The Natural Homeschool: January 2014

Friday, January 31, 2014

Montessori & Montessori-Inspired Blog Hop

The Natural Homeschool
Inspiring Two New Hampshire Children
Unschool the Teacher
Montessori Mischief
Lara's Place and a Cup of Grace
Making Montessori Ours
Live and Learn Farm
Racheous Lovable Learning
Trillium Montessori
Expedition Montessori
Montessori en Casa
Like Mama ~ Like Daughter
Momgineer
Natural Beach Living
Living Montessori Now
The Pinay Homeschooler
Montessori Nature Smile

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Monday, January 27, 2014

Spanish Lessons for Preschoolers and Kindergartners (Part 1)

Here, you will see lessons on:
THE VOWELS, NUMBERS (1-10), ZERO, GREETINGS and THE ALPHABET.

I am currently teaching Spanish and French in our homeschool co-op (ages 1-5) and additionally Mandarin Chinese to my children.
The only thing I stress is that I make sure they notice and know which language we are working on at the time. They switch gears rather easily and do very well. Even those who do both French and Spanish with me (on different days) haven't had a problem. I haven't thought of a strategy on how to teach languages to youngsters because I haven't really encountered the need to have one.
My 2 year old was mixing letters. She knew all the letters in the alphabet in both English and Spanish, but she'd say some in English and some in Spanish. She is now getting better at differentiating them a bit more.
Hope this helps.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

How Our Homeschool Co-op Got Started and How it Works

This post is in response to several people that have approached me lately about wanting to know how homeschooling co-ops work and how to start one. I hope this post answers most of your questions and inspires you to start one.

Friday, January 24, 2014

Homeschooling December 2013 Part 5

Gym/Ballet Co-op

I gave my girls a laminated poster printed on both sides. On one side, there is an image on the five positions and on the other, I put two pictures. One says "Keep Calm and Point Your Toes" and the other has a ballerina in her toes and a little girl wearing a tutu admiring her.

Monday, January 20, 2014

January Printables Packet Review from The Little Natural Cottage

Saturday, January 18, 2014

How Nightcrawlers Taught My Toddler the Alphabet

Friday, January 17, 2014

Noah's Ark Craft

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Montessori Sensorial: Sound Boxes Lesson

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Montessori Practical Life: How to Wrap a Gift

For our Montessori Practical Life today, we learned how to wrap a gift. Since Christmas is barely behind us, I still had some leftover wrapping paper to use for this. It was such a fun and awesome activity for K. He seriously surprised me at how well he did! He will definitely be my gift-wrapping buddy this next Christmas!