Hello everyone! Sorry for my absence, but I’ve been sick over the past few days. I’m glad to be back and feeling better. The weather has been pretty nice here lately, which has been my one saving grace. The boys have been playing outside a lot. We even took our learning outside…and I’m glad we did because “Sifting Snowflakes” was a lot of fun, but a bit of a mess. *Especially for Asher.*
A little while ago, one of our Christmas cups broke. It was one that had water in the lining of the cup with glitter and snowflakes. I saved the snowflakes, because I knew they would come in handy for a Montessori work. All of the other items came straight from my kitchen. I purposely placed 10 snowflakes in the snow (aka flour) so they could count them when they were done sifting. It was their self-correcting way to know if they got all of the snowflakes.
JR (5.5) only did this work once, but Asher (2.5) did it 5 times in a row. He loved everything about it. He even loved the messy part. He tried really hard to keep it in the bowl, but every time the snow blew out of the bowl he couldn’t help but giggle. Plus, I loved hearing him repeat, “tap, tap, tap” as he tapped the side of the sifter.
It’s already feeling like Spring here, but knowing Texas weather…we’ll be hit by a blizzard next week. How’s the weather where you are?
Awesome activity!!!!! I love that you were able to do it outside. I have some salt sifting in the house once and I was cleaning it up for weeks. :) They were really careful, but it gets everywhere. It looks your biys had a blast! I am so glad you are feeling better!
Thanks, Stephanie. Glad to be back! Saw you guys got some snow…I’m jealous. ;)
Great idea, as always, Lori. Hope you feel better soon.
Thank you, Elaine. So sweet of you to stop by and wish me well.
wow, we are looking at snow and ice now…I am going to do this by “punching” snowflakes out of card stock paper.
The punched snowflakes is a great idea. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. I hope your kids like sifting snowflakes!
What a great idea! We’re in Canada where snowflakes show up in October and stick around til April (sometimes May!!) so it’s always a marvel to see your pics with talk of grass and snowstorms in the same sentence. Thank you for all the great ideas :)
Fun activity, Lori! Glad to hear you’re feeling better. We haven’t had much snow in Colorado this year, although we did have a white Christmas (BEAUTIFUL weather, though). Thanks so much for linking to Montessori Monday. I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow
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