Saturday, October 30, 2010

Montessori ~ Inner guidance of nature




















Independence, the love of order
&
a Prepared natural environment
The right precise conditions around children allow for and support their true natural development. For young children, the environment must be prepared in this way by providing a range of physical objects that are organized and made available for free, independent use, to stimulate their natural instincts and interests for self-directed learning.


Sensorial
Colored objects for matching pairs or grading shapes of color.


Music in Montessori environment
Maria Montessori discovered that musical education greatly benefits children during their developmental years. We play lot's of classical music during study & play time.


Practical life
Practical life materials and exercises respond to the young child's natural interests to develop physical coordination, care of self and care of the environment. Specific materials provide opportunities for self-help dressing activities, using various devices to practice buttoning, zipping, bow tying, and lacing. Other practical life materials include pouring, scooping and sorting activities, as well as washing a table and food preparation to develop hand-eye coordination. These activities also provide a useful opportunity for children to concentrate bringing about their normalization. Other practical life activities include lessons in polite manners, such as folding hands, sitting in a chair, walking in line.

Outside ~ Nature Table

All Things Nature
...things that the kids have collected during our nature hikes this year.









Fall Crafts ~ Lovin Autumn










Every night this week we found handy materials and crafted accents for our Charlie Brown Holiday Tree.
Apples ~ sliced & Baked
Ghosts ~ coffee filters
Pumpkins ~ Leaves flattened and glued
Aiden had fun staying up til' midnight making cheese cloth ghosts & starch provided by the lovely JOY!

Montessori Outside




We are all about the great outdoors....so a few months ago Joy {my sidekick in junk collecting} informed me of someone cutting down their trees. My sweet husband of course had to haul them all into the backyard,but the kids love them.We've used them around the fire-pit to roast marshmellows and now just converted them over to the play area.The Little Feet around here are learning balance.....

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Pumpkin Halloween ~ game

A story about things you see at Halloween.

...halloween safety rules.



...preschool coloring game.





....easy game for preschool age.

Science {plants}

...Science games and Activities for kids.


Kids Growing Strong
...germination,fruit,plants & Nutrition

....also freebies seeds etc.

Welcome To Pollen Park

6 Series fo Videos

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Autumn Activities

Something Special
marble painted pumpkin craft
Pumkin Songs

1+1+1=



.: Corn Husk Dolls ~ Tutorial :.



Adorable Little ~ Owl Calender

Owl Lover 2011 Calendar



Gross~ology

feeling hungry?Fun things for the kids to snack on!

Hand Trees

Fall Tree/paint with your arm