Showing posts with label montessori. Show all posts
Showing posts with label montessori. Show all posts
Monday, November 24, 2014

Montessori Kid at Work

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Montessori hundred board work Last year, we got a Montessori hundred board for home--I think on the recommendation of HomeschoolDad --a...
Sunday, September 9, 2012

Montessori-Inspired Toddler Activity Trays

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According to the sun, the moon, the stars and the school-supplies setup at Target, it's back-to-school time! I'm feeling the peer pr...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Montessori-Inspired Toddler Activity Trays

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Open-close tray: Tiny Patrón tequila bottle (!) with cork (I found it on the ground outside a hardware store, I swear), empty spice tin, e...
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Friday, May 4, 2012

New Montessori-Style Toddler Trays

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After months of total slacking, due to distractions like birthday parties and home improvement projects, I found some time to slap together ...
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Friday, March 23, 2012

Child Labor! AKA Practical Life Tips

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I'm clearing out some books and scanning key pages that I wanted to save even though I didn't love the whole book. First up, the lis...
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

New Montessori Toddler Trays

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New work, aka new things for him to scatter around the house (hee): Blue toothpicks to drop through the holes in a sugar container for...
Wednesday, February 15, 2012

New Toddler Montessori Trays

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Now that we're properly back in the swing of things and I have a plan , it's time for new choking hazards trays. (I joined a m...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Learning Through Play, As They Say

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We've been at Home Depot a lot  lately because of the Great Patio Door Project and I picked up these carpet samples for free in the de...
Saturday, January 7, 2012

Which One Is Different?

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If the house caught on fire but I still had some time to rescue a toy after getting all the important stuff out, there is no question in my...
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Friday, December 30, 2011

Toddler Trays, Including No-Choking-Hazard Bead Stringing

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Now that Chrismukkah is done and the New Year is almost here, I thought it was time for some new trays: Open-close tray items, clockw...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Montessori-Style Upcycled Locks & Latches Board

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Montessori-style locks and latches board (with bonus switches and wheels and magnets and geegaws) Much much love to my mom for helping ...
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Monday, December 19, 2011

Toddler Montessori Trays

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Links Tray:  My little one still can't separate these links from the chain. He wails piteously whenever he encounters them, "Hel...
Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Toddler Trays - Holiday - Montessori

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Last week's Montessori activity trays were such a hit I decided to go again! Montessori toddler tray: Jingle bells and tongs I...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

First Montessori Trays

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After spending a lot of time looking at albums of Montessori trays (especially the ones on Counting Coconuts ), I decided it's time t...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Garden Variety Vocabulary Cards - Upcycling Seed Catalogs

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I think I'm about to become a lamination monster! It's seed-catalog season and before I consigned all the poor unloved things...

DIY Texture Tablets - Much Cheaper Montessori!

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Inspired by this post and by Montessori's fancy texture gradient tablets , I decided DIY texture boards were in order for the little ...
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Sunday, November 27, 2011

Montessori-Style Practical Life

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I don't really understand Montessori, but I've decided that on the face of it there's a lot of (a) saying yes to your child'...