Today, we are exploring 🌿Spring-Inspired 🐞Counters and 🔢Numbers Sensory Bin with a Math Twist. According to Dr. Maria Montessori, from birth till about seven years of age, children have a very sensorial relationship with their world ~ they use all of their five senses: of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and... Read more →
We love our feathered friends, and we love celebrating Bird Holidays to learn more about them and to advance bird conservation. Here are few Bird Holidays to note and put on your calendar: National Bird Day is celebrated in the United States annually on January 5. International Bird Day is... Read more →
Today, we are paying homage to the🎖️ Memorial Day, a day to show solemn remembrance of the brave Americans who have laid down their lives for the freedom we so cherish. In the morning, to honor those brave men and women and to make it special for Julia (who is... Read more →
Did you know that only birds have feathers? That is what makes a bird different from other animals. Feathers, such as soft down keeps the birds warm, while wing feathers allow flight and tail feathers are used for steering. The color of the feathers can be used to hide the... Read more →
This lesson is an extension to a lesson on "➕Addition Strip Board" where a child uses a traditional Montessori material: Addition Strip Board (buy here). Once the child is comfortable with adding numbers using the board, and has a strong understanding of quantity to numeral concept, this is a great... Read more →
In a Montessori language curriculum, alphabet letters are not first presented to a child in an alphabetical order like A, B, C, D etc. The idea is to introduce the letters phonetically (the way they sound) rather than by their name, and phonetical grouping of certain consonants and vowels is... Read more →
Today, we are exploring letter M. Although Adrian knows all the alphabet letters, in the absence of practice, he will inevitably forget what he had learned since the implementation and application of the learned material will be lacking. So, I try to make it interesting and engaging to keep the... Read more →
This is the second lesson on DRY Pouring from our Practical Life 🙌 Activities 101 🎥 Series 🎇. The first lesson was 1:1 pouring: where a child pours from one spouted pitcher to the other, keeping it very simple (see the post here). After the child had mastered the one-to-one... Read more →
This DIY lesson on Beginning Subtraction uses materials you probably have at your home. The lesson should be presented to a child who already understands the concept of numbers at least till ten and the concept of addition. First, you need to make "Number-Jars" - see how below: For your... Read more →
During one of our visits to the farm, children had a chance to stimulate their senses at 🌽 a corn-kingdom. So, we were inspired to reproduce a corn sensory play at home, but on a smaller scale. I also added a language twist by mixing in alphabet letter-buttons and offering... Read more →
Inspired by nature's gifts of blooming flowers and thickening emerald foliage of trees, we started our Botany unit study, and today, Adrian wished to go outside and collect different leaves and explore them up close. So, "following the child" I had put together a lesson about leaves. Leaves help plants... Read more →
In a Montessori education, there is usually an introductory geography lesson focused on land, air, and water. Today, we are exploring animals' natural habitat through a matching activity, by sorting animals according to where they live: either on land, water, or air. To introduce this lesson, I have put together... Read more →
Happy 💐 Mother's Day to all the Mothers! "I love Mom!" . . . Adrian wrote today, and these are the sweetest words a Mother can wish for! You can easily make this "touch and trace" sensory writing tray with materials readily available in your home. You will need: a... Read more →
You can easily make this Montessori Sensorial Tracing Tray with materials readily available in your home. You will need: a smaller tray where you would pour the filler in, filler such as polenta (what Adrian is pouring), sand, flour, amaranth, etc, a small rake or a fork to smooth out... Read more →
I think that the most drastic seasonal change occurs from winter to spring: when nature, rested from its natural respite, awakens in all its glory to start the cycle of life once again. To learn about the season's cycle, we started with a Four Seasons Book set (buy here), where... Read more →
As seasons change, from winter to spring, Adrian is becoming more and more aware of the surrounding environment, and awareness leads to questions. Why do seasons change? Are seasons ever late? When will it be 🌨winter again? So, I dedicated a shelf to 🌸🌳🍂☃️ seasons, where Adrian can observe nature... Read more →
May 11: Happy 🎂 Birthday Salvador Dali (1904-1989). Salvador Dali was born in Spain on May 11, 1904. He was one of the most famous and unusual artists of the twentieth century. Salvador Dali's best-known paintings are called surrealistic. Surrealism began in Paris in 1924 and continued through the 1930's.... Read more →
Inspired by May 9th Victory Day, we are exploring letter V. Allowing a child to explore his/her learning environment through many senses, assures better absorption and retention of the information learned. “The child can only develop fully by means of experience in his environment. We call such experience ‘work’.” (Maria... Read more →
To honor May 9th Victory Day, we are making letter "V" for Victory, using dried flowers. "Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words, but by experiences in the environment” Maria Montessori. And today, Adrian is learning the letter V... Read more →
Spring is in full bloom, and we cannot stop admiring all the beauty unfolding in front of our eyes. And discoveries lead to questions: "Where do flowers come from? How do flowers know when to bloom? How do they get their food? What is pollination?" And so forth. As always,... Read more →