We are loving this educational board game! I chanced upon this in a local bookstore, and hesitated to get one though I know Mavi will love it as he enjoys geography activities. Then one day, while I was looking for Christmas presents in Amazon, some BrainBox sets were on 50% off including this World edition. I purchased it right away and anticipated for days so Mavi and I can play the game as I was sick and couldn’t do any physical activities.
Showing posts with label 8 years old. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8 years old. Show all posts
Montessori Botany Learning Materials
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Last month, both of my sons fell ill and were bedridden for almost a week. During that time, I had plenty of free time during the day, but was busy taking care of Vito at night. To make the most of my available free time, I decided to enhance the Montessori botany cards and booklets that Vito will be utilizing this spring. I personally handcrafted some of these materials, and I'm proud of the results. If you're interested, feel free to come take a look!
Introducing the North American History
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Based on my experience, the best way to teach kids about history is through famous landmarks. I remember growing up with my father’s stories of Greece, Spain, Egypt and South America. He has photos taken at the Great Pyramids of Giza, Sphinx, in Acropolis, Christ the Redeemer in Rio and more. He’s telling me a bit about history through the landmarks in his photos, which fascinated me. Since then, I’ve been very interested in travelling and learning about world history. I wanted to inspire Mavi in the same way. I always start my history lessons with the famous landmarks using our travel photos and the Safari Toobs (Around the World, World Landmarks). Recently, I purchased the Safari Supertoob USA (on sale) because Mavi wanted to know more about the US (inspired by our trip there last May).
So in this post, I’m sharing how we worked on understanding the history of North America through famous landmarks, figures and playsets that depict the life of the early people of North America.
So in this post, I’m sharing how we worked on understanding the history of North America through famous landmarks, figures and playsets that depict the life of the early people of North America.
Teaching the Phases of the Moon to Gradeschoolers
Friday, November 4, 2016
Probably by now, you must have read my post on the Phases of the Moon for preschoolers. If not, I highly recommend that you do for it will give you ideas on how to introduce the moon’s phases to kids from ages 2.5 years and older.
We’ve been discussing this topic almost every year, and for this year, I wanted to give Mavi something different. So here are the materials I prepared for him: wall chart of the moon’s phases, a booklet for definition and nomenclature cards.
We’ve been discussing this topic almost every year, and for this year, I wanted to give Mavi something different. So here are the materials I prepared for him: wall chart of the moon’s phases, a booklet for definition and nomenclature cards.
Our Leaf Shapes Study
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
It’s Mavi’s midterm break this week, and I decided to have activities that both boys can do together. First in mind is a leaf study since we are surrounded by beautiful and colorful leaves. They are just too gorgeous when they change colors, and I don’t want to miss that opportunity! We also used our Montessori Inspired Leaf Shapes printable for this activity, which you can buy from my shop.
Montessori Coloured Beads: How We Use It At Home
Friday, October 21, 2016
It’s starting to get chilly in our side of the world and though we prefer walking in the fields and in the forest during this beautiful season, the weather doesn’t seem to be in line with my plans. So last week, I introduced Vito to the Montessori colored beads which I have for 3 years now. But the thing about siblings, they just wanted to do what the other is doing. Mavi insisted that I should give him some work with the beads as well, not just Vito. In this post, I’m sharing how I made the boys work independently, but still supervising them as they work.
Playdough Monster Faces
Friday, October 7, 2016
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