Language objects are usually used for early reading during a Phonetic Object Game (in a last Step Towards Literacy). Julia (2 months short of her 7th Birthday) can read all these words, and now, the goal is for her to be comfortable with spelling using Montessori Cursive Moveable Alphabet. Children... Read more →
We are finally going to Disney! We had to cancel our last two trips, and we are so excited that the trip to a place "where dreams come true" is approaching at last! I printed and laminated the Disney character countdown calendar, and children made countdown rings. How do you... Read more →
July 28th was the birthday of my Grandfather (1926 -2012), who after living fully for 86 years had left this physical world to peacefully rejoice with the Higher Being, with God, with Love. Julia, almost 7 years old, has so many questions: Why does the body stop working? Can I... Read more →
Fundamental skills such as pouring, spooning, and tonging follow a sequential order where ideally each lesson builds upon the last one. Thus, spooning, while being one of the first Practical Life activities a toddler would do starting at around 18 months, is generally introduced after dry pouring and water pouring.... Read more →
We designed Adrian's bathroom with his needs in mind: Low towel stand to hang his towels or clothing; a child-sized chair for getting dressed; a potty and books. The cut-out handles on the chair's sides are very useful for getting up. Have you heard of a biodegradable toothbrush made out... Read more →
Montessori World Map puzzle (buy here) is generally introduced after a child is comfortable with Colored 🌈 Continent 🌎Globe (read a presentation here). In a Montessori Geography curriculum, a child first learns that the Earth is a sphere by exploring the Globe. Then, the concepts of land (continent) vs. water... Read more →
In a Montessori 3-6-year-old environment, children through sensory experience and stories, learn about the physical world around them. They can touch a sphere and compare its shape to the globe or a ball they are used to play with. They build landforms using play dough and fill water forms with... Read more →
In a Montessori geography curriculum, you begin with: STEP 1: Sandpaper Globe (buy here), which is one of the first geography materials to introduce to your child at around two years of age to explain the difference between land and water. The sandpaper globe is a concrete representation of our... Read more →
Today, we are trying the (4)th option: CAN YOU FIND A PAIR? from a Montessori Mystery Bag post. Usually, this activity is presented to an older child with Montessori paired geometric solids, but today, we are using pairs of similar items, with which Adrian is familiar, and ask him to... Read more →
Having completed the "Pink" letter series, and while working on the "Green", Julia in a mean time works daily with helping words,which she spells out using Movable Alphabet. "u" and "w" still can be confusing Read more →
I am loving this age: when my children work, play, read, and cook together! Today, Adrian and Julia are making "givech" - my favorite dish, which is a caviar of mixed vegetables (what ever you have in your refrigerator) sauteed with onions and garlic. This dish is really simple, very... Read more →
Today, we are counting backwards. We are also tracing dotted-number printouts with dot stickers to practice fine-motor skills and learn the number's shape. (Fore more on using marbles, read a post "Marbles and Sand-Paper Numbers" here.) We would also play a game, where Adrian would run around the table, and... Read more →