To those who are interested, I recorded Mavi’s work a few weeks ago on Montessori multiplication using the bead board. We do it occasionally for practice. Whenever he does the bead board, he followed this work with multiplication using the bead bars. Please use the video below as your reference in case you wanted to try this at home.
Montessori Inspired Clock and Time Activities (with FREE Cards)
Sunday, June 28, 2015
Reading and Writing Time
Using my latest clock nomenclature cards and workbooks, we reviewed how to read and write the time, compared the difference between analogue and digital clocks and the relevance of time in our lives.Clock Nomenclature Cards with Borders are from here. You can get the learning clock from here.
We then moved on to our workbooks for more practice on writing time. Have I mentioned before that Mavi enjoys using workbooks? Oh yes he does!
Learning AM and PM
In addition, I asked him to make a record of his daily routine. Like, what time does he wakes up, eat breakfast, lunch and dinner… till he sleeps. He’s very excited about this! I can’t wait to see that routine record and share it with you.Other Clock and Time Activities
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Clock Nomenclature Cards
Sunday, June 14, 2015
Our next math adventure would be all about clocks and I made these materials for Mavi. You can have your own copy too! Visit our shop and choose any of these.
Each file has:
- 12 hour clocks
- 12 half past hour clocks
- 12 quarter past clocks
- 12 quarter to clocks
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Summer Math Activities and {Learn & Play Link Up #8}
Thursday, June 11, 2015
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- 25 Math Games for Kids from Study at Home Mama
- Ladybug Love Activities from A Kinder Gartens Vintage Homeschool
- Nautical Math Pack (activities) from Year Round Homeschooling
- DIY Math Peg Board from Child Led Life
- Fraction Activities w/ Printables from Every Star Is Different
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FREE Summer Themed Grid Number Games
Friday, June 5, 2015
- die/dice
- counters
- grid game board
I love how Mavi easily memorizes the number combination and the answer!
Measuring Mass of an Object
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Experimenting and predicting Mass (Weight)
- Balance scale or bucket balance from Learning Resources
- Items to weigh ( we have rugby ball, a small book and box of Jenga toys)
- Items to serve as measuring unit. I used transportation and fruit counters from Learning Resources (make sure they’re all similar) and crystal pebbles.
Objective:
- To develop skills in predicting and estimating the mass of the an object.
- To use knowledge in science and math to come up with a mathematical conclusion based on the experiment.
Objects
|
Prediction
|
Actual
|
Rugby ball | 17 pebbles | 35 pebbles |
Book | 20 pebbles | 33 pebbles |
Box | 10 pebbles | 11 pebbles |
Collection of Hands-on Preschool Math
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
So I compiled the math activities that Mavi loved and enjoyed. These activities are suitable for children from 3 years old and above. We use A lot of manipulatives, both purchased and homemade. They were all worth-it, for the time I’ve spent creating materials and the amount of money I invested.
Learning How to Measure.
Learning how to Tell Time
Learning about Money (Euro Coins)
Learning how to Count 0 to 9
Popsicle Stick ShapesCards and Counters using Cut-out Leaves (Fall activity)
Tally Fingers and Cards
Cards and Counters with Number Ordering
Basic Addition for Preschoolers
Grid Games and Do a Dot Markers
Dinosaur Grid Game
Skip Counting and Patterning
Counting by Tens
Toddler Counting Activities
Antarctic Themed Math
Learning about Sets
Introduction to Ordinal Numbers
Counting to 100 Using DIY Hundred Board
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Tried and Tested: Fraction Pies
Monday, May 11, 2015
Obviously, I love math materials. Through the years, I’ve been collecting a few, just to give my boys’ learning a boost because hands-on math is totally rocks! Now, I don’t usually give reviews because I have high standards LOL. I’m frugal that’s why every cent I spend means a lot to me. The cost must justify the quality of products.
