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Montessori at 6 months

10 Treasure Baskets for babies

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Have you seen one of those videos where babies choose random real-life home objects to play with rather than toys? Let me tell you, its true babies love random stuff found at home. Make sure they are child size objects, made of natural material, safe to mouth and put them in a basket and we call these ‘treasure baskets’ (aka heuristic basket). We have been exploring these since Anika was 5 months old and she still loves them at 8 months and I am sure she will enjoy these for many more. Here are some ideas…

Basket with balls of various textures
Basket with hairbands and wooden bangles
Basket with socks
Basket inspired by objects we find outdoors
Basket with wooden material
Basket with sponges/ brushes
Basket with blocks
Basket with wooden rings
Basket with teethers
Basket with rattles

Hope this gave you some ideas <3

Montessori Shelf at 6 Months Old

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I love preparing Anika’s Montessori work shelf every month depending on her skills and interest. Here is a brief description of each work on the shelf at 6 Months old…

  • Diffraction Mirror Paddles- We are so so lucky to receive beautiful gifts from Every Educaid. Thank you Sarah! Anika enjoys swiping the paddles clockwise and anticlockwise to build her hand strength and muscle control. The reflection in the mirror is enticing. I cant wait to take it outside so Anika can really enjoy its diffraction properties.
  • Basket with objects that roll away slowly- Anika is slithering! These objects that roll away slowly encourage her to crawl. We have been using all of these materials again and again for different purposes from early months. We have our black and white puzzle ball (part of Lovevery gym), teething ball, bell rattle and a soft ball. To be honest, an avocado or a lemon would work just as well too 🙂
  • Treasure Baskets- Anika LOVES treasure baskets. Just random things from around the house with different texture, made up of natural material and that are safe to mouth. We have 2 treasure baskets on this shelf (bottom left), one has different kind of brushes and other one has various wooden objects.
  • Tissue box with playsilks– Anika loves pulling everything! So I did a DIY (video on Instgram) with a tissue box and placed a few playsilks inside that she could pull. Its one of her favorites.
  • Sound shakers- We got these glitter shaker bottles from Every Educaid that are perfect size for little hands. I filled them up with various beans. Anika loves to shake and hear the sound each bean makes.