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Montessori-At-Home

Fond of the sea? Take your little one on a fishing trip at home! This activity aims to build a child’s coordination skills as they attempt to balance the hovering magnet over the paper clip, as well as understanding of zoology! Build their curiosity in both science and nature in this simple coordination game!

Prepare a piece of stick, some string, a magnet, a piece of paper, a hole puncher and some paper clips!

Since the start of the quarantine period on the 18th March 2020, we have been doing our part by staying home and staying safe. But there are still doctors, nurses, healthcare teams, janitors, police officers, delivery drivers, grocery store clerks, gas station attendants, warehouse workers, pharmacists and other essential team members who are out there trying to curb the disease and keep the rest of us safe! 

To say thank you, we are getting busy at home and want to create a small token of appreciation for those in the frontlines. We’d like to invite you to join in as well!

Show You Care 

Join us by following the simple 4-step process by getting creative, submitting your masterpiece, sharing with us (if you want), and finally, anticipating the final video! 

Terms and Conditions of Participation: 

1. This #ThankYouMYHeroes campaign is open to families of The children’s house and members of the public. 
2. Please send us a minimum of 5 photos, consisting of the images of your masterpiece and family photos with the masterpiece by the 3rd of May 2020. However, only a maximum of 2 photos will be included in the final video. 
3. Please ensure the photos sent are clear and in high resolution. Basic photo enhancement made available by phone applications is allowed. 
4. Please email the photos to contact@thechildrenshouse.com.my and provide us the details below upon submission. Parents’ names, Email address & phone number, Child/Children’s names & age and TCH centre that your child is attending (if applicable). 
5. By submitting the photos to us, you shall be deemed to have participated in this campaign and accepted the Terms & Conditions stated. Please read the instructions and rules before participating. 
6. By submitting the photos to us, you have granted The children’s house and Global Educare Sdn Bhd permission and consent to use the photos in any types of media, including but not limited to, the right to publish, distribute, copy, display in any printed or electronic media. 
7. The children’s house and Global Educare Sdn Bhd accept no responsibilities for any entries which are incomplete, ineligible, inappropriate, corrupted or fail to submit by relevant closing date for any reason. 
8. Submissions that fulfilled all the requirements stated will be considered and compiled in the final video. 
9. The children’s house and Global Educare Sdn Bhd shall reserve all the rights to adjust or cancel the campaign or any of the arrangements, directly or indirectly related to the campaign, at any time and for any reasons if deemed necessary without any prior notice. 

Introducing the “Soda Stamping Flower Art”

With some colourful paint and recycled bottles, you are good to go! Normal bottles with a 5-point bottom is great to be used as they instantly give you ”petal” shapes! However, you can also use the rounded bottoms to give your flowers a “ring”

Have some endless stamping fun with your little ones in these easy steps!

1. Lay out different coloured paint on a paper plate and get stamping!
2. Use fingers to create the pistils (centre of the flower) and leaves.
3. Use differently shaped bottle bottoms for different patterns.

We hope you had fun on this one!

For children aged 5 to 6 years old, parents could set the level higher through an alphabet memory game to boost their memory.

Here are the steps:
1. Prepare 52 empty cards.
2. Have your children to write down each alphabet on each card, both uppercase and lowercase.
3. Shuffle the cards and lay them out face down in a grid pattern.
4. Ask your children to randomly pick 2 cards and see if they match.
5. If the cards match, keep it aside but put the cards face down again if it doesn’t.
6. The game goes on until all 26 alphabets are matched.

* The game might take a while to finish, so your child can also learn patience during this activity. Don’t forget that everyone deserves a nice reward every now and then!

Another Montessori-At-Home activity, the alphabet bingo game is fun for children aged 2.5 to 4 years old who are on the road to recognising the 26 letters. All you need to do is to print out the bingo cards below or create your own. Pick a letter and let your children search for it. The first person with 2 connecting lines wins!

Download the printable here.

Through the following activity, toddlers not only build up on their early handwriting skills but they also understand the concept of cause and effect.

All you need are baby rice cereal or crumbed crackers or any baby snack that you can find at home and a cookie sheet or cloth to spread the crumbs. Then, show your toddler how to use a finger to “write” in the crumbs or just allow them to freely feel the texture as they explore their senses.

This activity is similar to writing your name in the sand on the beach, so bring the feeling home to your little one!

As a reminder, this easy-peasy activity might get a little messy!

Playdough is a great sensory tool for pre-schoolers of all ages. For the younger ones, it strengthens the muscles of their little hands by working on their gross motor skills that helps with gripping things when they are older. For the older ones, it boosts imagination and creativity.

Here’s how you can make your own playdough at home. 

 What you will need:

-2 cups of flour

-1/2 cup of salt

-3/4 cup of hot water

-1 tablespoon of baby oil (or cooking oil)

-2 tablespoons of cream of tartar

-food colouring

How:

1. Add all the dry ingredients in a bowl and form a well in the centre.
2. Add the baby oil (or cooking oil) and food colouring to the dry ingredients.3
3. Add water and stir.

Click on the link to learn more:

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/no-cook-playdough/

Rise and shine 🌞

It’s time to stretch out that muscle!

Bring your children along on a 16-minute adventure on a pirate ship as we keep our body pumping 💪🏻

Looks like it’s time for some family fun! 

Take your children on a mission impossible. 

The goal is to cross over to the other side without touching the laser. This activity promotes problem solving skills and movement coordination. For more fun, parents could play ball with your children by tossing it over the “laser”. All you need is a hallway, cellophane tape and crepe papers! (No crepe paper? Use strings or old cloth instead) 

We’d love to hear about your experience with your little one! Share some pictures of your success (or funny fails) with us.