tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64890291846312941332024-03-17T23:03:45.577-04:00To the Lesson!Offerings from the world of a Montessori teacher.Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.comBlogger526125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-71297134362936958892017-08-17T17:45:00.000-04:002017-08-17T17:45:21.277-04:00Please Visit My New School!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
My school has moved to a new location, and with that I decided it was time to update the website. My blog is now part of my school's new site, and I invite you to visit me there:<br />
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<a href="https://www.dirigomontessori.com/2017/08/new-school-new-site-blog/">https://www.dirigomontessori.com/2017/08/new-school-new-site-blog/</a><br />
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All archives from here have been transferred there. Come take a look! Thank you, and I look forward to staying in touch!</div>
Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com281tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-40200410956955341292017-03-12T08:14:00.000-04:002017-03-12T08:14:02.140-04:00Shamrocks, Rainbows, and Lucky Pennies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Can you tell it's nearly St. Patrick's Day? The children have enjoyed exploring some festive lessons during the past couple of weeks. It is always remarkable to observe their growing proficiency as they navigate new lessons and practice skills. It has been especially gratifying having long, uninterrupted periods of work time in the mornings. The children have been able to achieve new levels of concentration while achieving mastery in lessons, enabling the presentation of many new lessons. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using tongs to transfer decorative green stones.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pouring into four cups.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sliding the coins into the 'pot of gold' for strengthening visual accuracy and left to right movement. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">St. Patrick's Day patterning fun.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Colors of the rainbow with color matching.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using chopsticks to sort and transfer.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Three <i>Cylinder Blocks </i>for an extra challenge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a garlic press to squeeze water from sponges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shamrocks and lucky pennies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extension work with the <i>Teen Beads</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a <i>Practical Life</i> lesson to write words with the <i>Moveable Alphabet.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recording words in cursive and print.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counting the Decimal System with golden beads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a booklet of leaf shapes using the <i>Botany Cabinet</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow Do-A-Dots.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making an Irish flag with collage materials.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Color Tablet Box 2</i> extension work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning about odd and even numbers with the <i>Cards and Counters.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the Red Rods for refining visual discrimination of length.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abstract art with yellow and blue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pin pushing collage with positive and negative space.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counting by tens with the <i>Tens Boards and Beads</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Static Addition with the <i>Stamp Game.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linear counting and pattern recognition with the <i>Hundred Board</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matching circles to their filled in counterparts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practice opening and closing zip loc bags - This lesson stemmed from several friends need help with this at lunch time!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completing a <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2017/03/rainbow-shamrocks.html">Rainbow Shamrock</a> with glue.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teen Numbers writing practice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Careful cross stitching!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing words with picture prompts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Laying out the <i>Large Number Cards</i> after lots of work with the Golden Beads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Color matching and fine motor practice with clips.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retrieving quantities. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing practice with <i>Sandpaper Numbers</i>.</td></tr>
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The children enjoy seasonal art activities, and one way we incorporate new skills is to introduce them through these types of lessons. For this activity, the children were shown a new gluing technique using a small brush to seal layers of tissue paper squares. As with all lessons, the materials are set up keeping in mind the directionality of moving from left to right. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here the materials are set up on the art shelf. Moving from left to right, the child gathers the tissue paper squares , glue tray, and white paper with a shamrock shape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everything is brought to a workspace, where the child completes the process of sealing the tissue paper squares using the glue and brush. </td></tr>
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The children have been interested in completing the lesson because the gluing technique has provided a new point of interest. Up until this point, they have worked with glue sticks and glue bottles, so using the brush and adding second layer of glue on top has been most intriguing. Of course, the clean up process is part of the lesson, and the children have been taking great care to leave the materials clean and beautiful for the next person to use. </div>
Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-88069023910593908462017-02-18T11:17:00.001-05:002017-02-18T11:17:26.166-05:00Hearts, P.J.'s, and Lots of Snow<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
