Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography, montessori on Jun 10th, 2007 15 Comments »
It has been decided (by popular opinion) that world geography and cultures will be one of our focus areas for school next year and the kids are so excited about our new geography center. Here is how I set it up: The new map cabinet is really cool, with all of the Montessori puzzle maps [...]
Posted in montessori on Jun 10th, 2007 8 Comments »
My goal was to have an area to set up JBug’s new Montessori bells. I wanted to find a place that I could leave them set up in order, and for her to be able to access them to play whenever she wanted. Plus I wanted them to be at the correct height for her [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jun 9th, 2007 6 Comments »
I was tagged by Not June Cleaver of These Go to Eleven for this meme which brings back memories of high school. Not good memories, but really embarassing ones. Not for me, of course because I was too cool to listen to this stuff ( my friends and I retreated into the relative sanctity of [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori on Jun 6th, 2007 4 Comments »
In the midst of all the re-organization going on here, we are keeping pretty busy. JBug has been asking lately how to spell various family member names. So I whipped up these “My Family” cards for her: They have pictures of immediate family and she can match the names to the pictures. She really enjoyed [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., Superboy's projects on Jun 5th, 2007 5 Comments »
That’s what we are up to at this point: tying up loose ends. Superboy is done with any new material and is just putting together some final pieces into his nature journal, along with a couple of other minor details. I am busy trying to organize things for next year before I get packing for [...]
Posted in Random Ramblings on Jun 3rd, 2007 30 Comments »
Today is my birthday. And of course I have a lot to think about, as we all tend to do on such occasions. Last year’s birthday hit me kind of hard, being the big 40 and all, but this year I am not sure what to think. Sure, another chunk of my life is gone, [...]
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., JBug, montessori on Jun 1st, 2007 8 Comments »
Seems like a bunch of us 4Real learning ladies have been bitten by the Montessori bug and are itching to get started teaching our little ones Montessori style. Preparing for school next year, the credit cards, printers, and laminators are smokin’! I know I just put in a large order of stuff for JBug for [...]
