Showing posts with label practical life. Show all posts
Showing posts with label practical life. Show all posts

Thursday, November 13, 2014

The Ultimate Gift Guide for the Montessori Home


"Montessori..." bask in that beautiful word and all it encompasses. Now, attach the word "home" to it. What does it spell? Montessori HomeWhat a concept! What a wonderful concept!
We are an eclectic homeschool that incorporate The Montessori Method in nearly every subject we learn. Why? Simply because of what Montessori stands for: supporting child dignity, fostering independence, inviting peace, encouraging spontaneous education, teaching care for one's self and the environment, finding beauty in everything, just to name a few.


In this post, you will see a thorough list of Montessori materials that can be given as gifts for those who seek to have Montessori homes. Not only will your children love the materials, but gifting them something educational, useful and beautiful is the best gift of all. My wish is for you to find in this post many great ideas and inspiration for your Montessori Home.



Thursday, August 14, 2014

Homeschool Room Tour 2014

Welcome to our homeschool room! We are happy that you have chosen to pay us a visit. We hope you like what you see.

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 12


This is what we did in our homeschool at the end of April. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! Read on to see all of our adventures.

Friday, August 1, 2014

Montessori Practical Life: Setting the Table


Montessori Practical Life: Setting the Table
This is a short and easy activity to do. It is so important for children to learn how to set the table correctly. Ever since we did this lesson, my 4-year old has been helping me set the table and he does a great job, too.

Read on to see what we used.

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

House Chores Activity for a Preschooler

Our schedule in general was getting way too full. I am definitely not one to let my house chores go for too long, but lately, things were so busy and the house chores were put on the back burner. That was not ok with me. I like living in an orderly home. It doesn't have to be pristine, of course, but loads of unfolded laundry for a week or a sink full of unwashed dishes for a couple of days is just not acceptable to me. We homeschool, which means that we are here all.the.time. If we are going to be here, I want my environment to be a bit more organized. 

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: April 2014 Part 3

 We loved babysitting this sweet guy! :)
                   
Field trip to the Farm
We picked our own artichokes and had a delicious lunch.
                  
                 
                   Read on.

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Montessori Practical Life: Peeling a Carrot


This is a quite simple and yet very helpful activity for children. My son is four years old and can do it with ease. I love it how children who can help cook and bake at home feel a sense of accomplishment and independence.

Setup:
- Constant adult supervision (mandatory)
- Plate
- Placemat
- Peeler
- Carrot
- Julienne peeler (optional)
Read on...

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: March 2014 Part 4


Fun with the computer.
I cannot believe I did this! I bought the creamer with the flavor of my favorite girl scout cookies. It is delicious.
Being sweet with each other. :)
A loves her Mexican dolls.
Spanish: La Familia
We sang Hola, Hola on our karaoke machine in English and Spanish. Then we worked on "La Familia." El papá, la mamá, el hermano, la hermana, el bebé. We sang a family song and made the lapbook section on siblings. 
  

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: February 2014 Part 4


Montessori Practical Life: How to Hang Cloth Diapers to Dry
                                            
Desk Work
                                            
Egg and Dairy Free Banana Bread! For the recipe, CLICK HERE

Homeschooling Journal: February 2014 Part 3


Baking Fun!
They love helping me bake cookies. They almost have more fun baking them over eating them!
Naughty... It only took me a minute to run the sheets to the washer and when I got back, this is what I found.

Monday, March 17, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: February 2014 Part 2

For our homeschool co-op, he picked this outfit: sweat pants and cowboy boots. Can't get more comfortable than that! Haha!
                                           

Saturday, February 22, 2014

Montessori Practical Life: How to Fold Towels

I know that this sounds like such a no-brainer activity, but when it comes down to the logistics of folding towels of different sizes, it definitely comes in handy to have some direction, especially for a pre-schooler. :) I hope you find this helpful and practical.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: January 2014 Part 4

This is what we did in our homeschool during the middle and towards the end of January 2014.
Soccer Season
K is doing so much better this year. Last year, he had just turned 3 when he started. He wasn't very interested, he didn't understand the game very well and he felt a bit out of sorts because he was the youngest one in the group (ages 3-5). This year, he is loving it so much and doing much better. He still hasn't scored any goals, but at least he is running in the right direction, haha!

Monday, February 10, 2014

Homeschooling Journal: January 2014 Part 3

Food for thought...
Classical Conversations Review (Weeks 1-4)
                                                   

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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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!


