It’s the 15th of the month, and I have a new post at PreK + K Sharing … perfect for May! Today, I’m sharing the links to free printables I’ve used to create Montessori-inspired flower math activities for preschoolers through first graders. I show how I used the printables to prepare the Montessori-inspired activities. I…
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Ideas from Montessori Schools – Trillium Montessori
Trillium Montessori is one of our Montessori Monday participants and gives lots of wonderful ideas and inspiration through both the Trillium Montessori blog and videos. (Photo from Learning about Bugs.) You’ll find curriculum ideas as well as the inspiration of seeing Montessori in action in the Trillium Montessori videos on Vimeo. The blog post about…
Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Literature-Based Activities for Preschoolers
Literature-based unit studies often fit well with Montessori education. Related hands-on activities are great extensions to sharing books with children. May 13-19 is Children’s Book Week, which is a perfect time to add a literature-based unit study or mini unit. Today, I’d like to share some ideas for Montessori-inspired, literature based activities for preschoolers from…
Free Montessori Practical Life Videos
Practical life activities are probably the most important activities in Montessori education because they help children develop qualities that will help in almost every area of life. Those qualities are order, concentration, coordination, and independence. I have a post with lots of practical life resources: Montessori Practical Life Activities. Videos are also especially helpful because…
Mother’s Day- and Teacher Appreciation Gifts for Kids to Give
May is a perfect time for kids to show appreciation to very special people … both mothers and teachers. For homeschoolers, that can be the same person. Even if you don’t homeschool, gifts that are recommended for kids to make for teachers often work well for mothers and vice versa. In the United States, Teacher…
Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Flower Activities
Who can help but enjoy springtime flowers?! “April showers bring May flowers.” What a fun thought. And U.S. Mother’s Day during May brings even more thoughts of flowers. While flower activities are great any time during the spring or summer, May does seem like a natural time to focus on flowers. Here are some Montessori-inspired…
Thank You’s for April 2013
From my Google Analytics report for April 2013 Thank you to all my referrers! Top 10 Referring Sites (Not counting sites like Facebook, Pinterest, Google, Twitter, Blogger, and Sulia) 1. PreK + K Sharing 2. No Time for Flash Cards 3. In Lieu of Preschool 4. Kids Activities Blog 5. KHT Montessori 6. Hands On…
Montessori-Inspired May Day Activities
I never experienced dancing around a Maypole, but I have great memories of preparing May baskets as a child. May Day isn’t a very popular holiday in the United States today, but it is more popular in some parts of the world. May Day provides schools and homeschools a great opportunity to study other cultures,…
Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Screen-Free Activities
It seems a bit funny to write about Montessori-inspired screen-free activities when Montessori education by nature emphasizes hands-on, screen-free activities. Still, it’s Screen-Free Week, and I want to give some Montessori-inspired ideas that would be fun alternatives to screen time this week. Although a total Screen-Free Week doesn’t work for every family, you might want…
May Themed Activities for Kids
Welcome to my calendar of May themed activities for kids. You’ll find all my unit studies and holiday posts listed by themes in my “Should You Use Unit Studies?” post. Here you’ll find lots of themes for May according to holiday or calendar observances. You’ll find more links for calendar observances in my “Enliven Your…
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I'm Deb Chitwood. My header photo models are my children, Christina, at 1 1/2, my son, Will, at 3, and Christina again at 16. Christina is now 22, and Will is 27. Please see the About Me page for more information about my family and me. Please see the About Montessori page for information about Montessori. -
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