February has been a busy month, complete with several snow days and weather delays. The children have been understanding, and quite adaptable with each day's weather-related changes. In addition to these slight disruptions in routines, we have also been anticipating Valentine's Day, along with the 100th Day of School which was commemorated with a pajama day. Needless to say, it is been quite an "exciting" couple of weeks as we have watched the 100th day be rescheduled several times due to snow days, while looking forward to the fun of Valentines Day. We have focused very much on the ideas of <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2017/02/100-acts-of-kindness.html">love, kindness, and understanding, especially at this time of year.</a> I share with you some photos of our (abbreviated) mornings together:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extension work with <i>Second Color Tablet Box, </i>a wonderful variation designed by our Assistant Teacher.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sensorially exploring the shapes from the <i>Geometric Demonstration Tray</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Paring colors with the <i>Second Color Tablet Box</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing threading a needle, a preliminary lesson to the rest of the lessons in the sewing sequence.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Enhancing visual discrimination skills - matching objects to their filled-in outlines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Examining cards from the <i>Continent Folders</i> while building vocabulary and language skills.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subtraction facts with the <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2014/02/math-facts-additionsubtraction.html">Math Drawers.</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Opening and Closing</i> practice with heart-shaped boxed. Each one contains a heart for added interest.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building writing skills by tracing leaf shapes while learning the names of each one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-writing <i>Rock Painting</i> activity (never gets old!).</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another lesson made by our Assistant - Fine motor practice with beads and posts.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Careful exploration with the <i>Pink Tower and Brown Stair.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Valentine lacing practice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sand Tray is a perfect place to practice writing numbers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">100th Day Do-A-Dot activity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting coins.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Answering the question, "What does 100 look like?" with pieces of sea glass and a 100 Board chart.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Precisely placing the <i>Pink Tower Cubes</i> to line up two edges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caring for classroom plants.</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-76438704276985735952017-02-16T15:05:00.001-05:002017-02-16T15:05:29.066-05:00100(+) Acts of Kindness<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This year, our class has been working towards the completion of 100 Act of Kindness in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. We began this project on MLK Day with hopes of reaching our goal by the 100th Day of School. With Valentine's Day occurring around the same time, what better time of year to complete this challenge? We invited our entire school community - parents, grandparents, neighbors, to participate with us. The children eagerly brought their notes of kindness to school where we collected them in a special place. Each week, we read the notes, admiring and appreciating the kindnesses that were shown. We documented each act of kindness with a heart on a 100 Board Chart. It shouldn't come as any surprise, but we surpassed our goal, and came in with 114 acts of kindness! <br />
Once the notes were read, documented, and counted, we were sure to include them for our classroom's <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6489029184631294133#editor/target=post;postID=8357645995826498099;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=35;src=postname">Kindness Wreath</a>. All morning, the children helped to tie on ribbons. In doing so, some bits of the grapevine wreath broke off, and a hidden message appeared in their pieces:<br />
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May it serve as a reminder to us all!</div>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-3610241487589025442017-01-14T08:57:00.001-05:002017-01-14T08:57:18.530-05:00Winter Classics<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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 a classroom culture all on their own. Please find a few photos from around the classroom over the past two weeks:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a sifter to separate colored rice and flour. Here, the child is spooning the mixture into the sifter...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and sifting the flour to separate the rice. As you might imagine, this lesson has been in constant use!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fine motor development with this water transfer work using a pipette.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linear and skip counting with the <i>Hundred Chain</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Quantity and number symbol with the <i>Short Bead Hanger</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Winter Trees' nuts and bolts variation to build concentration and coordination.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making mixture to use a whisk to make bubbles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More quantity work with the <i>Short Bead Stair</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saying the letter sound and finding its match on the <i>Alphabet Roll</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building snowflakes with few peices, following the visual cues from the cards.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing a distance matching game with the <i>Brown Stair</i> prisms and set of cards.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun variation: Using clothespins to hang snowflakes on the clotheslines</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carefully pouring water into four cups.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Identifying the ending sound that is different.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extension work with the the <i>Second Color Tablet Box</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linear and skip counting while comparing <i>Short Chains.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Number writing practice on the squared chalkboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here the child has created with the <i>Pink Tower and Brown Stair</i>, and is drawing his creation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rhyming mittens.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Recording work with the <i>Teen Beads</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Naming continents with the <i>Map of the World</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Setting up the <i>Small Number Cards </i>for addition with the golden beads.</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-38283591062367276842016-12-09T18:53:00.002-05:002016-12-09T21:10:01.286-05:00Cheerful Festivity <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Now that the children are comfortable making independent choices, we are working throughout the work cycles to remember to "leave the work beautiful for the next person." Using this terminology has been effective in helping to remind the children not only about classroom expectations, but also in building and maintaining a culture of care and respect toward each other.<br />
