Montessori at Home (10) : Lego Theme Week ♥ 在家蒙特梭利 (10) : 乐高主题周

Chen likes Lego very much, she can play it alone for more than 30 minutes(sometimes) while mum is busy in kitchen. So i came out the idea of having a Lego week for her and she really enjoy it!

乐高一直是晨喜欢的玩具之一，所以我想不如来个乐高周吧。网络的资料也很齐全但是多数适合稍大的孩童，我整理一番后选出了一些比较合适的（两岁的孩子）。现在和大家分享一下~

ღ Lego Instruction Book for Toddlers ღ 乐高自制拼拼书

I found many DIY Lego instruction book online, but anyway, when i compared it with the Lego set that i had, i found that i have to make a very personal DIY Lego Instruction Book, as those are not compatible with my Lego set. 

网络搜寻一番后找到了很多的乐高自制拼拼书，可是比较后发现很多小零件都是我没有的~唯有自己做一套啦~

This is the DIY Lego Instructuon Book from Ibabiesclub

Basic blocks that i prepared 基本配件

First item that she completed, she insisted to add on the yellow one after completed, hmmm~ haha, ok, just let her add in! 第一个成品，接近了，下次再努力。

All the picture taken from plane view, and she studied for quite a long time then only completed the first one. After it, she refused to continue for others. :p Well, maybe too tough for her current age. But anyway, this is a very good games for patient and problems solving skill training, we try it next time!

所有的拼书都是平面图，我比划了很久但晨似乎不是很明白。她完成第一个后就不再继续了~这是个训练耐性和提升解决问题能力的有趣游戏，没关系，我们下次再试！

ღ Lego Farm ღ 乐高农场


I get all the printed material from here~ This is a really fun games which my girl like it very much! Let me show you the photo~ [anyway, i don't have the exactly same duplo, so i modified it into what i could do with all the material on hand]

这个游戏晨是超喜欢的，我在这里打印出所有教材后然后配合孩子的年龄稍微修改玩法[因为打印出来才发现很多color blocks我都没有]~。以下和大家分享我们游戏时的照片~

Animal Farm Tray 农场动物来了~
i don't have the exactly same bricks as in picture, but i replaced with same shape but in another color. After this, i found that the block that i build as head all are without eyes, so i came out with ideas that to let my girl to stick googly eyes for it!
我没有一模一样的乐高积木,唯有用相同形状但颜色不一样的代替。然后又发现头部都没有眼睛啊！突然想到可以让晨自行把眼睛贴上，就赶紧把活动眼给准备好。

Baby, what is missing from the animals?

你知道他们少了什么吗？

Happily, she started to stick on the googly eyes~
晨很开心的就把活动眼给贴上

Done! She started to have pretend play with the animals! ^^
完成！然后很开心的开始“演戏” ~

Next, match the duplo farm animals with the reading card.
接下来就让她进行读卡配对。

Matching with outline
和外形配对

Completed happily!
开心的完成~

Matching with shadow~
影子配对

Tada~

完成！

Hu! That was a really fun games we had for lego theme! I kept this game set on our tot school cabinet, and she will take it out and played with it happily everyday during the week! ^^

这个真的很好玩哦！赶快动手做一套吧！

ღ Lego Counting Activity ღ 乐高数一数

I downloaded this material online, printed it out and laminated as i think i will still need it for others activity. This is an easy games as just match the brick to the empty square box. Once i put the material on table and this little gal started the game by her own~

这个教材我取自网络，个人觉得是很适合刚开始接触数字数学的小朋友~玩法也很容易，就是将乐高积木放在空格上即可。我将教材放在桌子上，小人儿马上就开始自己玩了起来~

ღ Lego Creative Art Paint ღ 乐高创意培养时间

I think i don't have to further explain on this session, look at pictures below and you will know what to prepare for the activitiy~

这个应该也不须多作解释，看看图解吧！ ^^

water color + duplo bricks

ღ Lego Fine Motor Playღ 乐高精细动作培养时间

This is what i learned from here: http://www.funathomewithkids.com
It looks really fun and i'm sure my gal will love it, so i bought the marbles and started the game~

Information below is adapted from http://www.funathomewithkids.com :

Balancing Marbles

Your child can place a marble on every hole or have fun creating patterns. If your child is having too much trouble balancing the marbles on the tops of the bricks, the holes on the bottom are larger and therefore easier to balance marbles on.  If you don't have marbles, they could balance small pieces of cereal or pony beads as an alternative.

** Sweet Reminder : Do have close monitoring whenever playing with marbles, as it may cause choking for children if they put it inside their mouth.

