Food Pyramid and Food Groups Activities for Kids
Monday, June 17, 2019
Montessori Friendly Gift Ideas for 3 Years and Older (2017)
Monday, November 20, 2017
So to give you ideas on what my kids love to play at home scroll down below to check them out.
Planets and the Solar System
Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Saw this book from the library and I thought my son would like it.
And he did! The book got lots of interesting images of the planets and is loaded of information which are very easy for an almost 4 yr old to understand. I also love that each planet were discussed and has trivia on each one.
Later we made planets using paints. As we paint each planet, we first refer to the book, discuss the color and try mixing the paints so we can come up with the exact color as presented in the book. And this is how they look like as we wait for them to dry up.
Once they’re cooked, I cut them up so we can glue them on a black cardstock. They look absolutely perfect!
My son started cutting the orange paper for his Sun.
Then we glue them on the cardstock. We talk about the order of the planets in the solar system as we glue them. Here it seen that he is adding glitters on our space.
Then we waited again for them to dry so we can start playing with it using our Safari Space Toob.
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Space and Astronomy Unit
Thursday, February 13, 2014
We've been watching too much alien movies (animation) that Mavi begins to show a lot of interest in planets and the solar system once again. This month we're doing the Moon and Solar System once again.
You can read past astronomy themed activities here.
I also made printable materials to go along with our study. It include planets and the astronomy cards all in one file.
And you might be interested... I made cute printable for preschoolers! Oh I can't wait to use this to my little one! It's a 40 pages file which includes the following:
(Click the image for the link)
- Beginning sound word cards
- Matching activity that consist of control cards, picture cards and labels
- Memory Game Cards
- Word cards for reading and spelling (or practice writing)
- 1– 10 Counting Cards
- Number Cards
- Patterning activities
- Sizing/Sorting Size/Ordering
- Color Matching
- Shape Matching
- Upper and lowercase letter matching
Right now, we're making a small painting project of the Moon's phases and before the week ends, we'll be doing more moon-related activities. I'll be sharing these activities once we're done.
Thank you so much and have a nice day!
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How to Study The Story of the Universe and The Origin of Life
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Hello 2013!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Happy happy new year dear readers!
How’s everyone’s vacation? Hope you and your family had a lovely time during the holiday break :) I know most of you are anticipating a new post, but unfortunately, the Mommy (that’s me!) is still on vacation mode (LOL) and we only had a few random activities that aren’t post worthy. And there’s still some work to be at home, like putting down our tree (not my favorite thing to do!), and some workers are coming here tomorrow to fix our water heater and tank (argh).
But despite the fact that there’s a lot of things to be done in the next few weeks, I still long to start home “schooling” again. It’s what I love to do and there’s never a day that I don’t think about it.
For a head start, here’s what we’re having this JANUARY
- Science: Space and the Solar System
- Geography: Africa
- Artist Study: Michaelangelo
- Math: Clock and Fractions
- Language: Finish Green Series of Montessori Language, Spelling
There are just the MAJOR topics I want to accomplish this month. In conjunction, we’re also doing worksheets (Singapore Math and the ones I bought locally), get lots of outdoor activities/ free play when the weather permits, and do random arts and crafts.
We’re gradually settling back to our old routine, and will definitely share some stuff the soonest :)
Thank you dear readers for a good 2012 and cheers to a much fruitful and enjoyable 2013!
Best Arts & Crafts for Kids and {Learn & Play Link Up}
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
Years ago, Mavi would do a lot of artist study. One of my favorites is our Van Gogh project, The Sunflower. It was one of those rare moment wherein both Mavi and I were in depth with our subject and were absorbed by the beauty of painting. But it was just more than artwork. We studied the life of Van Gogh, and how his life reflected in his work. (click the image below for more details)
Now thinking about it, I picked the best art projects and crafts in our link up this week. Here are the featured post:
Christmas Preschool and Kindergarten Learning Materials
Friday, November 16, 2018
FREE Space Exploration History Learning Cards
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Top 30 Learning Activities for 3 to 3.5 Years Old
Friday, July 7, 2017
** Note: Always supervise your child, especially if he/she is handling sharp tools and small objects.
First Great Lesson (4): Study of Elements and the Periodic Table
Tuesday, August 8, 2017
The Geological Times
Monday, September 15, 2014
Our Science Curriculum (K-6, Kindergarten to Grade 6)
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
- Living and Non-living things
- The Human Body
- All About Plants
- Nature and Environment
- Water Cycle
- Oceans
- The Weather
- States of Matter
- Minerals
- Rocks
- Discovering Dinosaurs (Dinosaurs, Geological Times)
- Volcanoes
- Earthquakes
- Continents and Oceans
- Hazards
- Universe
- Solar System
- Earth
- Land and Water Forms
- Science and Math, Tools of Discovery
- Physics, Observation, Electricity, Magnets
- Technology, Machines, Inventions
- Natural and Man Made Environment
Revisiting The Seven Continents
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
I love the fact that my son’s school is sending newsletter each month to parents regarding the things that the children will be exploring and the activities that comes with it. For this month, they’re learning about the solar system and the continents, must be the reason why my son was so eager to do some geo-related works a few days ago. Though we’ve done this a few times its always nice to revisit and review what he has learned so far.
As usual, he always forgets to name “North America”. He knows the location but finds it difficult to name it.
It helps a lot of your kids learn how to read early on. Here he pins the labels of each continent to the map. I used to read the labels to him before, but now he’s doing it by himself.
Then he wanted to place the animals to their “homes” based on the map. So I reused a paper bag, sketched the continents and he started sorting his animal figures according to the continents in which they inhabit. So timely since we will be exploring Africa soon.
In addition we started identifying the oceans for familiarization. This is what we end up later on. I wanted to make something like this but I realized that it would eat up all my time and energy so I might probably look for a more easy way to make a world map inspired by Montessori. But Leptir’s work is such an inspiration!
More Geography units to come!
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