Montessori Monday

The kids are staying busy as usual. This is a good thing looks like we are working towards that being our "normal".  This week we have a new assistant working with the toddlers, I hope it goes O.K. for them. This will be assistant number three for them (sigh). Jessica will be with the preschoolers now, I don't see any reason to put her through this change. Jessica is really a leader in the toddler group, this will probably make Happy become unhappy I will be observing her closely. Now I have three children in the toddler group  "M", "Happy" and our new friend that will also start today with her mother who is the assistant. I got my fingers crossed that this time around the assistant and I are a fit. Well onto the activities the children chose to work with last week.

                                                  Practical Life
                          
                                       Lacing Spools.
      

                                     Tweezing fruits.

Language

Independently reading.

    Movable Alphabet. Matching letters to the inside of the box.

Writing the date all on his own !!

Mathematics/Sensorial

Brown Stairs/Pink Tower work.

                                   Sorting coins.

                                     Matching fabrics.

                                  Number Rods.

Counting eggs, practicing one to one correspondence. This work came from a Time For Tots kit.

                                    Bead Stairs work.

Cut and pasting numbers on the clock. This printable is avaliable on the blog Early Learning with Marta And Eaton.

                       
                               Cultural

  Using a magnifying glass to find the matching insects. This work also came from the blog http://www.earlylearning-eaton.blogspot.com/

 Dissecting a Lima bean. N is smelling the bean while she is learning the parts. This work was good for the children. They really loved doing this!

             Working with the Tag map.

    
   Yeah! Jamesha completed her first Nomencalture book.

To see other children doing activities inspired by the montessori method please visit One Hook Wonder.