Dedicated to Developing the Whole Child
This week I am working on a seasons work for my boys. The bigger part of the project I’ll have to share with you later once I’m closer to being done with it. In the meantime, I’ll share with you my seasons cards. I wanted it to be personal so I chose images from my [Read On]
We’ve begun our exploration into history. As I mentioned last week in a time telling post, history for Montessori 3 to 6 year old children is about the learning the passage of time and the duration of time. We ordered supplies to help us started on this journey. Our 3.5 year old is smitten with [Read On]
Pattern recognition and building helps build a strong math foundation for children. Here is a simple yet effective pattern activity for your preschooler. I like this pattern because it is extremely simply, isolating really just the pattern itself or the difference between “X” and “O”. Notice the color and size are the same. For our [Read On]
(Source: National Institutes of Health via Wiki Commons Teaching kids about germs is pretty important. My 3.5 year old son likes to lick things. Disgusting, right? He will lick a door knob, a bench, a window, a figurine, his brother, me, you name it. Today we were at a play structure and he licked a [Read On]
MOVEMENT Put your arms down and out your sides(like a “V”), separate your legs in similar fashion then rock side to side singing: “Tick Tock, Tick Tock, I’m a Little Cuckoo Clock, It’s Now 1 o’clock”. Then Pop Up like you’re doing a jumping jack once for one o’clock, twice for two o’clock, three times [Read On]
This week we added a work for my older son (3.5) to our “Morning Time” routine. At the end of “Circle Time” we typically have a snack that I prepare. I’ve been working hard to find ways to give my boys the freedom to choose when and how much (to a degree) of a snack [Read On]
