7th Annual Homeschool Blog Awards It’s time for the 7th Annual Homeschool Blog Awards at The Homeschool Post! I’m truly honored that Living Montessori Now was nominated for Best Homeschooling Methods Blog! I promote Montessori and unit studies for homeschooling methods and love to see them given extra attention! Please vote by midnight, November 18,…
Tag Archive: preschoolers
Montessori Monday – Living and Non-Living
It’s Montessori Monday and time for one of the early science activities in Montessori education – living and non-living! After learning about living and non-living, preschoolers study plants and animals and the classifications of plants and animals. There are many helpful resources online to introduce your preschooler or class to the concepts of living and…
Montessori Monday – Building a Flashlight and Pipe Building from Montessori at Home!
Preschoolers often enjoy building activities that help with eye-hand coordination along with the concepts right, left, and “right is tight, left is loose.” An activity can be as simple as having a few different sizes of nuts and bolts in a basket for children to put together. (Note: This post was updated on 3/31/2013 to…
Free Preschool Printables for Activity Trays
Whether you use Montessori education or a more traditional form of teaching or homeschooling, free printables are invaluable for saving time and creating attractive, professional-looking activities. Creating Montessori-Inspired Activity Trays I already have a post with free Montessori materials online with links to many fantastic Montessori printables. Montessori printables are generally created for hand-on learning….
Montessori Monday – Open and Close
The beginning of the school year is a great time to start a tradition of open and close baskets for preschoolers. This is an activity you can vary throughout the year according to season, upcoming holiday, unit study, or developmental level. For my Montessori-Inspired Valentine’s Day Activities post, I used a photo from Counting Coconuts…
Activity of the Week – DIY Montessori Sound Cylinders
If you want to prepare some Montessori materials for a homeschool or preschool, a sensorial material that can be created easily and inexpensively is a set of sound cylinders. Last week, I wrote about another great DIY project: DIY Montessori smelling bottles. I had a DIY sound activity as the activity of the week in…
Activity of the Week – DIY Montessori Smelling Bottles
If you have a Montessori homeschool classroom or are planning to start one in the fall, you’ve probably been focusing on finding and/or making Montessori materials. A Montessori sensorial material you can make easily and inexpensively for preschoolers at home (or school if you’re a preschool teacher) is a set of smelling bottles. To the…
Montessori-Inspired Pond Unit
If you have a pond in your backyard or nearby, summer is a great time for a pond unit. And there are lots of wonderful ideas online for a Montessori-inspired pond unit. Most of the activities are appropriate for preschoolers through early elementary. Just choose activities that fit your child’s level and interests. Counting Coconuts…
Montessori at the Beach: Numbers and Counters
My husband and I just returned from six days visiting our kids and kids-in-law in San Diego! I couldn’t help but think of a beach variation for an activity of the week from last summer – Montessori Outdoors: Numbers and Counters. That post was based on an activity for preschoolers from What DID we do…
Meet Deb from Living Montessori Now at Best Toys for Toddlers
I was interviewed at Best Toys for Toddlers! I answered questions about my background and gave ideas from Montessori education for parents to use at home with young children. The questions and answers are focused on toddlers, but the answers apply to preschoolers in general (and some apply to children of any age). Please join…
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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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