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Even in the great state of Texas we have cold, rainy weeks. While I feel like curling up under a blanket with a great book, my boys usually prefer bouncing off the walls, the furniture or each other, which doesn\u2019t usually end well.<\/p>\n

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Two indoor things that the boys are enamored with recently are color mixing with droppers and painting with q-tips. Montessori Services sells this whole kit<\/a> or individual droppers and bottles<\/a>. We make up a tray with 3 dropper bottles (red, blue, yellow), a watercolor mixing palate (so they have more wells to experiment with colors) and a sponge. I can\u2019t tell you the hours that have been spent creating special colors and complementing each other on their color combinations. <\/div>\n
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I don\u2019t know why I haven\u2019t tried q-tip painting earlier. It is genius! The small, short q-tip gives them more control than a paint brush and they use a lot less paint. Our stay-within-the-lines son like to outline dot-to-to pictures with dabs, while our other son uses the q-tips to make wild messy streaks, much to his delight. Again, we use cheap watercolor palates with lots of holes and they also experiment with mixing colors. <\/div>\n
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Another boredom buster suggested by Kat awhile ago was marshmallow\/toothpick building<\/a>. I think we will use this later to practice forming letters. <\/div>\n
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Best wishes as we all brave the depths of winter!<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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