Montessori at Home (6) : Blue Week ♥ 在家蒙特梭利 (6) : 认识蓝色

Our progress on tot play at home is delaying recently due to too many outgoing activities and also busy to SICK~ But anyway, tot play still on going just in slower speed only.

And we already completed Blue Week!
Below are the details :

近来由于忙着生病，忙着外出所以Tot Play的进展就有点慢了。无论如何，其实我们已完成了认识蓝色的部分。以下是我们的分享~

ღ Pom Pom Ball Games ღ 夹球乐

Preparation / 准备工作 ： 

Material / 材料用具 ：
Blue Pom Pom Balls in different sizes 不同大小的蓝色绒毛球

Tweezers 夹子

Recycled Egg Tray 鸡蛋托盒

What we explored today/ 我们今天探索了什么 :

Fine motor skills 精细动作技能

Strengthens the finger muscles 手指肌肉锻炼 

Blue 认识蓝色

Another very simple game as well. Mummy demo for the first time,then let her to start her own games.
另一个十分简单的游戏，我做了一次示范之后就让晨自己继续玩~

She do really enjoy this simple games
小朋友很喜欢这个游戏

I do try to put in the ball one by one and do counting together with her.
我也尝试把绒毛球一颗颗加入鸡蛋托盒内，然后边夹边数1,2,3...

Besides, i do also play pom pom ball passing games with her as well. I used another tweezers to clamp the pom pom ball and requested Chen to clamp it with her tweezers~ She like it too!

此外，我也尝试了用夹子传球的游戏。也很简单，我用了另一个夹子把一颗绒毛球夹起来然后要求晨用她的夹子来夹那颗绒毛球，然后放入鸡蛋盒内。她也很喜欢~

ღ Play Dough Time ღ 粘土时间

Preparation / 准备工作 ： 

Material / 材料用具 ：
Blue Pipe Cleaner

Blue Play Dough 蓝色自制粘土 [ click here for play dough recipe ]

Blue Straw 蓝色吸管 (I cut it to become shorter)

What we explored today/ 我们今天探索了什么 :

Fine motor skills 精细动作技能

Strengthens the finger muscles 手指肌肉锻炼 

Blue 认识蓝色

I passed pipe cleaner and straw to Chen first, let her to try insert the pipe cleaner into the straw.
我先将吸水管和pipe cleaner交给晨，让她先练习串珠动作。

After it i passed the blue play dough to her, and is her time again!
之后把粘土交给她，就让她自由发挥咯~

ღ Aluminium Foil Wrapping ღ 锡箔纸游戏

Preparation / 准备工作 ： 

Material / 材料用具 ：
Aluminium Foil 锡箔纸

Small items which is in Blue 各式蓝色小物件
[ i get from Lego set and also Montessori Educational WoodenToys ]

What we explored today/ 我们今天探索了什么 :

Fine motor skills 精细动作技能

Problems Solving Skill 尝试解决问题 [think on how to wrap items in different size and shape]

Blue 认识蓝色

How to play

Just show to your little one on how to wrap the item with aluminium foil and let them try by own~

方法很简单，示范给孩子看如何将小物体给包起，然后让他们自行尝试。

Very simple material for this game

Well, Well, Well, why don't have my girl photo which she is playing with these? Because... She totally refused to play with it! I demo for few times, and she looks really unhappy (maybe due to sick mood?! i'm not really sure), so i didn't carry on. I just keep those aluminium foils and maybe try after few weeks later.

And this idea is from Mummy Bear Lim~

ღ Stamping Time ღ 印章游戏

Preparation / 准备工作 ： 

Material / 材料用具 ：
Potato 马铃薯 [mummy can try to hand carved simple design on it 妈妈可尝试雕刻简单图案]

Blue Paint 蓝色颜料
Art Paper 

What we explored today/ 我们今天探索了什么 :
Creative Art 创意培养

Try on stamping 尝试盖印章

This is what i prepared, using a very small size potato.

She is willing to try on stamping as well.

