Montessori January Activities for Preschoolers
Friday, December 30, 2016
Vito is 38 months.
Starting 2017 by sharing what’s on our shelves for the month of January! For this month, we will be working on penguins (preschool style), along with other Montessori traditional work. I’ve been wanting to introduce penguins since December but we were so busy with all the holiday preparations that I decided to postpone it a little bit and introduce it at the time when “all is calm and all is bright” (more sun in January!). Feel free to skim through Vito’s activities and you can leave comments if you have queries.
I post photos in my Instagram everyday for the activities. You can check them or follow me to see how these materials are put into action!
Telling Time Activities
Monday, December 19, 2016
Mavi wanted to practice more of reading the time, especially when it comes to reading and writing “quarter to” and “half past”. He seems to be confused with the positioning of the small hand. So with this, I made a few activities for him to work afterschool. I am sharing these activities as well as the printables were are using (yes it’s free!).
Montessori Inspired Continent Activities for Preschoolers
Friday, December 16, 2016
We Love BrainBox World!
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
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.
Learn to Write Letters for Preschoolers Using Sandpaper Letters
Saturday, December 10, 2016
Advent Books for Christmas Countdown
Sunday, December 4, 2016
Now that the boys are older, I’m starting a new Christmas tradition (other than having a Christmas tree) that will have a meaningful effect in our little family. Aside from the festivity and receiving presents, I want the boys to feel the love of the family, drawing us closer to each other, to other people and to God. I want them to remember that Christmas is all about giving, not receiving things for themselves.
We’ll open and read one advent book each day (but for sure we’ll be reading them all throughout the month!). It’s similar to the Advent calendar but instead of having toys, we’ll read a really good book about Christmas. I wrapped the books already, and randomly select a few to display under the tree for Vito open. (Mavi said Vito can open all of these everyday)
FREE Vegetable Hunt Activity Sheet
Friday, December 2, 2016
8 Christmas Tray Activities for Kids
Thursday, December 1, 2016
We are currently sick (Vito and I), but the good news is Vito is on his way to recovery (antibiotics) while I’m still suffering from cough and flu. Though I don’t have any fever but I don’t feel like doing anything at all, just wanted to lie down, sleep or just relaxing my mind from anything. For me to be able to rest and recover, I decided to come up with Christmas tray activities for Vito to work independently with minimal supervision.
Montessori Inspired Vegetable Activities for Kids (Part 1)
Monday, November 28, 2016
Montessori Botany Learning Materials
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
Learning About Fruits and Vegetables for Preschoolers
Monday, November 21, 2016
These fruits and vegetables cards were taken out of the storage box and has been used ever since. It’s been used for naming and identifying fruits and vegetables and also served as matching cards.
FREE Fruits and Vegetables Ten Frames
Sunday, November 20, 2016
We’re going to have Fruits and Vegetables Unit in the coming days and I made these beautiful ten frame cards/sheets that I’d like to share to all my beloved readers! I used images of fruits and vegetables that Vito can identify so he’ll be more inspired to count.
November Activities for Preschoolers
Friday, November 18, 2016
Wooden Counting Pyramid Puzzle from Beleduc
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Language Lessons for Preschoolers: RAMFBITG
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Vito is currently working hard learning his letters, sounds, and expanding his vocabulary. Due to weather constraint we are mostly stuck at home, therefore the lack of outdoor nature studies. So our mornings are mostly spent for his “homeschool”. We are busy reading books, learning letters, doing writing, and practical life activities.
In this post, I would like to share Vito’s language lessons which you can try in your homes as well. Remember my post on booklets? I mentioned in the post that at home we’re learning letters and their sounds in groups (color coded). First group is RAMF-BITG, second is CUSN-POLH and lastly DEXQY-WXZKVJ. This idea came from My Montessori Journey, one of my favourite blogs dated back in 2010. Read more about this grouping here.
Introducing the North American History
Thursday, November 10, 2016
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.
Early Literacy with Beginning Letter Sound BINGO Game
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
Highly Recommended Montessori Materials
Monday, November 7, 2016
Teaching the Phases of the Moon to Gradeschoolers
Friday, November 4, 2016
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
The Owl and Other Nocturnal Creatures
Tuesday, November 1, 2016
With all these Halloween decorations, Vito became fascinated with owls. We’ve been reading The Owl and Owl Babies for days now, and he loves looking at the pictures matching his animal figure. He would also pretend to to have big eyes and pretend flying around the house and say “Im owl Mommy”. So I whipped a few activities to help him explore this beautiful creature together with some night-time animals.
Learning About the Phases of the Moon for Preschoolers
Monday, October 24, 2016
The boys had a blast learning about the phases of the moon last week. We worked on this during our Goodnight Moon Unit and even though this was mainly for Vito, I decided to include Mavi as well. With this, I prepared two sets of learning materials: one for a preschooler and the other is for older kids (elementary). This post is on how you can introduce the moon and its phases to kids from 3years and older.
Before FIAR: Goodnight Moon Unit
Sunday, October 23, 2016
- Goodnight Moon & Bedtime Themed Math Activities Learning Pack
- Goodnight Moon & Bedtime Themed Early Literacy Learning Pack
- Goodnight Moon & Bedtime Themed Bundled Learning Pack
Montessori Coloured Beads: How We Use It At Home
Friday, October 21, 2016
Writing Practise for Preschoolers
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Introducing Montessori Hundred Board for Preschoolers
Friday, October 14, 2016
So the other day, I was tidying up my storage shelf and Vito saw our Hundred Board. He immediately took it out and excitedly said “Oh numbers! Let’s count!” and that’s what we basically did for the past few days.