Learning The Basics With Dr.Seuss

All the children kept busy with the works inspired by the wonderful Dr.Seuss. We weren't able to do the famous oobleck experiment. Fortunately this activity works well with a intro to physical science so we will do it next week:) Trust me the children want more Dr.Seuss.

Scissor practice. The printable is from Joyfully Weary.

Blending sounds this work came from the Dr.Seuss packet#1 at Living Life Intentionally

Lacing Cards

Tracing, this is also in the Dr.Seuss packet.

Coloring

Putting a puzzle together

Tons of reading!!

Following Mr. E: Practicing One To One Correspondence With The World Flag Map Puzzle

We only have so much room. It can be a difficult task to shelf all of our materials, it is especially challenging when you have to add in elementary materials as well. I have to be somewhat creative and also allow my little people to be creative too. Ideally Mr. E wouldn't be allowed to touch the World Flag Map Puzzle until given a proper lesson that would include the purpose of the material. However we are different here and YES I allowed him to work with it as long as he showed respect for the material.

Mr. E is placing the flags in the holes, while practing one to one correspondence. Along the way he learned what a flag looks like. I also was able to find out that Mr. E knows the names of the continents without using the traditional Montessori colors to help him identify them.

Mr. E's Happy dance after he successfully placed each flag in a hole.

Removing the flags from the puzzle and returning them to the flag holder. I love that the children here are interested in trying out new things. One day Mr. E will know where the proper flag should go, but for now it is a great start that he wants to know what a flag is, and treats the material with respect.

Following Maddux: A Very Independent Worker

Maddux is three and a half years old. I have been working with Maddux since July of 2010. Maddux is developing interest in all areas of subjects. Maddux enjoys to work alone, and he tends not to work in areas where there is high traffic, but as soon as everyone else has left the area is when he will choose a work from that area. Another thing I observed about Maddux is that he starts his day with the last work he worked with the previous day.

Working with Sandpaper Numbers while playing the game "knock,knock".

Learning to order the Number Rods.

One of his favorite activities is to use prepositional phrases while working with the Grammar Farm. In the above photo he is putting the horse in the fence.

Sorting magnetic and non-magnetic objects.

Polishing the geometric soilids that I used from our Mystery Bag that was being untouched by all the children.

Madduxs' new favorite activity is working with the World Map puzzle. In the photo he is using the control chart to match the shapes of the continents, and then he completes the puzzle.

Following Mr. E: Every Letter Makes A Sound......

Mr. E is three and a half years old. I have been working with Mr. E since August of 2011. Mr. E stays busy! Mr. E's main goal in working with any activity is to find out how it works. Mr. E always ask me to show him new lessons. Mr. E never wants to stop working, he has even asked if he can spend the night:) Mr. E enjoys learning his letter sounds. Mr. E's favorite way to practice letter sounds is playing Knock- Knock with the Sandpaper letters.

In the picture above Mr. E proceeds to match the uppercase letters to the lowercase letters.

Another language work that he is currently enjoying is matching things that go together. You can find this work for FREE at Montessori For Everyone.

He also works with practical life activities, using a funnel and a ladle to transfer sand.

Mr E. very recently has fallen in love with the Binomial Cube.

Following Eli: All Things Practical Life

Happy Birthday Eli!! Today Eli turned three years old. Eli and I have worked with each other on and off since he was an infant. Eli loves to clean, and will offer assistance to anyone who needs help with sweeping. Eli loves the polishing shoes work and does this activity over and over. You can always find Eli in the Practical Life area.

He truly has a love/hate relationship with the Pink Tower. One week this is his favorite work, the next work he will stay away from it and will tell you " No, not the Pink Tower today" when he walks into the classroom.

Coloring and working with play doh are among his top choices right now.

Following Lil: The Bird Lover

Lil is four and half years old. Lil and I have been working with each other since March 2010. Lils' sister is Jessica. Lil loves birds and her favorite animal is a duck. Ask her the names of different types of birds and in a matter of 30 seconds she has probably told you about forty. Lil has gone through the normalization process and I have so much fun with this girl:) Since the parakeet has been in her sight this is where you will find Lil.

When I added new works to the shelves that were bird related, Lil was in Bird Heaven. Lil was so excited to find out that the pattern block template was a picture of a Penguin.

Lil enjoys using the scissors and glue. This Bird Matching activity is a FREEBIE from Montessori Print Shop, this is a work that she has repeated over and over.

Lils' most favorite activity is pin punching. I got a lot of hugs from Lil when she saw this work:) Lil is my go to person to give a lesson to someone in pin punching, she is the best!!

Lil is also interested in learning to read, right now she just wants to teach herself though.It works for us because we understand that we are learning from each other.

Lil coloring a bird. Coloring and painting is a must activity for her to do everday.

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.