Anyway, painting still her favorite!

ღ  Creative Art ღ 创意时间

Preparation / 准备工作 ： 

Material / 材料用具 ：
Transparent Cellophane 蓝色透明玻璃纸

Marine Life Sticker 海洋生物贴纸

Art Paper & Color Pencil 画笔，画纸
Child Safety Scissors 儿童安全塑料剪刀 

What we explored today/ 我们今天探索了什么 :

Creative Art 创意培养

Blue 蓝色

Exposure on scissors 剪刀运用

tearing paper 撕纸张
gluing 运用浆糊

Marine Life Stickers

I let her to try cut the cellophane paper, but she still can't do well on this. 

Then, just let her try to tear it with hand~

Mummy let Chen to draw with color pencil while mummy tried to draft out the ocean.
妈妈准备贴画的背景图，同时间让晨自行涂鸦打发时间 

Chen trial on pasting the cellophane paper on the art paper.
晨开始粘贴海洋部分

Work In progress

Done for the ocean part and mummy let Chen to stick on marine life sticker!
完成海洋后，就让晨将海洋生物给贴上！

Tada! Another art piece from Mummy and Chen! ^^

ღ  Blue Ocean Sensory Box ღ 蓝色海洋

Preparation / 准备工作 ： 

Material / 材料用具 ：
Transparent Box 透明盒子

Colorful Stones 彩色小石子
DIY sailboat 自制帆船
Recycled Egg Tray 鸡蛋盒子
Food Coloring：Blue 蓝色色素
Syringe 针筒

What we explored today/ 我们今天探索了什么 :

Sensory Play 五感活动

Observation on how blue food color make the water become blue 观察色素将水染蓝的过程

Color grouping 颜色分类

I let Chen do scooping practice first. Chen scoop the stones from the bowl to the container, and sometimes take the stones from container and put back to the bowl.
这个把小石头放入盒内的游戏她玩了好久。晨放入了又拿出，不断重复。

Finally all the stones are safe inside the container~ XD
Mummy assist Chen using syringe to take in blue coloring and expel into the container.
终于把所有的小石头放入盒内了！接下来妈妈协助晨使用针筒把色素吸入然后释放到透明盒内。

As was to be expected, she enjoyed this new trying very much!
正如预期的，晨很喜欢这个环节！

Chen still not able to take in the coloring by her own, mostly assisted or done by me. But to expel the coloring to the water is quite easy for her.
使用针筒方面，晨还是不太会用针筒吸入颜色，多数由我代劳。但是将色素释放入水里对她来说就比较容易。

Once the "ocean" is ready, then mummy take out DIY sailboat for her.
“海洋”完成后就置入自制帆船啦！超好玩的！

This Blue Ocean is inspired by Mummy Bear Lim and also Mummy Min Min Sam~ Thank you! :)

Hmmm, our ocean maybe too small?! :p
或许，我们的海洋太小了！ :p

DIY Sailboat: Cut out triangle shape from magazine, Straw as stand, Recycled cherry tomato box as base.
自制帆船：用旧杂志剪出三角形，吸水管，平时食用的cherry tomato的盒子

Happy Days Together
这是属于我们的Happy Days

Chen tried to put on some stones on her sailboat.
晨自行将一些小石头放在帆船上。

Before cleaning up, we do color grouping for those small stones. Chen can never focus on similar activities like this, but this round is an exception. She almost completed all.
游戏接近尾声时（她自己要求不要玩了），我们就来个将小石头根据颜色分类的游戏。类似的分类游戏，晨从来都很快就不继续了，这次她很例外的几乎将所有石头都好好分类~

We spent 1 hour ++ for this activity and Chen really enjoy it! You can try this ocean box with your on hand material (can put in marble, or put in sand, just modify with what you have will do!) , i believe your little one will enjoy as well!

这个游戏晨可以玩上一个小时多哦！不一定要用彩色石头，你可以用沙子，弹珠或任何适合的物品代替。赶快试试吧，因为连妈妈也觉得好好玩哦！ :)