Keeping Jameson Constructively Occupied Part 1

Here are some activities Jameson enjoyed this week: Pouring beans- this was a huge hit! He did this over and over just like the Montessori books said he would. I loved the clinking sound of the beans on the glass, which let me know he was pouring something he was supposed to be pouring, unlike the box of cereal he poured in the toilet a few weeks back.
Scribbling on the dry erase board. Jameson loves this, probably because the dry-erase board is something Mommy and brothers use for school and he gets to sit at the school table just like the big boys. Notice that he is my first left-handed child!
I found many great toddler art ideas in the book Young at Art, simple ideas that focus on the experience of art. Here Jameson makes a black and white collage by dipping cotton balls in glue and sticking them to black construction paper.
Here Jameson makes another collage with white stickers on black paper.
This last activity is low on the "keep toddler busy while we do school" scale because obviously it requires some supervision to ensure clothes, floors, furniture, doors, etc. don't get painted too. But Jameson really enjoyed it, he made four of these lovely black on white paintings and proudly hung them on the refrigerator. Each week I'll give him a new color of paint to work with.