Adapting Education
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Rosetta Stone
Today is Friday. I took today to do some much needed house wife stuff as needed. But I did set up Rosetta Stone for the girls. It’s set on the Dynavox & little laptop. Lily did very well with attempting sounds, words & sentences. It recognizes her voice now which is very exciting! Even though…
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Language Learning
Today we really spent a good part focusing in on language. I took out some old flashcards from childhood with simple sight words and weclaidvthe familiar cards in the table calling out the word. It includes a picture. I know Lily knew all the words & Maggie surely knows some of them. We took the…
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The Knobbed Cylinders & Pink Tower
Well, we started out with thevknobbed cylinders today. The idea was to move on to the knobless cylinders and add them to the mix (as Lily suggested) but lunch was in order & the pink tower sparked their interest & I couldn’t disappoint. The girls worked beautifully together with the cylinders as always, taking…
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Alphabet & handwriting without tears
” So we started out working on the alphabet this morning. It’s a hard situation because Lily has been taught primarily cursive (because of her speech school she was attending which is fantastic because in a motor planning perspective it’s just easier to write. She associates sounds or phonics with cursive. I’m finding she gets…
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Counting rods &Worksheets
Of keys album: lesson A, number rods have been completed 1-10 (Presentation A) carrying a mat has been practiced by Lily. Above are the worksheets we worked on today. Cut & paste. Today we worked on the number rods. Previously, we focused on 1-6. Today we got through 7-10 & covered the others in…
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Repetition of work
We worked at the table today by choice of the kiddos. When I sat down with regular Montessori album work they were not thrilled. So I asked them if they’d rather pick something from the shelf. They did. Lily chose the bee again & maggie chose the tree display. It focused in on the…
Adapting Education 