Treasure Baskets

Treasure Baskets

A couple of ideas for Infant and Toddler Treasure Baskets.  Treasure baskets are a basket of things for baby to play with that may or may not be related by theme and are changed often for interest.  I change ours weekly.  Great to have in the kitchen or other room in the home when you need to occupy baby for a while.

Red:

Musical:

Stacking/Nesting:

 Wood:

 Spoons:

 Rings: 

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Goodbye Diaper Genie!

Needed: 

dirty diaper

plastic shopping bag

Step 1: Bag and Twist

Step 2: Open top of bag and turn inside out

Step 3: Gather ends up over diaper (double bagging stinky diaper)

Step 4: tie handles securely and dispose of diaper

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Use an old wipe bag with lid as a holder for refill packs:

Needed: 

old wipe bag with lid

chip clip from IKEA

scissors

wipe refill bag

Mini Theme: Carnival of Animals, Fossils

Mini Theme: Carnival of Animals, Fossils

Season: Any

Music: Carnival of Animals: Fossils

Flash Cards: Skeletons of any animals alive or extinct and human x rays too

Art Projects: Wax Relief Watercolor Dinos

Snack/Cooking: Fossil Cookies

Mini Theme: Waltz of the Snowflakes

Waltz of the Snowflakes

Season: Winter

Music: Waltz of the Snowflakes from the Nutcracker Suite

Mobile: Dance of the Snowflakes Mobile

Flash Cards: Any musical instruments represented in the Suite,

Art Project: Any snowflake project

Read Aloud to the Music: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Toys and Materials: The Snowy Day Plush Doll

Video: Waltz of the Snowflakes from the Nutcracker

Science Experiment: DIY Crystal Snowflakes

Sensory: Let it Snow Bottle

Mini Theme: Carnival of Animals: Aquarium

Mini Theme: Carnival of Animals: Aquarium

Season: Summer

Music: Carnival of Animals: Aquarium

Read Aloud to the Music: Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

Mobile: Montessori Whales Mobile

Flash Cards:  Any aquatic animals, Any musical instruments in an orchestra

• Sea Creatures  Flash Cards
• Musical Instruments 1, 2, 3 Flash Cards

Art Project: Plastic Bag Jelly Fish, Paper Plate Seahorse

Sensory: Wave Bottles

Video Listening Map:

Bugs and Daffy Carnival of Animals:

More Montessori Activities for The Carnival of Animals:

Mini Theme: Peter and The Wolf

Our Music focus this week is 'Peter and the Wolf'!  Here's some great teaching references I found while preparing the curriculum for his week:

Click here for a FREE mp3 of Peter and the Wolf from a remastered 1970's vinyl record.

Click here for Peter and the Wolf Printables and more.

This one can be used to make flannel board pieces, stick puppets or shadow puppets: