Exploring the Landmarks of the World
Thursday, May 26, 2016
Having Fun with London Playsets & Cards
Friday, February 26, 2016
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We are all in love with our wooden London Playset/s which we acquired recently. It’s so precious and beautiful that I can’t seem to take it out the bag!
Now how do we use these figures?
Study of Ancient China
Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Few weeks ago, Mavi and I were learning about Ancient China. I decided that this year, we’ll be focusing in country-based studies rather than continents. Last month we worked on Australia, and because of Chinese New Year being celebrated during February, I guess this month is the best time to conduct Chinese-themed activities.
Small World Play: Ancient China
Friday, February 5, 2016
Hands-on Learning: Biomes of Australia
Thursday, January 28, 2016
A few weeks ago, while were doing an Australia Unit, Mavi and I talked about the animals in Australia and in which habitat they belong. We’ve done this years ago but it’s always nice to revisit and add a little depth in the topic.
The Polar Regions (Arctic and Antarctic Unit) for Gradeschoolers
Saturday, January 9, 2016
January is usually the best time to have winter themed activities or do either Antarctica or Arctic activities. It is the time when kids can envision these frozen part of the planet due to the cold/extreme weather. To start with, I've setup an invitation to play tray in our shelf and displayed books to go along with it. These can be accessed by the boys whenever they want to and they are not age specific, big boys and little brothers can share and play with the tray!
Landforms of the Arctic and Antarctic Regions
Thursday, January 7, 2016
The Study of Northern Europe
Sunday, November 22, 2015
So to learn about Northern Europe we have the following activities:
Europe Continent Study for Grade Schoolers
Saturday, November 14, 2015
Europe Continent Study: European Regions
Here’s a new study for this year, learning Europe through its regions. Here I was showing Mavi the divisions and the boundaries in the map. I bought this map years ago at Montessori Print Shop. So we’re doing a color code here based on our map in Europe in a Nutshell. Blue for northern Europe, red for western Europe, green for eastern Europe and orange for southern Europe.Hands-on Learning on the European Regions
Thursday, November 5, 2015
So I created these label cards for northern (blue), western (red), southern (orange) and eastern (green) Europe. The color coding is based on our map in Europe in a Nutshell. The mini flags seen in the photo is from Flags of Europe printable.
Continent Fact Cards Game and {Learn & Play Link Up}
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Mavi can’t get enough of these facts cards from my Nutshell Geography series! He wants us to play this when in the car, or when we're walking home. I would ask him a questions based on the facts and he’s going to tell me the continent or the country it’s connected to. We developed a scheme of giving him 3 clues (mostly letters from the answers) and I am PROBIHIBITED to give the answer. It’s amazing how both Mavi and I enjoyed it. So happy that we found a new way to use these cards!
These cards are from:
EUROPE in a Nutshell
Monday, October 12, 2015
Continent Study of South America
Sunday, August 30, 2015
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South America Continent Maps and Flags
Whenever we worked a geography lesson at home(for elementary only!), I always start with maps and flags because I wanted him to know the location and flags of certain cities from that continent. We travel a lot, crossing countries and continents almost every year and so knowing all these will be useful. The Montessori Continent Puzzle that we are using is from Tower High Learning.South America in a Nutshell
Monday, July 20, 2015
Montessori Landforms Cards
Monday, March 30, 2015
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Here’s my presentation of the landform cards. Although this was not the first time Mavi encountered the cards, he was more than excited to use our new Montessori materials because this time, it has textures! Plus, it helped that we have this Learning Resources Transportation counters to use with our cards! You can get this from any Montessori shop or from Amazon. (Mine is from Tower High learning)
If you want you want to see our introduction to landforms, read it here.I created the description cards that you see in the photo. I love doing this and let Mavi read :) It is my way of letting him practice reading, not just in books.
Now the transportation counters helped a LOT in my presentation. It helped me demonstrate where’s the land and water in the cards. Such a perfect tool for visual presentation!
And they are so cute! They’re really worth-it! So here are my additional materials to help me with the topic.
Here’s the 6 landform materials (out of 8). Aren’t they so beautiful?
We’ll do more of this in the coming weeks as we explore countries and continents via Five in a Row. Hope you like this post!
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Sunday, March 22, 2015
Book Review: Grandfather’s Journey
Thursday, March 19, 2015
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From Amazon: “Lyrical, breathtaking, splendid—words used to describe Allen Say’s Grandfather’s Journey when it was first published. At once deeply personal yet expressing universally held emotions, this tale of one man’s love for two countries and his constant desire to be in both places captured readers’ attention and hearts. Winner of the 1994 Caldecott Medal, it remains as historically relevant and emotionally engaging as ever.”
I was forced to read this book because this is the first book in the FIAR list that’s in our possession. Forced in a sense that, it doesn’t look interesting at all. The cover is lousy, with dull colours and doesn’t look like a children’s book at all.
But oh boy, I was wrong. It is true indeed that you should not judge the book by its cover. Once Mavi opened the book and started reading, we were glued! The story is so simple, yet it touched our hearts. Mavi and I immediately fell in love with story as we see ourselves in the character. We are expats, and we both love two countries. There’s depth and emotions in the story. After reading this book, we were so overwhelmed with emotions that we began missing the Philippines.
A very good book for kids. The book has large pictures with easy to read texts. I love the simplicity of it and how easily a child can read this. Now I understand why it received a Caldecott Medal :)
This book can also be purchased at Book Depository (free shipping!). Seen in the picture: Japan flag using LEGO, transport counters from Learning Resources and a bird origami.
Now listen to my 6 years old son, narrating the story:
A Continent Study of AFRICA for Kids
Monday, February 16, 2015
AFRICA in a Nutshell
Sunday, February 8, 2015
History: Earliest People
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Here are the activities for the first chapter of the Story of the World Vol 1 Earliest People. (Based on the Activity Book Vol 1) [Affiliate link]
Map and Activity Sheets
I took a photo of Mavi’s interpretation of the nomads living inside a tent and with a campfire.
Cave Painting
The book also suggests that you try cave painting (pretend) as a means of communication or recording of events.
LEGO Project
As much as possible to we love to incorporate LEGO in our work. So here we made Jericho, the first city… just as the book described it.