** 温馨提醒，弹珠是容易造成窒息的危险小物，切勿让孩子独自进行这个活动。

Expansion from this activity, you may provide a tweezer tong for your little ones to take up the marbles and then only put onto duplo bricks. 
你可以提供一个夹子让你的孩子用夹子把弹珠夹起然后放在积木上。我们后来也有这样做，但是忘了拍照～

ღ Lego Fine Motor Play with chopstickღ 乐高筷子精细动作培养时间

You can read the details from our previous post / 可以点击这里到我们之前的博文查看细节

Task completed! Yeah! Happy Montessori at home to all our readers! :)

这个星期的任务顺利完成，这个主题很有趣，大家也一起来试试吧！

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This is the basic duplo set that i bought.

** LEGO^®is a trademark of the LEGO Group of companies which does not sponsor, authorize or endorse this site.

** updated on 7-Dec-2014

ღ Lego Fine Motor Play with Pipette ღ 乐高及移液器精细动作培养时间

This is such a simple activity and it really helps with fine motor skills，and i bought the pipette set from Daiso~
这是另一个有助于精细动作培养的游戏，准备工作也很简单，你只须购入一些移液器即可。我在Daiso找到了这个移液器。

We need to prepare Pipette, Duplo Blocks & Water~

只需要准备移液器，乐高积木及一些水即可开始

After i demo for few times, then i let Chen to explore by her own.

示范了几次后就让她自由发挥啦~

Children have to use the pipette to transfer water into block as in picture
这就是他们要完成的任务

Montessori at Home (9) : Green Week ♥ 在家蒙特梭利 (9) : 认识青色

This is a really tough Tot School session for me, i mean for the preparation job. I searched online and only get few ideas which suitable for us. Well, we still completed it, and here are what we done for green week!

这个主题，好难。我做了好久的功课都无法收集到足够适合的游戏。当然，最终还是完成了，但是好像没有很精彩。 :p

ღ  Creative Art ღ 创意时间

Handprint Art ：GreenFrog 青蛙手印画

This is what Chen like most among all the activities.

Do refer to our previous post for details :

这个之前有详细介绍过 ： 

Let handprint art freezes the precious moment for you ♥ 手印画，把小手印留下~

ღ  Creative Art ღ 创意时间

Vegetable Printing Art by Green Celery 芹菜按印画

Painting time, Again~ Yeah, i'm really ran out of ideas. XD

真的找不到太多适合的游戏，所以又再来个绘画时间！

Very simple preparation job 简单的材料

Based on previous experience, i never expected she could follow my instruction, but surprisingly she made it again! :)
根据以往的经验，晨通常是脱缰野马，不会听从我的指示。但是经过好几个星期的Tot School后，我发现她开始能够接受指令了，这至少是好的开始。:)

ღ DIY Puzzle ღ 自制拼图

Well, my girl is addicted to puzzle recently, so i tried to make a green theme puzzle for her. Anyway, the result is not good. My conclusion to DIY puzzle is, maybe it is limited to very simple type which is 2-3pcs puzzle. When i tried to make a 5-6pcs puzzle, i found it is too difficult for a toddler to go on with it. It was too light in weight, and don't have any frame to guide in fixing the position, it might be too challenging for a toddler.

最近晨很爱拍拼图，可以独自拍上一个小时（当然不是每次啦~)，所以这次我就以青色为主题再次自制拼图。但是，结果是很不好用哦~之前制作的简单版拼图（2-3片），到今天晨偶尔还会拿出来玩。这次我是把图片分割成5-6片，来个进阶版，可是明显失败了~当片数多了，自制拼图就显得难以操控。在拼的时候很难被固定位置。然后晨完了一次后就头也不回的不再碰它~ =.=

Green Bean Sensory Puzzle Box

I tried to fix it with add on magnet on the back of the puzzle, but it is still difficult to be fixed on position. Hmm~~ i better give up on DIY puzzle~

我后来还有尝试改良，贴了magnet在后背，但是还是不好操控，所以今后还是乖乖到外买拼图吧~

ღ Tracing Activity ღ 小手操控训练

Match complete vegetables with its half tracing worksheet, anyway, Chen not willing or maybe not able to complete it, just simply draw on it~ Well, i have to keep it up first and try next round~

完整蔬菜和切半图配对Tracing活动，晨这次不知是没听懂还是能力未及，当我问她A蔬菜的切半图是哪个时，她能够用手指出答案，可是就是连接不到~没关系，我们下次再试。:)

[Click here to get this worksheet]

ღ At-Home Science : Color Mixing Experiment ღ 小小实验家： 颜色混合

I nearly forgot to do this experiment, until receive sweet reminder from Min~ ^^

I tried to use food coloring to make ice cube, and below are actually blue and yellow color ice cube that i made. I felt that it will confuse my girl as the yellow color maybe is really to dark and become orange~

先用了食用颜料来准备混色用的黄色及蓝色冰砖，可是效果不理想哦~黄色看起来就像橙色，我觉得这样好像会误导孩子，所以马上把水彩半搬了出来。

Still can get green, but i decided to use watercolor to redo this experiment.