Looking at the tables during our Montessori work times, one can't help but smile at the cheerful festivity that ensues!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Feeling various objects in the bag, and naming each one before removing it from the bag - using the stereognostic sense with the <i>Mystery Bag</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Preparation of the hand for writing - tracing shapes and naming them with the <i>Geometric Presentation Tray</i>.</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-23478253986172640282016-12-01T15:58:00.001-05:002016-12-01T15:58:44.671-05:00It must be December!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The shelves are looking so festive and fun, and the children have been enjoying the December shelves. Our assistant, who is currently completing her Montessori training and internship, was instrumental in creating the lessons currently on the shelves. It is always so refreshing to have new ideas and variations of lessons available to the children.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wet transfer fine motor activities for the<i> Practical Life</i> shelves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Threading and bead work - making necklaces and bracelets.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This art activity invites the children to make paper poinsettias. They always turn out so beautifully, we usually have this activity out each year. <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2011/12/p-is-for-poinsettia.html">THIS </a>post goes into more detail about how the children complete the lesson. </td></tr>
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We have also begun learning our <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2011/12/christmas-wreaths.html">'Christmas Wreaths' poem,</a> which is always a pleasure as the children begin to memorize and recite poetry. It has been quite a cheerful room with all of these activities, and the children have been both intrigued and delighted with these festive additions. We are certainly looking forward to watching their continued growth and enthusiasm as we approach the end of the calendar year and greet a new one!</div>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-49084247811388309842016-11-04T15:50:00.000-04:002016-11-04T15:50:46.847-04:00From Apples, to Pumpkins, to Leaves<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is already November, and we have enjoyed many fall themed activities so far this school year. We began our time together with many apple-themed lessons in September. This was followed by pumpkins in October. Now, we are enjoying the beauty of fall with lessons having to do with this beautiful season. Some of these themes are captured in the collection of photos from the past two weeks. As always, it is impossible to document every single activity at any given time, but what a delight to review the pictures and be reminded of how far we have come as a group!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carefully pouring into two vessels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading the 'October' poem with a friend using items from the Poetry Basket.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Distinguishing rough and smooth textures and refining movement necessary for writing with the <i>Touch Boards</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Purposefully bringing each cube of the <i>Pink Tower </i>to a work mat to begin use.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finding items from around the classroom for the <i>Memory Game of Numbers</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing tying bows with the Bow Tying Frame</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mixing primary colors to make secondary colors.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comparing size and height with the <i>Knobless Cylinders.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sequencing and number symbol recognition with the <i>Math Step Board.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An engaging extension activity with the <i>Second Color Tablet Box</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading practice with puzzle (sight) words.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transferring with a spoon for fine motor practice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Measuring the Brown Stair prisms with the smallest one...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and discovering new ways to build!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing writing numbers on the chalkboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring designs and patterns with the <i>Constructive Triangles</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visual discrimination of size and pincer grasp practice with the <i>Knobbed Cylinders</i>. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Refining the sense of touch - paring fabrics by touch.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-reading - matching pictures to their shadow.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tweezing corn kernels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning the names of the continents with the <i>Puzzle Map of the World</i>.</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-26256427892660514832016-10-26T16:19:00.004-04:002016-10-26T16:19:41.505-04:00'Guesstimation Jar'<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our classroom assistant assembled this activity as part of her ongoing Montessori training. Added to the Math area of the classroom is this 'Guesstimation Jar.' <br />
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The children have a look to see how many spiders they think are in the jar and write down their 'guesstimate' on a slip of paper. These papers are collected in the orange bowl on the right side of the tray. Very soon, we will gather the children, read the guesstimates, and then count how many spiders are actually in the jar. Our plan is to vary the contents according to seasons or holidays. What a fun way to get the children making estimates and writing numbers! </div>
Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-57972092261198159602016-10-21T15:33:00.006-04:002016-10-22T18:40:55.386-04:00It Must Be October<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our class is enjoying many October themed activities, and there is notable progress in each child's Montessori lessons. I love how each week's collection of photos are able to indicate the time of year both through the seasonal activities, as well as the varied Montessori lessons with extension work. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The child has explored the <i>Pink Tower </i>and <i>Brown Stair</i> individually, and is now observing how they relate by working with them together.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building hand strength through pin pushing. We vary the shapes available for use - this month is a pumpkin shape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2016/10/pumpkin-craft.html">Pumpkin Craft </a>has been enjoyed by all!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counting by tens with the <i>Tens Boards </i>and beads.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finding the missing beginning sounds with the <i>Large Moveable Alphabet.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Constructing quantities with golden beads while understanding place value thought the use of the color-coded decimal system mat. The children in the pictures are constructing the number 385.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Design work with the <i>Constructive Triangles.