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St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday to celebrate with kids. We integrate geography, history, culture, practical life and sensorial work into our St. Patrick’s Day activities. We even squeezed in an art project using only crayons with various shades of green. I will share these activities with you over the next few weeks. First [Read On]
The Pink Tower is a traditional piece of Montessori “visual” work within the Sensorial “curriculum”. The work involves 10 pink wooden cubes ranging from 1 cm cubed to 10 cm cubed, differing in 3 dimensions. The Pink Tower introduces children as young as 3 years old to base ten. The cubes increase progressively in the [Read On]
I love the beauty of Montessori materials. I wish I could purchase them all. I can’t though, as a homeschooler especially. Practical Life works are the easiest to DIY. Here is one example: Smelling Bottles, a Sensorial work within Montessori. Read my “What is Montessori? {Sensorial}” to learn more about this area. Materials: Small bottles [Read On]
Mystery Bag with Flax Seed & a sea turtle hatching poking his head out. Thank you Safari for the mini sea turtle hatchling replica! This Mystery Bag activity is an extension of a traditional Montessori Sensorial activity. I’ve written on Mystery Bag extensions in the past so definitely check out the posts. Materials Needed: A [Read On]
Oh, don’t we love the holiday season! I do. With that said, I get caught up in – to use a phrase my Montessori instructor used last weekend – the “March of the Units”. What she means is: September = Apples, October = Pumpkins, November = Turkey and so on. Her point was more about [Read On]
I feel so grateful to have all day on Fridays completely free to spend with my boys. Here is what we did this morning. I added a “Circle Time Basket” to my planning and execution. I gather the materials I’ll need in this basket. It worked really well. Friday 8:30am: Breakfast 8:45am: Circle Time – [Read On]
