Busy...but here's our "school" corner

I'm spending my evenings watching these, rather than blogging.  Hope to be back with pictures shortly though.  :)

Here's a quick wrap up:

Language
The first thing I wanted to do when we arrived to GA was go to the library:)  We accidentally happened to be there right for story time.  Bear LOVED it!  (We didn't have story time in Costa Rica, though not for the lack of trying.)  I signed out SO many books for Bear.  My husband actually had me put some back on the shelf.  chuckle.  So we've been reading so much and it has been so great to have fresh reading material.

Montessori Sensorial Work

I introduced the first cylinder block to Bear and she proceeded to do the next two blocks too.  Still working on the quietness of the exercise.  We have nowhere to set up our materials, so she pulls them out from under the bed when she wants them.  It's kind of funny, but it works.  She loves them and is excited for tomorrow when I will introduce the red knobless cylinders.  

Prewriting Skills
She's also been using yogurt lid stencils to draw shapes.

Science and Math
Bear is playing with her new balance scale.  She color sorted the weights so that the yellow, blue, and green were on one side of the balance and the red ones were on the other side.   This was totally self-initiated.  Obviously one side went down and the other went up.  I asked her how she might get the other side to go down and she answered, "with my hand" and then proceeded to push it down:)

She has a tray out for number sequencing.  It's the same as Melissa did on Chasing Cheerios.  Bear sorted too, though without the chopsticks. 

Practical Life
I set up a tray for spoon work.  (I hit the Target Dollar Spot as soon as I got here LOL)  It's a simple one of glass beads being spooned into a heart shaped silicone ice cube tray. 

So that was Thursday, Friday, and the weekend.  Bear has been playing nonstop with her "younger" cousin (they are 4.5 months apart).  They'd only played together once before a year ago, but they hit it off right away and are now inseparable.  It's been great that Bear has had someone to play with daily.