Log onto any social media outlet (SM) and you will often see pictures of Montessori classrooms with wooden shelves, lined up equipment and a child seemingly engrossed in work after a successful lesson. I can tell you as a trained...
Today in our continuing discussion of Fundamental Needs we looked at Human Rights. I got out the Fundamental Needs Defence cards and showed the Human Rights Cards (we used my fundamental needs card set) My child was particularly interested in...
Read Part 1 here Each year I have a different focus for the Great Story. The focus is really for my benefit so that I can weave in key ideas so that the students get curriculum coverage. This means that...
The Laws of the Universe (LOU) experiments are a series of experiments that are designed to be appealing to children and introduce ideas about the "nature of things" to students. In a "traditional" presentation the order might be: -First Great...
Look I'll be honest, I love that Volcano explosion demonstration as much as the next person in the First Great Story however there comes a point when you want to add a bit more spark to your science shelf. There...
I have always loved the Montessori pink, blue and green series. Last year I used the free Blue Series from here to help teach my class reading. As much as I wanted to integrate comprehensive phonetic systematic reading I didn’t...
Montessori miniature environments are a must-have for your teaching toolkit. Your language learning environment isn’t complete without them! Specifically, they’re an essential resource for language development. They help to build sophisticated vocabulary and grammar comprehension through exploration and discovery....
Between the ages of 6 and 12 years, children’s language will evolve at a rapid rate. The words and phrases they use will become more complex and they will gain the ability to communicate more effectively. Children educated under the...
You will need - A Black pen, light blue pen, dark blue pen and a red pen - Small cut up pieces of paper - A prewritten caption that says 'verb' - The verb sphere symbol or a ball that is...