10 Montessori Inspired Fun Activities Using Popcorn

After a while we went for a movie (as usual my hubby was busy handling the little one). Getting straight the point, one reason kids love going to the movies is a bag full of popcorn. Pop came in the idea, why not carry that excitement home and create some activities.

We did some fun filled activities to engage my little one that evening with some pop corn and boy it worked 🙂

Making Popcorn

To start with we made some popcorn together. It was so much of fun to hear the corns pop J My clever cookie was surprised to see how the corns turned this big.

Popcorn sensory bin

We are learning number recognition now and so I decided to throw in some numbers into the bin and asked my little one to fish them out. We named out the number together when he pulled out number by number 🙂

Popcorn Measurement:

I put in some measuring cups and spoons to help him learn estimation and measurement. This skill would come in handy when we bake together 🙂 I am going to post a video of us baking together soon. Watch out this space for that.

Funnel pouring:

We had these plastic bottles with a narrow mouth which was perfect was this funnel to sit in. He spooned the corn kernels through the funnel. The clinging sound was a music to our ears, so we did the below one.

Corn Music Shakers:

We did close the lid of the bottle and did a shake, shake and shake. Our inexpensive music instrument was ready in a jiffy 🙂

Dry Pouring:

This new pitcher looks awesome right?

Sorting:

Remember I spoke about visual discrimination before, and this one is so perfect to sort corn kernels and popcorn.

Popcorn Math:

I downloaded this counting printable from here. We did count only up to 4. Anything more than that, is a bit overwhelming for him. And we are taking it real slow 🙂

Practical Life Transferring:

Also, my little one helped me peel off those leaves for us to have a quick snack and I missed clicking a picture 🙂

“Fun Trivia” – America has a pop corn day, isn’t that interesting 🙂

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