Monday, October 28, 2013

Homeschooling October 2013 Part 4



A cute video to begin the post with... She is saying "you're welcome" after I said "thank you" to her. Sweetness!
Art: Fall Beauty in a Frame
These are stick frames with contact paper and fake Fall-colored leaves (real leaves can be used, but we live in the desert, so no Fall colors for us).
More videos for you!
History Sentence: Week 1
Tell me about Commandments one through five:
Science: Week 1
What are the classifications of living things?
Math: Skip Count the 2s
We also learned about: 1) The Fertile Crescent.  Mediterranean Sea Mesopotamia Euphrates River Tigris River Sumer. 2) Timeline: Age of Ancient Empires (Week 1) Creation and the Fall The Flood and the Tower of Babel Mesopotamia and Sumer Egiptians 3000BC Indus River Valley Civilization Minoans and Mycenaeans If you are interested in learning more about Classical Education, feel free to check this wonderful resource by clicking here. Baby girl is getting bigger and looking less like a baby. Can't believe it!
                   
Montessori Practical Life: Folding Dish Rags
Step 1: Extend the rag.
Step 2: Fold it in half Step 3: Place your hand in the middle.
                         
Step 4: Fold on side over your hand. 
Step 5: Remove your hand.
Step 6: Fold the other side.
All done. 
Look at these beautiful Fall colors on this corn! So intricate. So special. God is such an amazing Creator!
                
Spanish: Las Figuras (The Shapes)
In Spanish, we reviewed the shapes we had learned (círculo, cuadrado, triángulo) and expanded the lesson to five more shapes (rectángulo, ovalo, diamante, octágono, estrella). For our activity, I would tell them the name of a shape in Spanish and they would draw it. I drew the shapes for those who were having a hard time, especially octagons and stars. They all did really, really well.
 
                    
Classical Education: Lapbook
From Wisdom and Righteousness. Please click here to see more details on the lapbooks she offers and to purchase. Worth every penny and very relevant to what we are studying. These photos are purposely posted small and are NOT for copying or for printing. These are merely to explain what the kids and I are learning. She did a great job! If you are interested, please purchase these from this website.
This section contains the verses on the Ten Commandments 
and Math (skip counting from 1s through 15s)
This section includes the life of Moses, Latin Cases, The Ten Commandments, English Grammar (prepositions), and Geography (The Ancient Empires).
                                 
In this section, as we talk about the topics mentioned, we 
can write things inside that are important or that stood out.
This section has History on Ancient Empires, Art and Latin.
I am sorry that the pictures are blurry. It was past 1 am when I took 
them and I thought that they looked blurry because I was so tired!
This section has Poetry and a place where they can 
draw something from the lessons that they liked.
In this section, the kids draw the events that happened 
in the ancient empire of their choice in sequence.
In this section, we have a lot of Science topics, including vertebrates, invertebrates, the classifications of living things, the kingdoms 
of living things, animal and plant cell parts, experiments 
and questions about cells and experiments.
                      
This is a timeline to be filled out as we learn of the different events in history.
                      
Bible Study: Women's Conference
This was beyond fun!
Fall treats... Acorn squash rolls! You can also make them with pumpkin, sweet potato, or any winter squash you like. Check out the recipe here.
Montessori Culture (Geography): Penpal and Postcard Exchange
K and I went to the Book Fair to buy his penpal buddy a birthday gift to mail all the way to England. He picked a cute Jack and the Beanstalk story. It was just K and me. It was just like a mom and son date. And the weather was perfect, too.
                  
Inspiration...
Montessori Practical Life and Sensorial: Changing Clothes
                
                
Montessori Culture (Geography): Penpal and Postcard Exchange
K finally, after a few weeks, wrote a cute letter to his penpal in England. He dressed up as the Transformer Bumblebee specifically to let H know that he loves Transformers.
We also included a birthday postcard and a gift because his birthday is 10 November.
                    
                    
MOPS (Moms of Preschoolers) Clothing Swap
Yesterday, we had a full day (and even that is an understatement). We led/organized a clothing swap (where people donate stuff, we set it out and then anyone can come take what they need). Whew! It was busy and there was a lot of stuff. When the swap was over, we packed up what was left and took it to the battered women's shelter. Everything will be put to good use. Awesome!
Montessori Culture (Geography): Penpal and Postcard Exchange
We received two postcards this week: one from our dear missionary friends to the Philippines and another one from our dear friend, who recently moved to Georgia. Sweet!
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