Anyway, I have two sets of fractions pies. The first one is the soft foam fraction pies from Singapore’s Learning Store which my cousin gave to me a few years ago. I totally LOVE this. The pies are huge, it’s the size of my hand, magnetic, sturdy, has a label, with bright colours and it comes with tub (with handle!).
Now, this year, I ordered another set from Learning Resources via Amazon. I love Learning Resources! Most of my materials are from them, so I was expecting this fraction pies to be of equal with the ones I got from Singapore. BUT, I was tremendously disappointed. When I opened it, I wanted to throw it right away into the bin LOL. They are tiny plastic tiles and comes with a case that is sooo hard to open. When I checked the pies, they don’t have labels either so it is very difficult to identify each of them (unless you are so good in visual that you know that it’s 1/10 right away!). Because the are so tiny, slippery and sharp on the edges, I couldn’t fit them back in the tiny case. So I just packed them immediately, covered in newspaper (so no one will get hurt due to sharp edges) and kept them in the storage. I wonder when will it see the light of day.
See the size difference? And just look at the containers. I swear, the ones from Singapore are much more cheaper!
And here’s the side. The pieces are so thin! So hard to put back together
I couldn’t find the EXACT product our foam pies in Amazon but here are the ones I saw closest to it:
- Foam Fraction Pies Teacher Created Resources. A little bit small, but they are made of foam and affordable.
- Educational Insights Foam Magnetic Circles. The pies are big, according to Amazon, “Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 10.3 x 2.4 inches ; 2.5 pounds”
- Lakeshore Learning Giant Magnetic Fraction Circles and Bars. The circle is “5 3/4"
And that’s about it! Watch out for my fraction activity… will try to create learning materials and share it with you.
Have a good day everyone
FREE Multiplication Booklets
Sunday, May 10, 2015
FREE Subtraction Booklets
Monday, May 4, 2015
I created these booklets a long long time ago when Mavi was just around 4 years old and when he was beginning to learn basic arithmetic. Unfortunately, I changed laptops so I was not able to share these and thought that I lost my files! Good thing Husband recovered it for me so I’m able to share this with you.
The Montessori Multiplication Board
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Spring break has given us enough time to work on our multiplication. The next thing we did after introducing multiplication using counters was doing the arithmetic using multiplication bead board.
To know more about these materials and how to use it, here are some resources I collected for you:
I made multiplication strips for Mavi to work on. This is similar to the one mentioned in my resources except that I edited the fonts to fit my paper size.
I followed the presentation based on the Info Montessori and demonstrated it on Mavi. When it’s his time to do the work, Mavi chose the table of 6 (his age!). He loved putting the beads in the hole, though at times, it slips through his fingers as they seem to be tiny. How I wish the beads were a bit bigger! As he worked on the table, I told him to mark the last count of the beads so he wouldn’t need to count from 1 again. Say, he’s currently at 6 x 4 = 24. So that’s 24 beads already. Moving to 6 x 5, he doesn’t have to count all over again from the first bead. All he has to do is add 6 to the last count or mark, that is 24. Bless his heart, he was counting from 1 everytime he moves on to the next multiplier LOL.
Again, I pointed out that multiplication is adding similar numbers. So adding a multiplicand to the last count is a much faster way of doing it.
Now, for the work strips, I printed them out and glue them on a yellow cardstock. Mavi loved how beautiful they turned out. As an extension, I also showed Mavi how the table of 6 works when laid out using the decanomial beads. The laying out of beads was a hit! Mavi was hooked. Too bad though, we didn’t get to finish the work because Vito was already awake and wants attention. (PS. We don’t do bead works whenever Vito’s around. He still mouths objects)
Don’t forget to pin this for later! You don’t want to miss this!
And that’s about it! How wonderful this method of learning is! So hands-on and visual! We will work on the rest of the multiplication table both in bead board and decanomial beads one at a time. Anyway, this is just to expose Mavi to multiplication. Once we’re done with all the tables, we’ll start division and it’s going to be even more exciting!
Want to see what other’s are doing? Check out my Pinterest board for other Math ideas!