Yellow + Blue = Green!

匆忙中终于混色成功！

ღ First Trial for Chopstick ღ 筷子初体验

I found these chopstick(which are presents from friends) during i tidy up my drawer and came out with this idea. Using chopstick require great dexterity and strong fine motor skills, but my intention was just let her to try out on this.

无意间找到了这两双筷子，然后有了这个想法，让晨开始接触筷子吧~然后快速把activity tray准备好。

This is first trial and of course she can't do it well. Anyway, she like this activity as well~

初次尝试，然后她也没办法掌握好，但是，就当是个有趣的游戏来进行也不错~

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During the period, i also let this little girl to help on mixing grains, this is another efficient method to keep  this little girl busy while improving her eye-hand coordination. 

这段时期妈妈很忙，就尽量让她参与家事。这次是混合谷粮活动，小人儿玩得相当开心哦~

Super Quick Snack for Toddlers : Edamame 准备快速的健康小点心

All young children need to snack. Two or three small, nutritious snacks between meals should tide them over. Understood that mummies already tired after preparing breakfast, lunch and dinner, so having a quick-served yet super healthy snack is actually very important.

And what is our favorite super fast and healthy snack? Tada, the answer is Edamame! 

所有的幼儿需要点心。孩子们都是不停在消耗体力的，所以营养的小点心确实是他们生活中必备的其中一项。在花了好多时间在早、午、晚餐后，又得准备小点心，其实是件不容仪的事。了解妈妈们的辛劳，所以快速服务又超健康零食的想法其实是很重要的。今天我们就和大家分享这个我们很爱的超快速小点心 Edamame 枝豆 ~

info source :
http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/edamame-safe-children-3989.html

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Edamame are soybeans still in the pod. Typically edamame is sold frozen, and it can be a nutritious snack, low in fat and calories while high in key vitamins and minerals. Whole edamame is safe for children with enough teeth to chew crunchy foods, but it should be cut into small pieces for younger children to help prevent choking. You can offer edamame plain or serve it in creative ways to entice your child to eat it.

Protein and Fiber

A 1-cup serving of edamame supplies 16.86 grams of protein, a nutrient that helps keep your child's weight in check and supplies him with energy. The serving of edamame contains 8.1 grams of fiber. Depending on your child's age, he should consume between 19 and 38 grams of fiber a day. Fiber promotes normal digestion so your child has regular bowel movements, which can prevent constipation. Fiber promotes healthy weight as well, because it fills your child up and prevents overeating. Fiber might reduce your child's lifetime risk of high cholesterol, heart disease and diabetes as well.

Minerals

Edamame provides 3.52 milligrams of iron per cup serving. Your child needs 7 to 10 milligrams of iron a day. The mineral regulates red blood cell production and protects your child's immune system. A serving of edamame supplies 676 milligrams of the 3,000 to 4,500 milligrams of potassium your child needs daily. Potassium is essential for proper muscle and heart function. A serving of edamame supplies zinc, phosphorus, calcium and magnesium, too.

Vitamins

A serving of edamame contains 9.5 milligrams of vitamin C, a nutrient that keeps your child's skin, gums and teeth healthy while boosting his immunity. The serving supplies 482 micrograms of folate, which is more than the 200 to 400 micrograms your child needs each day. Folate supports cell growth and DNA production, which helps your child grow normally. The vitamin helps produce red blood cells and prevents anemia as well. A serving of edamame also provides niacin, vitamin E and vitamin K.

Tips

Serve edamame with nutritious dip. Hummus, fresh tomato salsa or low-fat plain yogurt flavored with dried herbs are healthy accompaniments for edamame. Make a dip with the edamame itself. Separate the beans from the pods, puree the beans with olive oil and spices and serve the dip with whole-wheat bread or fresh vegetables. Cut edamame into bite-sized pieces and add them to a tossed green salad or your child's favorite stir-fry recipe. Stir chopped edamame into vegetable soup, stew or chili to add essential nutrients to these foods. Add edamame to pasta, rice or bean salads as additional ways to serve the food to your child.
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Nutrition Facts

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Edamame is also a must have during traveling or weekend activities. It is not easy to get super healthy food during dine out, so i'll prepare some easy and healthy snacks for my little one. Blueberries, apple, grapes and edamame can always be found inside my bag during outing~ :) I'll pack it inside a mini tupperware and keep inside my bag, so i don't have to worry that i can't get suitable food for my little gal for the day~ 

毛豆也是在旅行时或周末活动必须具备的点心之一。外出吃饭常很难找到很健康而且又适合孩子的健康食物，所以我会准备一些简单而健康的小点心来作为补充。蓝莓，苹果，葡萄，毛豆是我外出包包内的常客 :)我会带它放在一个小密封盒内，只要一点的准备工作，那么我们外出时就不必担心无法找到合适的食物啦~