Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Cleaning Pennies

I didn't plan to do this activity. Nicholas found four pennies on the pavement and spent the day carrying them around, putting them in and out of his pocket, playing with them...

I decided a great way to keep him contained for a few minutes would be to let him 'clean' his pennies. I gave him a small pot with a dribble of white vinegar and a cotton bud and left him to it.







As suspected, I was left in peace to clean the dinner dishes! Once he had finished scrubbing, I sprinkled some bicarbonate of soda on one his tray and let him enjoy the fizzing when we added vinegar. He was very excited to see the reaction. Unfortunately I was too busy helping to get pictures of his face!

Finally, I gave him a cloth to clean up the bicarby-vinegary mess.



Unfortunately, the coins were no cleaner when we finished, but at least Nikki had fun!

Linking to Montessori Mondays

2 comments:

  1. This is cute! Thank you for sharing. I'm always looking for new ways to keep our little man entertained for a bit while I'm busy.

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  2. I love your son's concentration ... adorable photos! It's great that you followed his interest and created new activities for him! Thanks so much for linking up with Montessori Monday. I featured your post at the Living Montessori Now Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow

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