In today’s post, I want to share a few Montessori-friendly materials that we use in learning about the human body. I’ve been often asked about this topic so I prepared a dedicated post to specifically tackle this.
Showing posts with label preschool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label preschool. Show all posts
Human Body Montessori-Friendly Learning Materials
Monday, July 23, 2018
Preschool Learning Zoo Unit Pack
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
I am so happy to share our Zoo Preschool Literacy and Preschool Math Learning Materials with you. Like our popular Ocean Unit Preschool Learning Materials, our Zoo Unit also contains 30 fantastic and engaging learning activities that your little ones will definitely love! Below are some of the activities that Vito worked on early this month to give you an idea of what learning activities can be done with these unique materials.
Learning Number Bonds with Ten Frames
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Years ago, I made a post about number bonds and how my eldest used it at home to learn basic addition. And now I’m working with it again with Vito, my almost 5 years old boy. Months ago, he discovered the joy of adding numbers using his fingers so we started with basic addition using the Montessori Addition board. He got tired with it quite a bit so I introduced number bonds.
Spin and Trace: Alphabet Writing Game for Preschoolers
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Last month, I made these tracing and writing sheets for Vito to add some spice in his writing activities. He loves the salt tray and Montessori sandpaper, but these sheets are so helpful as they require less preparation and no mess. The activity sheet requires you to create a spinner using a paper clip and a pencil (or a pushpin if you have one). Colored pencils or markers are also needed.
Preschool Unit Ocean Learning Pack
Friday, June 15, 2018
Summer is finally here, and look what I have for you! 30 OCEAN THEME ACTIVITIES for your PRESCHOOLERS are all about sea life and the ocean! This learning pack is a collection of activities we worked on for years at home with my two boys and has everything you need for weeks or month-long learning. These are engaging, educational, and, most importantly, fun! Most activities encourage the parent/teacher to use manipulatives, promoting hands-on and play-based learning. These activities are designed for 3-4 years old (preschoolers or kindergarten), and they aim to immerse the child in the concepts rather than force them to memorize them.
4th of July Math and Literacy Centers
Sunday, June 3, 2018
This 4th of July Math and Literacy Centers for preschoolers and kindergarten was made to provide for the needs of our American friends all around the world. This learning pack is perfect for schools and homeschoolers who are doing work and "school" during summer. Below is a preview of what you can expect in this learning set. Enjoy!
[FREE Printable] Feed the Snake Number Representation Activity
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
I finally had the time to put this up and share it with you. It’s a number representation game we played weeks ago while working on our letter S and it’s about feeding the snake. Vito loves this activity and enjoyed the idea of feeding the snake with the matching count or number representation.
Go Find It: A Montessori Friendly Summer Game
Sunday, May 27, 2018
If you are looking for ways to entertain your kids during the summer days (longer days), here’s one of the games that we love to play after dinner. Yes after dinner! My kids are finding it hard to sleep nowadays because our sunset is literally around 9-9:30PM. So for this 12 Months of Montessori Series, I am sharing Go Find It, a FUNtastic outdoor game for kids of all ages!
World Continents Activity Using Playdough
Thursday, May 17, 2018
We’ve done a lot of world continents activities for the past years but this has got to be one of the boys’ favorites! We had so much fun forming the continents with our playdough. This is such a lovely learning activity not just about continents but a fun way to keep those little fingers at work, promoting hand-eye coordination and concentration.
FREE Beginning Letter Sound Posters and Cards (SAMPLER)
Sunday, May 13, 2018
We are starting a new approach to our literacy activities. To have some variety in our literacy activities I decided to pause our usual pink series (Beginning Letter Sound Activity Sheets) and move to Jolly Phonics. Jolly Phonics is a curriculum used here in Ireland (and UK). My eldest loved it, especially the action sounds that went along with the letters.
Real Life 3D Activity Cards
Saturday, May 5, 2018
As an extension work for our Montessori Solids and real life 2D Shapes activities, Vito and I had fun working on our 3D real life activity cards weeks ago. We used our geometric solids so Vito can have a real understanding of what these objects look and feel like. To know more about these solids, I talked about it here. If these are not available, Amazon carries Learning Resources 3D materials which are perfect alternatives for these Montessori solids.
Color Mixing Experiment with Baking Soda
Friday, April 20, 2018
Water Cycle Activities for Preschoolers
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Rainy season can be a good time to introduce the water cycle to your child. Here are a few tips, resources, and activities on how to start.
Montessori Inspired Dinosaur Activity Trays for Preschoolers
Saturday, April 14, 2018
This is a long overdue post because we’ve been doing a lot of outdoor activities lately. Most kids are really fascinated with dinosaurs, especially my eldest who’s obsessed with these prehistoric animals. So last Easter break, we revisited some of our dinosaur activities and introduced new ones to Vito. Here’s a roundup of our dinosaur activities which both of the kids enjoyed during the break and I hope your kids will love this too.
Fruit Unit: Inside and Out Matching Activity
Monday, March 19, 2018
We had a fabulous time last weekend examining the insides of fruits. We did a similar activity years ago, but I didn’t want to put paints on fruits this time so I made this gorgeous matching learning material for Vito to work around with instead of recreating the insides using paints. More details on this fruit learning material here. This is easy to prepare and fun to work with kids!
Landmarks Around the World
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Vito had a sudden interest in naming landmarks. He was fascinated with the pyramids after watching a show about kids exploring ancient sites like the pyramids in Egypt and the great walls of China. I immediately showed some of our travel photos featuring these landmarks in the background. He was shocked that I had been to some of those places. With this, I introduced him to some other places around the world.
Identifying 2D Shapes in Real Life Objects
Tuesday, March 6, 2018
I want to share how much we love these activity cards on 2D shapes that I made last year so Vito and I can practice identifying the shapes of objects that he gets to see almost everyday. As I mentioned in my Instagram post, before working on these cards, we first looked around the house for objects with shapes of square, triangle, oval, rectangle, and circle. Then at times, we also play I spy games on shapes and objects, and other times it’s more of “give me something that has a shape of … “. We had fun doing this!
Identifying Common Flowers for Preschoolers
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Is it spring in your part of the world? Well, it’s far from spring here but we are already starting to see spring flowers sprouting and blooming everywhere. During our daily walks, Vito loves spotting these flowers and is identifying them. It comes in handy that I have already prepared some learning materials to go along with this new discoveries. Just like last year, we used these flower cards to name the spring flowers that we see in the park and in our estate.
A Walkthrough of Animal Study for Preschoolers
Monday, February 26, 2018
This coming spring, I will be introducing the zoology album of Montessori early childhood to Vito. We did a couple of animal study last year but it was mainly for introduction and familiarization. This year, our homeschool activities will be in line with the album I bought from Montessori Parent. Of course, I will not follow the album word by word as I try not to replicate the Montessori classroom in our home and I don’t possess other classroom materials. But it will still be spontaneous and hands-on. In this post I will talk about the album, the materials I prepared, and my plans on how we are going to approach the “hands-on” aspect of the study.
Hands-on Learning on the Human Body for Preschoolers
Sunday, February 18, 2018
Vito is getting more interested in how his body works, especially that a few months ago, he got sick and I have to discuss some important things to him about his health and body. With this, I started reading to him some of our body books, explaining what happens to the food that he eats, to the water that he drinks, and why he has blood when he has a cut.
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