Doll washing was one of my daughter’s favorite activities when she was little. Not only is doll washing a popular activity with preschoolers, but it’s a practical life activity you can set up either indoors or outdoors.
Baby Doll Washing from Pink and Green Mama
Washing Baby Dolls from Pink and Green Mama shows a great way to set up the activity, although you can vary it according to what works best for your home and child. Even though my daughter loved doll washing and the photo is of MaryLea’s daughter (from Pink and Green Mama), the activity is great for girls or boys. (Note: the Pink and Green Mama blog is no longer available.)
Here are some other doll washing ideas from bloggers:
Doll Washing from The Wonder Years
One Rainy Day . . . from Joyful Mama’s Place
Doll Washing from Montessori Mom Newsletter
You could also add a lesson on body parts and hygiene with a doll washing activity. Here are two examples:
Bathtub Training Class from eHow Health
Bath Time Hygiene from First-School
Doll washing can help your child develop concentration, coordination, and independence while absorbed in a constructive activity. And if you have an orderly set-up and demonstrate a series of steps, your child can develop a sense of order from the activity as well.
Enjoy watching your child develop important skills while having fun! 🙂
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This is a very smart post!
Thanks, Sheila! I always love your comments! 🙂
My 21 month old son will love this. Thanks!
Thanks for your comment, Julie! When I had a Montessori school, I sometimes put out a doll washing activity – and it was very popular with all the children.
Now that a girl is on the way, I’m sure we’ll have some dolls around to do an activity like this! We do a lot of ‘car’ washing over here! 🙂
Thanks for your comment, Heather! And congratulations on your girl on the way! My son used to do a lot of anything to do with cars, too! When I had a Montessori school, I had boys who loved the doll washing activity, and I always found it fascinating to see which activities each child found most interesting.
Oh, how fun!!! Love that idea!
Stopping by from the HHH!
Thanks for your comment, Katie! I love doll washing because it tends to be very popular with preschoolers – and it can be used to teach so many different skills! 🙂
Deb, I know this is something my 3 year old would love. 🙂 Thanks for these post. It shows how easily we can incorporate some of Montessori principles in our homes without spending lots of money on special tools. 🙂
It would be great if you would stop by Fridays and add your post that are age appropriate for tots and preschoolers to our High paw linky. I would be more than happy to share them with our followers on FB and Twitter. 🙂
Thanks so much for your comment, Michelle! It’s amazing how many ways parents can use Montessori principles without spending a lot of money! And thanks for letting me know about your linky! 🙂
Thanks for adding this activity to our High paw linky, Deb. It’s now featured on new linky post. Hope to see you join us more often in future. Love these simple and fun ideas we can share further with other parents. 🙂
Thanks so much, Michelle! I’m on my way to link up again! 🙂
This is perfect – just what I was looking for. We have done this as a Dinosaur Washing Activity for our young boys, which caught their interest. I’d like to transition to something that resembles them so they can learn more directly about hygiene for themselves. The First-School page looks like a great way to do that.
yes it is my daughter best activity too, thank you sharing the informatic post. highly apperciated.