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing writing numbers with the '<a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-writing-boost.html"><i>Wet, Dry, Try'</i> method.</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Understanding teen numbers with the <i>Teen Beads and Boards...</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and using that knowledge to work with the Teen Bead Hanger for variation.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More extension work with the <i>Pink Tower </i>and <i>Brown Stair</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Five Little Pumpkins" flannel board fun!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Three-part cards</i> for the Life Cycle of a Pumpkin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matching the <i>Geometric Solids</i> to their card and reading the name of each shape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Precision work with the <i>Pink Tower</i>. Notice the all of the <i>Sensorial </i>work happening in the background as well!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Jack-o-lantern' pouring - who can resist?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting images into the categories of Land, Air, and Water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Spooky" collage work, and practicing using gluestick.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing practice with <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2014/11/rainbow-letters.html">Rainbow Letters.</a></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the <i>Constructive Triangles</i> (Triangular Box) to see how various triangles form equilateral triangles.</td></tr>
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The children have also enjoyed learning the following poem, and several volunteers have offered to recite it from memory during circle time. What is it about children's voices and poetry? Such a beautiful sound!<br />
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<b>October</b></div>
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October's the month</div>
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When the smallest breeze</div>
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Gives us a shower of autumn leaves.</div>
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Bonfires and pumpkins-</div>
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Leaves sailing down,</div>
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October is red, and golden, and brown.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">-Anonymous</span></div>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-4027471128635117542016-10-13T15:54:00.002-04:002016-10-13T15:54:38.655-04:00Pumpkin Craft<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The children have been working on making these adorable pumpkin crafts. It ended up being a several step process because the doilies needed to be painted prior to gluing. For the first several days, we set up the white doilies to be painted orange. Once they were dry, we collected them and set up the second part to the craft, which the children have been completing this week.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First step: Paining the doilies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second step: Gluing the painted doilies onto white paper and adding a stem ,vine, and grass.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A work in progress.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">So cheerful...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our very own pumpkin patch in the hallway!</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-6326385016680696522016-10-07T18:38:00.002-04:002016-10-07T18:38:26.054-04:00Steadily Moving Forward<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our class seems to be moving right along, enjoying new activities while practicing lessons already received. It has been wonderful to observe how the children are responding to our <i>Grace and Courtesy </i>lessons, being sure to push in their chairs, neatly roll up their work mats, and taking care to observe others' work, and not touching other people's materials. As with any Montessori classroom, this requires plenty of practice with much support and guidance from the adults. We have definitely had a successful first month of school, steadily moving forward!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing writing numbers with our 'Number Windows.'</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing practice with <i>Metal Insets.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working with the <i>Parts of a Bird</i> puzzle and learning the names of each part.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Experiencing how various triangles combine to make new shapes with the <i>Constructive Triangles</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sensorially learning the names of polygons while tracing their edges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Letter writing practice with <i>Sandpaper Letters</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Understanding quantity and number symbol (numbers 11-19) with the <i>Teen Beads and Boards</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing preparation with the <i>Touch Boards</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the smallest <i>Red Rod</i> to confirm placement of rods in order.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pouring dry ingredients.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Washing (and hanging to dry) the classroom's polish cloths.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading practice with phonetic words/objects.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cutting on the lines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Painting with one color - we changed the color which was a new variation and point of interest for the children.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Many children are still enjoying the <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2016/09/apple-sequencing.html">apple sequencing</a> activity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the <i>Spindle Box</i> lesson to understand the concept of zero.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A wonderful activity put together by one of our classroom assistants: This child is carefully walking the line, holding a tray with a magnetic level whose bubble has to remain in the middle while walking. What a challenge! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a dropper to fill up the pumpkins in the ice cube tray.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using a the pincer grasp to place each pumpkin seed in its spot.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some inspiring exploration of the Sensorial materials by one of our returning students.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Starburst!</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-16531617013592282592016-09-30T14:53:00.003-04:002016-09-30T14:53:57.115-04:00International Day of Peace: Collaborative Art<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Each year, we take the opportunity to celebrate the <i>International Day of Peace</i> not only by talking about and discussing what 'peace' means, but also to create a collaborative art piece for our school. This year's project is documented in the following photos:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each child was able to add, mix, and create colors on the canvas which had been prepared with lines of tape.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After a couple of days, it was filled with color, design and fun details.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and we added their thoughts about what they think of when they hear the word, 'peace.'</td></tr>
