From my Google Analytics report for August 2014
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Top 10 Referring Sites (Not counting sites like Pinterest, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Blogger, and Sulia)
Thank you to all my readers!
Top 10 Visited Posts
1. Free Educational Songs for Circle Time
2. 30+ Free Printables for First Day of School Photos
3. In What Order Should You Introduce Letters to Your Preschooler?
4. Free LEGO Printables and 70+ LEGO Learning Activities
5. Free Montessori Materials Online
6. Free Back-to-School Songs and Rhymes for Circle Time
7. Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Name Recognition Activities for Preschoolers
8. 100+ Back-to-School Celebration Ideas
9. How to Set Up a Montessori Homeschool Classroom
10. How to Start Using Montessori at Home
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Thank you for Montessori at Home or School: How to Teach Grace and Courtesy eBook purchases!
Thank you to everyone who has purchased my eBook Montessori at Home or School: How to Teach Grace and Courtesy! I’m thrilled that so many parents and teachers are interested in teaching manners to children ages 2-12! You made my eBook a best-seller and helped it spend a number of days as the #1 homeschooling book on Amazon! Learn more about Montessori at Home or School: How to Teach Grace and Courtesy!
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Thank you to the wonderful bloggers who have given me permission to use your photos in my posts (with credit to you and a link to your post, of course)! If you haven’t seen my request for permissions, here’s a link to my post: Request for Montessori Photo Permissions.
If I may have permission to use photos from your blog, please let me know! Although I use Montessori photos most often, I also link to posts with crafts, art projects, and educational activities (especially unit studies posts with family activities). If you have posts with similar activities, I’d really appreciate photo permissions for them. Being able to use a photo from your post adds to the roundup post content and also brings attention to your link.
Thank you to link-up participants!
Thank you to everyone who links up and to everyone who reads and comments on the Montessori Monday posts! I always enjoy seeing the ideas that are linked up each week, and I appreciate the encouragement you give to each other in using Montessori education at home or school.
Thank you to everyone who links up and/or visits the participants in my Family-Friendly Giveaway Linky (which you can link up with at any time)!
Please link up regularly. I love to see what Montessori-inspired activities you’re doing (and Montessori Monday is typically one of my first sources for activities when I do a roundup post). I also love keeping up with family-friendly giveaways around the blogosphere and being able to help parents and teachers find great giveaways to enter.
Thank you to my sponsors!
My sponsors all have products I wish would have been around when I had a Montessori preschool and when I homeschooled my children! Please support my sponsors. They’re all wonderful businesses with amazing products!
Note: post contains affiliate links (at no cost to you).
Thank you to my new sponsor, Trillium Montessori, who has a section of beautiful free printables for subscribers … definitely worth signing up! Trillium Montessori also has a Teachers Pay Teachers store (link at Trillium Montessori) with complete packs of Montessori-inspired printables available for purchase. You’ll find Montessori printables plus Montessori-inspired seasonal-, holiday-, and themed packs. Trillium Montessori has free printables at Teachers Pay Teachers, too! And you’ll find lots of ideas for using the themed packs in the blog posts at the Trillium Montessori site! Thank you to Trillium Montessori for sponsoring a fabulous giveaway and giving my readers a very special deal through September 8!
Thank you to my new sponsor Montessori By Mom, a small business started by two teachers to empower parents to teach their own children using Montessori principles and activities. Parents subscribe to receive a box of themed Montessori materials and activities for 3-5 year olds each month. Everything you need for teaching your child with the materials is included in the monthly subscription. Montessori By Mom also has a store with individual toolboxes and activities for sale. Montessori By Mom is an amazing service, which you can learn more about here: Shells and Starfish Activities + Free Printable from Montessori By Mom and Shoots and Sprouts Activities + Free Printable from Montessori By Mom.
Thank you to Montessori Print Shop, who has free printables, beautiful inexpensive printables, a wonderful blog, and lots of great information and resources (see all the drop-down menus at the top of the Montessori Print Shop site)! For more information, read my Sponsor Spotlight – Montessori Print Shop. And be sure to check out the two Montessori at Home bundles! Also, check out my review of the Montessori Print Shop Teaching Manuals Bundle, my ideas for using Montessori Print Shop music materials, and my ideas for using Montessori Print Shop geography bundles.
