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  1. Books are a big part of my lesson planning. My preschool students have had parents visit class to read their favorite books. They love that!
    We have Skyped other classes across the USA and around the world http://www.brennaphillips.com/big-thanks-for-skype-reading They love that technology.
    We have had real vs. make-believe dress up costume day. They love that, too.
    We took a field trip to the library for story time. They loved the bus ride.

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    • Thanks for your comment, Brenna … awesome ideas! I LOVE that you’ve Skyped other classes. I’m such a fan of Skype and the ways it can connect people everywhere! 🙂

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  2. Love! I’m very big on reading, and I hope I’m passing that joy onto my children as well. We read several times a day. I’ve been reading a chapter book to them during the day, and we always read one of their story books before bed. My oldest (4) is working on pre-level 1 readers.

    We just organized our home library based on a post from Counting Coconuts. And the kids love it. They like to play librarian now!

    Thanks for these posts, I’m looking forward to reading more about how to incorporate Montessori into the reading we do!

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  3. Thanks for the post on books. Love using them with children. It’s fun when children have the job of taking care of the library area. Some take their job very serious.
    cathiej at toddlersthroughpreschool.com

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    • Thanks, Cathie! It’s so true that it’s great when kids are taught to take care of the library area. I always appreciated the extra help, too! :))

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  5. What a great resource (I feel like I say that to you every time I comment on your site but it is true!). I just clicked over to your Eric Carle inspired activities and I have never seen some of those activities and ideas. They look like so much fun (like the necklace!). Thank you for linking up this week to my Enchanted Thursdays Blog Hop!

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    • Thanks, Jill … I really appreciate your kind comments! That necklace is great isn’t it?! I love the creativity I find online from so many mom bloggers! 🙂

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  6. You always have such great ideas and resources. Little A will start more of her “education at home” when she turns 2 and I think some of your resources on literature based unit studies will be of use. Thanks Deb!

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  7. You always have such wonderful round ups! We do a cow activity with counting cows we see on roadtrips =-) Thanks for linking up to TGIF! Have a great weekend,
    Beth =-)

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  8. Have you heard of The Daily Five? It’s mean for classroom use, but I am slowly implementing parts of it at home. It’s not Montessori, but it compliments nicely, I feel, since it encourages independence in reading, writing and word work. There is a book about it and sites, too. It may be worth a google search for interested homeschoolers or even non Montessori school Montessori-inspired classroom teachers who still must stick to state or school standards that require a specific literature block.

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    • Thanks so much for your comment, Martianne! I just found a bunch of Daily 5 resources on Pinterest … it looks like it would be easy to use in a number of different environments! 🙂

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  9. As always, a fantastic list of links and resources. I am always working to foster a love of books in my son and I love reading about this from a Montessori perspective. I’ve featured this post on my blog today as one of my favourites from last week’s Weekly Kids Co-op. Thanks for linking up.

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  10. Thats interesting that you advise reading books two years above the reading age. I think I need to push my eldest Molly. She lives picture books and really isn’t keen to move on to chapter books for her bedtime stories.

    Thanks for linking to the Sunday showcase. I have pinned this to our board.

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    • Thanks, Rebecca! My husband used to read more advanced books to our kids when they growing up. It was always a special time for our kids and my husband. I think some of the earliest chapter books I started reading to my kids were the Little House on the Prairie books. I grew up 40 miles from De Smet, South Dakota, so I always loved the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and used them as character examples for lots of occasions!

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