Hi!

Look what I came up with!! We love making easy, simple manipulative games at home. A few days ago, when I got my hands on Popsicle sticks, I decided to make a pattern matching game for my son. I created the geometric pattern on the sticks with the help of sketch pens and sharpie, a ruler and some tape. I made them in pairs for Moksh to do the matching work.

Here's the link to the video for you to have a look
https://youtu.be/HNU_Xb2WN5Q

First, I placed even number of Popsicle sticks parallel & next to each other on to the table top. Then I used clear tape at the ends to fix them on the table top. This made it easier to draw. Then with the help of the sharpie and ruler I made some patterns on the sticks & we were ready for the activity!

Such a simple, easy, frugal DIY game!!

Pls do have a look at our video to see them better:) These are excellent for matching work, make the pairs work and visual discrimination! My son loved them and played quite a bit!

We do quite a bit of early learning at home videos on our you tube channel. Pls do visit us some time:)

Thanks for watching & happy learning!!

Thanks! I'm glad to connect with you:) What kind of activities you present to your daughter, apart from Puzzles that she loves! How can I find you on you tube? What name should I search for? Pls let me know:)

Hi!

This is a simple DIY activity that I had pinned when Moksh was just a toddler. It has been there on blogosphere for some time now. I'm glad to share it with you today!

Here's the link to the video
https://youtu.be/AbG8gdvSgPs

To put this activity together, I used 12 thermocol or Styrofoam balls instead of original ping pong balls. I used the egg stand from the refrigerator and you can use an egg carton.

You may want to make sure that the size of your balls is good for fitting into the carton.

Then with the sharpie markers, I colored 6 balls with their one hemisphere red and other 6 balls with their one hemisphere blue. In all the balls, the other hemisphere was left to be white.

We made some task cards, printed and laminated for durability and cut. And these can be hand drawn and colored as they are simple to make.

Now I was ready with the activity to present to Moksh. Moksh instantly liked it!

Great for visual perception and discrimination, this activity also helps to boost concentration.

Thanks for watching & happy learning:))

Logic Puzzle Activity For Stimulating Mathematical-Logical Intelligence in Toddlers & Preschoolers

Hi!

I am a big fan of puzzles! So when I find a good logic puzzle, I am excited to present it to my son who is a preschooler:)

These logic puzzles are excellent for typical 2.5 who are a bit advanced to an average 4.5 yrs old. They use size variations and quantity-number variations in the grid form to offer challenging logical stimulation to kids.

I think it's a very good activity to stimulate mathematical-logical Intelligence (One of the eight Multiple Intelligences) in children.

Here's the link to the video where you can see the puzzles
https://youtu.be/HFqPL7WpTt0

Hope you enjoy this as much as we enjoyed:))

Have a great day!!

Hi!

Building and creating structures is one of the most fun things that kids love to do!

We all have previouly used cardboards, shoeboxes, pebbles, wooden sticks, blocks, utensils to build in our childhood. Even today, they happen to be the most economical, well recycled & best put to use in terms of creativity and utility.

When I decided to introduce Moksh early to architecture, I presented him with home made flash cards depicting architectural wonders of the world. We also labeled and matched the pictures. Then, I took out a set of Greek Table top blocks that I bought last year for Moksh.

Here's the video link for you to watch:)
https://youtu.be/GxblkN9Bx7s

The reason why, I did not present the blocks to Moksh earlier was not because he did not have the abilty but because the blocks are loose and not meant to be fixed and hence prone to tumbling down. He needed to have lots of patience:)

These were a big hit once he landed his hands on them:) They helped us learn about different kinds and shapes used in construction and its terminlogy. It was also a little lesson in balance and stability.

It's a great set of building blocks!

Thanks for watching and happy learning!!

IQ Logic Blocks / 3-D Puzzle blocks for stimulating spatial intelligence in Toddlers & Pre-schoolers/ Kindergarteners

Hi!

I am always on the look out for fantastic educational toys:) I'm glad to share with you this latest find that is called "Combi Cubes" by Virgo toys which are basically 3 -D IQ Puzzle blocks. It consists of 32 plastic blocks and the child has to pick two specific blocks to make it into a cuboid....it's not a cube as mentioned on the product...which is ok.

