{"id":244,"date":"2009-09-05T13:15:32","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T20:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=244"},"modified":"2009-10-18T15:23:35","modified_gmt":"2009-10-18T22:23:35","slug":"preschooltoddler-activity-bags","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"Preschool\/Toddler Activity Bags"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">1. Clothesline play (rope clothesline, mini wooden clothespins, cloth diapers, and doll clothes). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">2. Lacing cards (rainbow laces purchased separately from Montessori Services, and handmade foam shapes for lacing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find any lacing cards to buy for less than $15, so I was forced to get creative and thrifty).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">3. Bear counters (three colors and three sizes of plastic bears for counting\/sorting).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">4. Square tiles for counting\/sorting.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">5. Open &amp; close (various items to open and close \u00e2\u20ac\u201d boxes, hair barrettes, empty makeup compacts, mini plastic bottles).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">6. Alphabet &amp; number magnets (to use with small cookie sheet).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">7. Pom-pom sorting (1\u00e2\u20ac\u00b3 multicolored pom-poms with various tweezers and grabbers).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">8. Viewmaster with slides.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">9. Geoboard with rubber bands (for geometric introduction, dexterity, AND open-ended creative designs).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">10. Buttons! (tons of buttons I found for $2 at a closeout education store; for sorting, counting, etc.).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/3180258794_4ebe6724e6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-886  aligncenter\" title=\"3180258794_4ebe6724e6\" src=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/3180258794_4ebe6724e6.jpg\" alt=\"3180258794_4ebe6724e6\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/3180258794_4ebe6724e6.jpg 500w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/3180258794_4ebe6724e6-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/3180258794_4ebe6724e6-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\">\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">11. Various pasta shapes (for sorting).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">12. Nuts, bolts, and washers.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">13. Rubber insects (for sorting\/counting\/pattern completion).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">14. Paper plate alphabet caterpillar (a leftover from our Unplugged Week).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">15. Transportation memory game (any memory game will work).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">16. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Magnetic Personalities\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Photos of family AND cartoon characters with tops and bottoms separated, glued onto magnetic paper \u00e2\u20ac\u201d just for open-ended mixing and matching fun).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS;\">I lined them all up in a wicker laundry basket, left in an accessible spot in the study\/school room so the kids can pull them out at leisure.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0 1. Clothesline play (rope clothesline, mini wooden clothespins, cloth diapers, and doll clothes). \u00c2\u00a0 2. Lacing cards (rainbow laces purchased separately from Montessori Services, and handmade foam shapes for lacing \u00e2\u20ac\u201d I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find any lacing cards to buy for less than $15, so I was forced to get creative and thrifty). \u00c2\u00a0 3. 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