Thank you to Montessori Compass, an incredibly user-friendly, web-based software application that provides online Montessori record keeping, school management, parent communication from any web-enabled device along with Free Online Access to Comprehensive Montessori Scope and Sequence. Read my Montessori Compass Sponsor Spotlight to learn more about Montessori Compass. Sign up for Montessori Compass using the promo code LivingMontessoriNow and get a 14-day free trial and 50% discount for the first 3 months!
Thank you to John Bowman and Montessori at Home, with the revised eBook Montessori at Home: The Complete Guide to Doing Montessori Early Learning Activities at Home, and the condensed version in paperback and Kindle (new!): Help Your Preschooler Build a Better Brain: Early Learning Activities for 2-6 Year Old Children. For just $10.95 for the e-book’s 3rd edition, you get 512 pages of Montessori early-learning activities and ideas for use at home with 3-7 yr. olds!
Thank you to Spielgaben for sponsoring my Montessori-Inspired Color Activities Using Wooden Toys and Free Printables post, Montessori-Inspired Math Activities Using Wooden Beads and Free Printables post, Montessori-Inspired Geometry Activities Using Wooden Shapes and Free Printables post, Montessori-Inspired Color Activities Using Yarn Balls and Free Printable post, Geometric Solid Dressing, Wrapping, and Gift Giving (and Receiving), Using Montessori-Inspired Activities for Elementary-Level Learning, Are Spielgaben Educational Toys Worth the Price?, Montessori-Inspired Age and Birthday Activities, Montessori-Inspired Math Activities Using Cubes and Free Printables, Activities for Babies and Toddlers Using Yarn Balls, Montessori Monday – Montessori-Inspired Activities Using Spheres {Free Printables}.
Thank you to KHT Montessori! Karen Tyler from KHT Montessori will start a new online Montessori certificate course on September 15! This course is affordable and perfect for parents and teachers who can’t take a formal Montessori training course (or who want to refresh their own Montessori training). Read more in my post telling about KHT Montessori and with information on the free geography album.
Thank you to The Parenting 5 – Practical & Independent Little People, an easy-to-read guide that helps parents learn how to use Montessori principles at home … no Montessori materials required. The paperback book is the first of a series of 5 books by Montessori educator Ruth Barker from Australia. Book 2, The Parenting 5 – Sensory Motor Play for Little People is now available!
Thank you to Alison’s Montessori, who has Montessori materials for infants and toddlers through upper elementary. You’ll find a Value-Line E-Catalog, Premium E-Catalog, and other resources such as PDF files, books, arts and crafts, and enrichment materials. There’s even a bargain basement! Read my review of Alison’s Montessori materials.
Thank you to Montessori Services for sponsoring a fun back-to-school giveaway in August. You can learn more about Montessori Services language objects (along with ideas for using them) in the giveaway post.
Thank you to my affiliate companies!
Thanks to my affiliate companies for offering great products along with commissions for referring customers. Please check out my products page for my affiliate companies! I only become an affiliate for companies with products I believe in. I really appreciate if you go through my affiliate links when you’re ordering because I’ll receive a small commission. It won’t affect your order or prices in any way (unless you go through a discount link of mine and receive a better price than normal!) Living Montessori Now got too large for a shared server, so I appreciate your help in paying the dedicated server fees to keep Living Montessori Now running.
Thank you to Little Passports for inviting me to be a Little Passports Ambassador! You can find my introductory post here: Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Global Adventure. You’ll find my country posts here: Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – Brazil, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – Japan, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – France, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – Egypt, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – Australia, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – Mexico, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – South Africa, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – India, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – England, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – China, Montessori-Inspired Little Passport Activities – Argentina, Montessori-Inspired Little Passports Activities – Russia.
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Thanks again, everyone! Have a happy September!
Image at top of post by Marek Uliasz
Anastasia says
What an honour for my blog to be included!! thank you so very much, Deb!!! You have such beautiful heart!