Lessons Learned

Adapting Education

Mostly practical life

I prepared some pouring & spooning activities for the kids and added them to the shelf. They were chosen immediately. In the spirit of following the child I will be preparing a shelf dedicated to this interest in my next setup. The kids like a mix of textures. Lily loved spooning flour. Because then she gig…
Another day of language

Matching word to picture. Spelling said word with moveable alphabet, and writing word. . The introduction to the decimal system. The girls did well with this. They sat for longer than expected and listened well enough to retain the info. As to what each decimal place was. Lily had has it down as well as…
Introduction to Pink Series Language

So what you’re looking at is our set up for the pink series language kit. We start out with matching word to picture. Lily has great reading skills so she has no problem reading the word then matching the picture. Maggie is just emerging with better reading skills. She suddenly reads a word…
Botany

, A set up to study botany & leaf shapes. We have discussed the life cycle of a plant & even planted our own plant labeling it’s parts to understand how they work together. We’ve even studied how the environment affects plants in the way of how rain provides the water for growth & how…
The pink series intro

Todsy I introduced the kids to the pink series language works by Montessori fashion. Maggie chose to work with words comtaining the vowel sound /u/. Lily worked with /a/. A small square box holds both pictures & words to be matched alongside each other. I chose 3 matches/words each, putting the pictures in one selection…
Plants & Ants Part II

As A continued post. Above is plant & ant setup on table. Sorting petals & leaves with tongs. Maggie has mastered pouring especially with dry materials. She spills rarely. Sorting leaves & petals. The kids bean plant has grown well enough to have learned the entire cycle except for flowering &…