Dedicated to Developing the Whole Child
Every month I like to freshen up our Montessori work shelves. Here are a few new trays I’ve added for my boys (2.5 and 4 years old). As you will notice these baskets and trays don’t require much money to put together. Hopefully the work is accessible to you so that you can easily integrate [Read On]
Memorial Day is a big concept for most young children to “get”. I don’t mean to cut children short because I know they do get many BIG concepts. To bring the idea of war and veterans into a child’s mind, though, is a serious endeavour and one that needs to happen gently and slowly over [Read On]
Last week we dove into exploring Part of a Flower with a few simply introductory activities. This week, we’re diving a little bit deeper. Any activity that gets a child moving his hands, or his body in any way actually, is great for brain development and tuning skills, such as fine motor. Materials Needed: Parts [Read On]
With every new month comes new inspiration. I like to rotate work out of my boys Montessori room fairly often. Here are a few of the new materials in their learning area. The idea for this tray actually came from my 3.5 year old. We had a few nature items around his play area. I [Read On]
My guess is that you have a few plastic eggs and egg cartons in your home right now. All you need now for this number matching activity are numbers. We used colorful button numbers from Joann Fabrics & Crafts. You want enough numbers to pair a number in egg with a number in the cup [Read On]
I updated our Montessori shelves a bit for March. There is a green theme a la St. Patrick’s Day. We continue to work on fine motor skills with pipe cleaners and beading. This work is easy & inexpensive. All you need are pony beads and pipecleaners. My 2 year old loves this work. With my [Read On]
