One of my kids' favorite Montessori-inspired activities involves painting their plastic animals and subsequently giving them baths. They've been doing this activity every once in a while since before they were 2 years old. This morning I made the mistake of asking the kids what they wanted to do (I usually pick what we do for Preschool in the morning). L said she wanted to paint, and E said she wanted to play with animals, so I was reminded of this animal painting/bathing activity, and both kids were happy...
