It's Montessori Monday!!

Thank You!! to all those who came by and left comments and suggestions in regards to what you like and would like to see here. I am happy to be linking this post to Montessori Monday hosted by http://www.livingmontessorinow.com/. I added a bit of work to our shelves, non-holiday related. I love the holidays but it is time to focus on our traditional works. I did find a lot of Presidents' Day fun but it was too late and I had already ran out of ink for what was already planned. I do have some fun reads for the children though. Rhyming words. The children have had a lot of fun matching rhyming objects this is what I have next for those who love rhyming and are working on this skill. Next I will be adding the Rhyming Chain work. This work is avaliable at Montessori Print Shop, there are plenty more sets that came with this .

Art Classified Cards, a classic FREEBIE from Motessori For Everyone.

Go Together Cards, another FREEBIE from Montessori For Everyone.

The Zoology area has become a lot busier with our visiting pet parakeet. Ken has been doing lots of fun things with Sunny. The children have become very interested in Sunny and asks Ken lots of questions about her. So she started out with showing a few children how to feed her. They are happy to be able to learn more and be in Sunnys' prescence.

I set up this work area for them to be able to make a parts of the bird booklet. Ken has big plans to extend their lessons about birds. I can't wait to watch them fly with this!!

Polishing wood. Using the Geometric Solids I hope will increase their interest in this sensorial work.

Polishing shoes.

Braiding

Scooping bird seeds.

Tonging feathers.

Using a ladle and a funnel to transfer sand.

Pouring water beads.

Plant nomenclature cards to go along with our new plant. The cards are from Montessori Print Shop.

Pattern blocks. The templates are from Prekinders.

We finally have the Geometric Cabinet!! Thanks to Nicole from One Hook Wonder who had a real good deal on this:) We appreciated this so much!! Can't wait to see what the kiddos think about this work.

Edited to add link to the Preschool Corner hosted by Homeschool Creations.

Montessori Monday

The week went by so fast for us. The children mostly repeated the same activities throughout the week. I love when they repeat the activities! It allows mastery of the materials and it shows me that they are enjoying themselves. The horse puzzle.

Matching sandpaper letters to name card. Later in the week Jessica went on to spell her name correctly.

Transferring sand using a measuring cup. This work is still a hit among the children.

Stringing beads.

Pin punching a heart. Lils' most favorite activity right now.

Andrew revisited the Geometric Solids.

Color box #2 is completed because Jessica favorite color is pink.

Lil was introduced to the Teen Boards two weeks ago. Now this work brings her much pleasure and it is a work that she will do at least once a day.

Mr. E has found he likes a new number the #1. For the longest he would only work with the sandpaper number 3. Mr.E enjoyed completing the #1 booklet.

Counting the number rods. Jessica is not too far away for using this work with the number cards.

Knobbed Cylinder blocks.

Working on stamping the letter "Bb" and working with sound picture cards.

I am looking forward to another great week with this group. They have built themselves a strong community as well. There are a lot of birthdays coming up and everyone has invited each other to the parties. I also love how they have made friendships between parents happen.

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Easy Peasy Valentines' Work: Montessori Monday

I am expecting two new three year old students this week! A lot of my children are ready for new lessons with the traditional Montessori materials. So my plan was simple add some valentine related work, and activities that my oldest children may be able to show the new students how to do. Roll-Count-Color this work is from http://meandmarielearning.com. The dice is in the cup with the markers. I haven't had an activity using dice in a long time. The children are going to love this.

Sorting hearts by color.

Using the pincer grasp to place the balls in the heart. I thought this was a good one to entice the newbies to want to join in the work period.

Dry pouring using a meauring spoon. This will be a new work for all. I particularly had Lil in mind who has been working with the Fraction Skittles. They'll all love seeing the sand take form of a heart.

Valentines' Card Making Tray. The point of interest is using the tape dispenser. They will use their name cards to aid in writing their friends' names.

The front and back of the cards.

The stickers they may use to decorate the cards with.

Stringing beads to make a bracelet.

Play doh. The point of interest is using a fondant roller with a handle.

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Another Great Week: Montessori Monday

Right now we are doing a lot more independent work which is requiring me to give more lessons!  I still have children who love to touch the camera and take some photos for me, if  they are not too busy themselves. Here are some great shots of them working:)

              Sorting "a' family words.

          Making patterns and labeling them.

                          Knobbed cylinder block.

             Matching the bead stairs to the number.

 Working with Pink Tower and Brown Stairs making with designs.

                          Color box #1

                            Color box #2

                               Fraction Skittles

                  Sorting Living and Non Living photos

 I had two really great lesson responses that I was able to capture on camera! Maddux asked for a lesson on Living and Non living so we worked together and sorted the objects. When we were done he got out the farm, and showed me the animals were eating the trees and said their living:)

 My other favorite response, Mr. E didn't give up, he was trying so hard to slip the loop in the hole and then...

 He did it!! What a beautiful smile. Mr. E went on to work with the Button dressing frame.

        Making a snowflake color wheel.

The children will not be in attendance this Monday, but please come and join us as we celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jrs' Dream. I will be sharing the activity we do everyday starting Tuesday, during our Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Week.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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