Montessori Sensorial: The Pink Tower The Pink Tower consists of 10 blocks, starting with the smallest (1cmx1cmx1cm) to the biggest (10cmx10cmx10cm). There are many activities or extensions with this manipulative. We did them all today. Presentation: Show all pieces and teach how to carry them. Discuss size differences between cubes (blocks). Put all blocks in order on the floor (see picture above). Montessori at home Sensorial: The Pink ... View the Post
Montessori Sensorial: Brown Stair and Extensions
Montessori Sensorial: Brown Stair The Brown Stair has 10 prisms. Length and Width of the biggest prism are 10x10cm. The length and width of the smallest prism is 1x1cm. Presentation: Show child the 10 prisms in the right order. Show child how to hold/carry them (with both hands and slowly, carefully). Extension 1: Put Brown Stair together, ask child to close his/her eyes and remove one of the prisms. Push all prisms together to not show the gap ... View the Post
“God Made All Flowers” Craft (For Toddlers and Preschoolers)
Are you looking for a super fun, quick, cheap and meaningful craft for a rainy day (like in our case)? Look no further! Here it is! "God Made All Flowers" Materials: - 1 sheet of construction paper or card stock for each child - liquid glue - markers, crayons or both - cupcake liners (solid colors, with patterns, whatever you have) Most important step: Talk with the children about God and how He created all flowers in the world. Optional: Show children ... View the Post
Homeschooling July 2013 Part 4
Inspiration...Montessori Science: AstronomyToday, we watched how NASA was testing some of their equipment on the military post we live in! It was pretty nice to watch and know that they were that close to us! I wish we could've seen it in person, but honestly, it was way too early, way too hot and there are way to many drop zones around here to know exactly which one they would be at. So, we watched it all in the comfort of our home. It was awesome! Bible: Scripture MemoryHere is a free ... View the Post
Homeschooling April 2013 Part 1
This is the very first part of the wonderful month we have had in homeschooling so far. I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful it has been, but I can begin to tell you how we figured it out. For the past few months, we were having a hard time homeschooling because of scheduling issues.This is what the problems were: K was going to daycare for 3 hours in the morning so I could homeschool A and take care of some home chores. When he was in the toddler room, he would come home around ... View the Post
Day 3: Intro to Chinese Numbers!
Today went really well. We had Practical Life and Chinese, as well as Circle Time, Bible, and Outside Play Time.I'll let the pictures and videos do the "talking." Enjoy. K is Reading Intro to Chinese Numbers 0-5 (pinyin and characters)Needless to say, we will definitely do this again! ... View the Post
