Art History - Medieval Art

For Medieval Art, we made illuminated manuscript.  This art project was inspired by the Book of Kells (Ireland), a famous artefact on display in Dublin. Book of Kells is an illuminated manuscript Gospel book in Latin created around 800AD.

Beautiful Children's Biography Books

I lately discovered a beautiful biography picture book series that captured the interest of my 7 years old.  This is by far our favourite, the GENIUS series by Isabel Munoz. I am not a big fan of the Little People (too short and less info for my kids’ taste) so I continued looking for kid-friendly bio books and I came across this series.

Art History - Ancient Art

Cave paintings are the focus of our Ancient Art studies.  We begin by reading books (see the list below), looking up some real cave paintings images worldwide, and working on a simple wall art project.

Montessori Friendly Toys for 11 Months Old

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Sharing Max's learning activities and toys at 11 months.  As usual, it's a hit or miss, so I will be indicating which material is a hit for Max and the materials which are totally ignored.

Making Noise - Baby's First Music Activity

Around 4 to 6 months, when the baby can manipulate objects, it's a perfect time to give her all kinds of noise-making materials, including rattles, shakers and music boxes. As your child gets older, you can provide baby drums, a xylophone or even a lightweight metal cooking pot and spoon will do!  Encourage your little ones to experiment with sounds by banging two objects together.  These sounds may get in your nerves, but these early musical experiences teach the baby the laws of cause and effect and, at the same time, learning about rhythm.  

If you are looking for some safe baby music in toys, here are some of our favourites!

Making Noise - Baby's First Music Activity

 Around 4 to 6 months, when the baby can manipulate objects, it's a perfect time to give her all kinds of noise-making materials, including rattles, shakers and music boxes. As your child gets older, you can provide baby drums, a xylophone or even a lightweight metal cooking pot and spoon will do!  Encourage your little ones to experiment with sounds by banging two objects together.  These sounds may get in your nerves, but these early musical experiences teach the baby the laws of cause and effect and, at the same time, learning about rhythm.  

If you are looking for some safe baby music in toys, here are some of our favourites!