Here's the link to the video where these blocks are in action
https://youtu.be/h0yLEmx8j_8

These help in hand/ eye co-ordination & fine motor skills in younger kids and help boost spatial intelligence & logical-mathematical intelligence in a great way. I recommend these for little advanced 2-2.5 yrs old up to 5 yrs old kids who can easily be engrossed with these.

These will work well if you follow Montessori method. These will be great to your visual-Spatial learner!

We loved these blocks! I hope you like them too:))

Thanks & Have a great Day!!

Hi!

I'm glad this is happening! This is very exciting! I vlog on my you tube channel purely about early learning activities and so far have uploaded 347 videos of early learning activities of My son while in action. The channel is in the name of Gargee Bhandare Wadhwani. The URL is www.youtube.com/user/gargeebw

We follow Glenn Doman method, Montessori method and incorporate various educational toys & games, Waldorf puzzles, 3-D & 2-D Puzzles, Reggio inspired play, logic activities and other Challenging activities designed around building multiple intelligences. Our videos also include hands on math activities, early reading videos, spelling activities, building blocks & structures themes amongst others.

This will help parents connect and find even more meaningful learning ways from each other for our kids! I think we should have a Google + community as well:)

I have signed up, and not sure if vlogs are ok too! Let's see:))

Warm regards,
Gargee

Thanks for all the info:)

Hi!

I was wondering if our community here, believes in hands on activities for teaching math & language?

We are doing basic addition, subtraction,very basic multiplication, odd & even numbers, ordinal numbers, finger counting, tally marks, counting frames, Lego math..Almost a year ago, I had posted a video of my son counting up to hundred. We are following Montessori method, in addition to brillkids and Glenn Doman. And I'm a big fan of these methods. But I also love & believe in hands on work.

Here's a video, where we are in one of our hands on Math activities on ordinal numbers that requires reading skills and following instructions.
https://youtu.be/pFxe5M5X804

As my son started reading, we read lots of books including Bob Books, Fun Tales, Peter & Jane, other phonics books & lots of storybooks. We learnt to spell with movable letters. We did lots of labeling activities with our flash cards. Now we are also learning to form sentences with word labels. Any more ideas?

I would like to know, what do the parents on this forum, choose for hands on activities in Math & Language development?

Thanks! I would love to learn from you:)

Thanks!

Hey, good one:) We will try that. Yay!!

Hi!
Recently, I decided to revise our Flower cards. When I told Moksh about it, he was reluctant. I tried for a day, but everytime he chose something else to do.

So I decided to set up a game for him. He is fond of Dusty Crophopper. The game was to rescue the flowers from the EK cards with the help of Dusty crophopper. This was exciting for him!

We went along with it & within 15 mins the cards were done! I was also happy that he remembered all of them:))

Here's the link to the video that I shot during the game
 https://youtu.be/9MN2H1kvIH4

What do you do to get your child to co operate!

Your inputs will be valuable to me.

Thank you.

Warm regards,

Gargee

Hi! We are currently exploring our Primo Logico Game/Toy. We like it very much.

Here's the link to the video where Moksh is busy with it. http://youtu.be/uPRHjxfb3kI

How can we optimize our learning  through it? Any other supplements to this?

Pls advise.

Thanks,

Gargee

Hi! Thanks for watching!

You may buy felt material from Walmart or Michael's. I have tried using foam sheets but they do not work well for this activity. I highly recommend using felt.

I hope you noticed the free download link for this activity on my youtube channel.  A wonderful blogger has made this available for a free download:-)

Enjoy your activity:-)

Hi!

We are currently working with an easy level of a game called Color code by Smart Games. I found this to be a very good IQ building game that requires to stack the tiles provided to replicate an exact challenge picture. It helps develop logic, copy & build skills& teaches to prioritize the sequence. We uploaded the video on our YouTube channel where Moksh is playing with it at an easy level. Here's the link http://youtu.be/EintkIJ3fBE

I would like any suggestions for similar IQ building games. Pls help:-)

Thanks,
Gargee