Friday, May 20, 2011

A Sampling of this week's Montessori Preschool

 Sensorial:
 Knobless cylinder extension.  

Practical Life:
 Sweeping beans into the square and then sweeping them into the dustpan.  She doesn't actually need the square, but since I have it there for J-jo, she is using it.
 Grating cheese for pizza.  This mini cheese grater is from Montessori Services.

Writing:
 Montessori Tidbits reminded me about this fun "art" penmanship exercise that is in our Karen Tyler albums.  Since Bear is reversing her s and f a lot, I thought this would be a fun way for her to get some repetition.  She really enjoyed this.  Basically, you take a letter template (I just drew ours.  There are many free online - but why use ink when you don't need to?) and the child traces the outline over and over each time with a different color until the template is filled.

Language:
 We are going through the series of Grammar lessons.  I love Montessori for introduction to grammar as it is very concrete and hands on.  Here Bear is working with the Grammar Farm (see Counting Coconuts great post listing many resources for the Grammar Farm) and labeling the nouns on the farm.  
She also worked on sorting nouns into Person, Place or Thing, Singular and Plural, and Proper and Common.  (These are grammar materials I printed out from Montessori for Learning a long while back.)

linked to The Preschool Corner at Homeschool Creations
and to Montessori Mondays at One Hook Wonder.
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9 comments:

  1. Joyful LearnerMay 20, 2011 at 1:21 PM

    Thanks for the link to the Montessori for Learning. I wonder if there is an unpaid site for the same things. Usually I can find them if I search on-line.

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  2. Counting CoconutsMay 20, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    Looks like a great week! Thanks for the mention - here's the link: http://countingcoconuts.blogspot.com/2011/05/grammar-farm.html.

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  3. TiciaMay 20, 2011 at 11:56 PM

    We do that for spelling practice and call it rainbow writing.

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  4. AnonymousMay 21, 2011 at 6:45 AM

    Love the little grater! My boys would love that!

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  5. Mommy to the PrincessesMay 21, 2011 at 7:32 AM

    Thanks for the reminder on the albums writing pages. D reverses her "S"es too. I did exactly what you did, drew some S on white paper and let her have a blast with that!

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  6. JenniferMay 21, 2011 at 7:42 AM

    I always get some great ideas when visiting your blog!!! Thanks for all you do!

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  7. KarenMay 21, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    Nice week!! My princess was working yesterday with those 3 colors cylinders!!! but no so organize!!lol... Bear it doing a great job!!!! Beautiful post!!....

    pd.. by the way, did you got the spanish farm animals?? or the material you need in spanish??

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  8. AnonymousMay 21, 2011 at 10:15 PM

    My son always wants to help me sweep, and outlining the square on the floor would make him so much more focused. Thanks for sharing. : )

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  9. Natalie PlanetSmartyMay 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    It looks like Bear really enjoys her Montessori studies. I am impressed that you find time for them considering her school load. We cannot get much done lately.

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