
tape
LED emergency lamp (IDR 35,000 or USD 2)
tissue paper

Steps:
1. Tape the outer edge of the container to avoid stains when spraying the paint
2. Spray silver paint around the inner side of the container and let it dry
3. Spray the silver paint once again, let it dry
4. Peel off the tape
5. Cover the container lid with tissue paper
6. Put the LED emergency lamp in the container
7. Close the lid of the container
8. Put any toys or media you want to explore on it

DONE!! All cost less than USD 7. Seriously?

Applying silver paint is to avoid the light goes through the sides of the container. I couldn't find frost spray paint for the lid as motleytoddler's suggested so I changed it with tissue paper. I could finish the project in 15 minutes because the paint dried fast. I'm overjoyed to see the result and can't wait to surprise my son 😍❤️💕.

This is not purely montessori method. It's more on reggioemilia method, but montessori also has geometic solid materials. I combined the geometic solids activity with the light box to improve my son's sight sensory.