Sunshine boy(4) was struggling with his pencil today. He kept changing his mind about what direction some of the numbers went in. He wanted to list his numbers from 1-10 but that darned pencil was giving him trouble.
So…
We threw away the pencil…into the pencil box…
and…
whipped out the GREEN pipe cleaners!
I took out a [...]
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Mommmyyy…my pencil won’t make numbers!
Posted in Living Math, Montessori, Uncategorized, tagged hands-on learning, math, Montessori, numbers, preschool on November 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Fun in a Box
Posted in Fun Schooling, Games, Montessori, tagged learning games, Montessori, phonics on October 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I was playing letter games with my Sunshine Boy (4yo ds) this afternoon. I noticed that he was struggling to write his letters today in a booklet we created. He has the general idea, but his motor skills just aren’t there yet and I observed that he hesitates to recall how the letter [...]
Montessori Work Cycle
Posted in Family Centered Homeschooling, Montessori on October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Making a Binomial and Trinomial Cube
Posted in Montessori on June 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
The Point
Posted in Family Centered Homeschooling, Habits Training, Montessori, Tending to Virtue on June 23, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Montessori Radio interview with Tim Seldin
Posted in Montessori on June 21, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Montessori Tray Ideas for Young and Old
Posted in Art-spirations!, Family Centered Homeschooling, Montessori, Usborne Books on June 5, 2007 | 7 Comments »
Maria Montessori, misunderstood Catholic genius
Posted in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, Montessori, Montessori Articles on May 20, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Montessori Link!
Posted in Montessori on May 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Please Touch!
Posted in Family Centered Homeschooling, Montessori on March 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The little ones learn with their fingers. Don’t you feel like you are forever saying "Don’t touch!" while they are young? Oh, come on! Give in! …;o) just teach them HOW to touch! Do you wonder why they trace the same things with their fingers over and over?? I do! They are looking and learning [...]
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