Don’t look now, but…
Posted in art, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., pre-school on Apr 21st, 2010 3 Comments »
This looks like the start… of something big…
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Done any Montessori lately?
Posted in montessori, pre-school on Oct 16th, 2009 16 Comments »
Yes, I am the first to admit that Montessori unschooling is an odd combination. Just think of the Montessori shelves and trays as a kind of strewing and it kinda-sorta works. Whatever. It works for us. Anyway, I am putting out a bunch of Halloween-themed stuff for next week (post about that soon), so I [...]
More than just a snack
Posted in montessori, pre-school on Sep 17th, 2009 8 Comments »
Who knew you could learn so much just by preparing a simple snack for your family? Maria Montessori, that’s who. I guess that’s why it is a tradition in Montessori schools for children to prepare snacks for themselves and others. This week JackJack very much enjoyed preparing some peanut-butter-and-banana crackers for our mid-morning snack. Here [...]
Growing up Montessori
Posted in montessori, pre-school on Sep 6th, 2009 6 Comments »
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or so the saying goes. I took this picture of JackJack a few days ago. (JackJack age ~4) He was quietly and methodically putting tiny apple pegs into little holes all over a tree. Taking them off again. Happy and content in his own little [...]
Seems like old times
Posted in pre-school on Jun 13th, 2009 6 Comments »
We’ve had company and it seems like old times around here lately: The dynamic duo, JBug and Squirt, having some quality puzzle-time together. The two of them were inseparable for days! I drug out JackJack’s Montessori materials and he obviously missed them! He was so excited to get his hands on them again and spent [...]
Sending out the love
Posted in pre-school on Dec 10th, 2008 24 Comments »
Superboy, JBug, and I have been busy, busy, busy making gifts for folks far away. I can’t show you theirs yet because they are gifts for blog readers. But I can show you mine, which are mostly for my grandsons, Squirt and Jack Jack. I miss them terribly, so making them something with my own [...]
Strewing Montessori
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., montessori, pre-school on May 12th, 2008 13 Comments »
A commenter asked me if, since we are now unschooling, I would be giving up the Montessori stuff. My answer is that no, I will still be using Montessori materials and methods with JBug and the littles, for two reasons. First, in short, it is working! Second (and the longer answer) is that I feel [...]
Montessori trays for spring
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., garden, montessori, nature study, pre-school, science on Apr 8th, 2008 9 Comments »
We are having so much fun with our botany and gardening! The littles like it so much I decided to put together a few trays for them to continue the work on their own. I can’t wait to introduce them tomorrow! The first tray is for painting clay pots: There are clay pots, some tubes [...]
wikki words
Posted in Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., language arts, montessori, pre-school on Mar 27th, 2008 17 Comments »
Just trying to keep things interesting around here. There must be a million ways to make learning to spell fun. Instead of writing out words or using the moveable alphabet, why not change it up and try making words using… wikki sticks beans glued on cardstock toothpicks glue and glitter salt dough play dough finger [...]
mini-mush
Posted in alaska, Curriculum or Lack Thereof..., geography, pre-school on Mar 8th, 2008 4 Comments »
JackJack with his husky pup and musher hat (just like Jeff King’s!) watching the latest race update, while JBug races to move our markers along the trail to the next checkpoint on our Alaska map.
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