Never shy away from a good DIY! One thing that is worth the money, in my opinion, is realistic animal objects/figurines, they can be incorporated into so many different activities, are great for building vocabulary and kids love them! What toys would you recommend to other parents? Her books have such a gentle flow and make me tear up every time! My daughter loves animal books now with realistic images, she looks at them all day long! When we read her bedtime stories, I love anything by Nancy Tillman. What are your children’s favourite books? My daughter is still too young for board games, but my husband and I enjoy Yahtzee because it is the perfect balance of luck and strategy. What are your family’s favourite board game(s)/card game(s)? We all have ideas of how we want an activity to go, but we can get so much insight from sitting back and observing the direction the child leads an activity which can help us identify interests for future activities If they aren’t interested in an activity, forcing it on them never goes well. I always try to stick with the Montessori Method of ‘follow the child’. We live in the mountains of northern you have any tips for other parents? We split our days between spending as much time outside as possible and enjoying learning opportunities at home. I was a Montessori teacher in a 3-6 year old primary class for several years, now I stay home with my daughter.
My name is Ashley, and I have a 17 month old daughter.
Tell the Housebound With Kids community a bit about yourself… I just made a batch of scented playdough and some DIY stamps for my daughter to explore! Personally, I always enjoy finding ways to bring nature inside too. I think turning off the house lights is exciting and the glow or silhouettes of objects placed on the light table is very intriguing even for adults! It was especially interesting to see the internal vein structure of the leaves illuminated so vividly. Then we explored how leaves and different translucent items looked on the light table. The DIY light table is a plastic storage bin lined with foil, wax paper taped to the lid, and battery operated string lights inside. With thanks to Ashley, from California, USA, for sending in this great homemade light table idea.
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Peasy.We show you how to make your own Light Table and then use it to explore how different items look when they are placed on top. I just Scotch-taped it to the sides and bottom. I knew from reading all the other approaches that we needed to line the box with something reflective, and I chose aluminum foil. I got Kin all amped up on the car ride home, and she was almost as excited as I was to get this thing rocking! We were out running errands today and I found this super cool plastic box that had a translucent yellow lid and I just knew it-this was it! Our light table! Hallelujah. Just gather up the stuff and DO IT ALREADY." I finally read a blog post the other night about another mom's homemade light table and I thought to myself, "Dude. The best of all of the methods squeezed into one. It was all just so overwhelming to me, I guess. Someone has used it to make a light table. They all do it differently-IKEA supplies, fairy lights, lanterns, light strips, actual tables that you cut holes out of with power tools, teeny tiny, ginormous. Raising Kinley) so I have been collecting do-it-yourself ideas for literally two years. I want to buy one, but a sensory item that costs more than $10 is definitely not going to be cleared by the accounting department (aka Mr. If you follow me on Pinterest, you know I have an obsession with light tables.