January practical life montessori

Our classroom has been abuzz with lively winter activities since our return in the new year. We also notice measurable progress within the children's Montessori lessons as they are mastering concepts, and receiving subsequent lessons. What a delight to notice these developments because it serves as evidence of the student's comfort and ease in the classroom. What is most rewarding, is knowing that the majority of our students were new to the environment in the fall, and now they have created…

12 Months of Monthly Montessori Themed Activities, Montessori Ideas, Set-ups, Trays, Free Printables, Preschool Themed Learning Activities and so much more.

Welcome back and Happy New Year! Our classroom has been transformed into a 'winter wonderland' (which is great, considering the general lack of snow around here...)! ;) In this post, you will find some features of our January prepared environment: Practical Life Dry Transferring activities. Top shelf: spooning rice, spooning flour, spooning marbles (with my all-time favorite mustard spoon from Montessori Services!!!). Middle shelf: sorting small winter-themed objects; tweezing pom-poms…

13 December themed Practical Life activities perfect for your home school or classroom

We've been celebrating Montessori learning all week, and I couldn't end without hitting upon one of the cornerstones of Montessori education - practical life skills (Not familiar with the concept? You can find a great

What an awesome start it has been to our Tot Schooling adventures here at Mac-n-Taters. We packed so much fun into these last two weeks learning about winter and snow. Little Miss was so excited to get back into the swing of things after taking a couple weeks off after Christmas and to be honest so was I. Throughout each day we try to do activities in 4-5 different categories: Books, Fine Motor/Trays, Gross Motor, Sensory/Craft/Science, and Fun with Food. Here is a peek at what the last two…

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Pouring sparkly pom poms Pouring blue rice Pouring blue water using a funnel Spooning gel beads in a snowman dish Spooning sparkly balls into dimpled foam packaging Straight pins into a shaker. I put the shaker in a little winter-y bowl Tweezing and sorting fuze beads Using an eye dropper to add one drop […]

I was trying to do my best to encourage it to snow this winter, I can’t believe it, this might be the first time in the 12 years I’ve lived in Charlottesville, that it hasn’t snowed (this post has been sitting one my computer for two weeks, since then two snows have come and gone!).Continue reading "Montessori Snowflake Bentley Activities"