Comments on: A few more ideas to spice things up

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:51:38 +0000

I like to place learning centers around our house, too. I am LOVING your ideas and hope you will continue to share. You’ve inspired me to create some new centers for the winter days ahead when we can’t get outside much anymore.

By: lapazfarm

lapazfarm — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 04:03:38 +0000

Hi Tracey and welcome!
I got most of my Montessori stuff from either Alison’s Montessori or Montessori Outlet. They are both good companies to work with.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:40:44 +0000

Hi,
I just found your blog and really love all your amazing ideas. You have probably noted this before, but where do you get your montessori supplies – eg the golden beads, maps, etc?
Thanks!

By: Mama

Mama — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:53:18 +0000

I love JBug’s critters!

By: Roxie

Roxie — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:57:49 +0000

Thanks Theresa

By: lapazfarm

lapazfarm — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:02:41 +0000

Great ideas, Kelly! I really like the idea of letting the kids find the shapes on their own. Thanks!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:13:16 +0000

I’m sure you’ve already thought about this, but I got excited when I saw what you had set up for Superboy. I can’t find the exact templates I was thinking about, but I do something with my middle school students that they LOVE! We discuss tesselations (2-D) and then extend it to platonic and archimedian solids (3-D). Then I have a BUNCH of templates already cut out, but mine are single shapes- like a triangle with tabs, or a pentagon with tabs on all sides. Then the kids use rubberbands (or staples for something more permanent) to “find” the shapes. I let them investigate to find that the tesselation 360 degree rule still hold for the solid. Then I pull out the terms platonic and archimedian. A close website is this http://isotropic.org/polyhedra/ but they have the shapes already put together without a whole lot of discovery, but the pictures on their site really give an idea about where I end up. Looks like some great learning going on. Kelly

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:52:54 +0000

I love the art center! And now I am off to find the crystal lattice forms. Thanks for the link.

By: lapazfarm

lapazfarm — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:09:57 +0000

Angela and Roxie, I got the crystal lattice forms here:
http://www.geocities.com/kfuller2001/student_crystals.html

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:03:20 +0000

What great ideas. I love the idea of making a mobile from the crystal forms – mine would like that.
Thanks for the post – very interesting.