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It brings me much joy to know that for many of our students this is a new concept to think about, and they really have demonstrated the understanding of the key points. We asked the children what they think about when they hear the word, 'peace.' Their responses create a beautiful composition:<br />
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Quiet,</div>
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Taking care of nature,</div>
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Sharing,</div>
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Peaceful silence,</div>
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Being Happy,</div>
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Helping someone when they fall,</div>
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Shining,</div>
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Being nice and smiling,</div>
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Hugging,</div>
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Kindness,</div>
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Caring,</div>
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Love,</div>
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Whispers,</div>
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Helping,</div>
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Relaxing,</div>
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I love you,</div>
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A gentle dove,</div>
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Maria Montessori.</div>
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<i>-Students of Dirgio Montessori School's</i></div>
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<i>2016-2017 class </i></div>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-51225060590044326952016-09-29T14:57:00.002-04:002016-09-29T15:00:15.749-04:00Apple Sequencing<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The children have been so successful with the following sequencing activity. The lesson was shown at circle time, and then placed at table for the children to complete. These types of lessons typically remain where they are until everyone who would like to complete the activity has had a chance to do so. Usually, this means the lesson stays at its place for a couple of weeks. <br />
We have been enjoying other apple themed activities in the classroom since the beginning of school in early September, so I wanted to be sure this lesson was presented as another apple-themed option in the language area. Not only has it provided opportunities for practice using scissors and glue, but it also has been wonderful to see and hear how the children are able to articulate their reasonings for the sequencing. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here, the materials are set up at a table. First, children color and cut the page. Then, they are to place the apples in sequence, gluing them on the folded, purple paper. </td></tr>
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What delight to see the children concentrating for long periods of time to complete this activity. They have been very proud of their work - Some eager to bring it home and share with their families, others wanting to share it at circle time to show their friends!<br />
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-89705339481013425412016-09-23T15:55:00.002-04:002016-09-23T15:55:39.147-04:00Site Visit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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One of our assistants is currently completing her internship through the Center for Guided Montessori Studies. A requirement of completion includes several site visits from a field consultant over the course of the year. This week, we had the privilege of one such consultant visiting our classroom. Not only was the visit successful for our intern, but the consultant was sure to share with me how lovely our classroom was. She mentioned how, "beautiful and lovely" our school was and how the children were "functioning so well." She further exclaimed, "I can hardly believe you've only been in school for such a short while, the children are doing so well. The tone you have set has definitely come through, and it has been a lovely visit." <br />
What a valuable experience to have another set of eyes to observe the classroom, and receive such positive feedback. Well done, everyone! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing number order with quantity using the <i>Cards and Count</i>ers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An extension lesson with numbers 1-10.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-reading material: Matching cards.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building independence by practicing snaps.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Introducing quantity with the <i>Number Rods</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carefully walking on the line, promoting gross-motor control.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Comparison of size with the <i>Knobless Cylinders</i>. Notice the child in the background with hands behind her back - we encourage the children to 'watch with their eyes' and not to touch each lessons. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stretching out words and writing them with the <i>Moveable Alphabet.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An extension of the Short Bead Stair - the S<i>hort Bead Hanger</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An Opening/Closing extension lesson - Practicing with lunch containers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Understanding quantity and place value of teen numbers with the <i>Teen Bead Hanger</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using rhythm shakers to follow a steady beat with a seasonal chant about apples and apple trees.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rock Painting - our classroom's ever-popular pre-writing activity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coloring the continents of the world - I especially like how this child has set up the booklet and globe to complete the activity!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a 'Sound Stamp Booklet.' It's hard to see, but the child has stamped 'monkey,' 'milk,' and 'magnet ' for their 'm' sound booklet.</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-48594288153964635742016-09-17T07:40:00.001-04:002016-09-17T10:25:46.712-04:00Basic Lessons for the Art Shelf<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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As the children become more acquainted with their classroom environment, it is important provide opportunities to learn basic procedures while building skills. In these early days, the students are practicing finding an activity to work with, setting up the necessary materials, completing the lesson, cleaning it up, and leaving it ready for the next person in its place back on the shelf. </div>
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In addition to the lessons using the Montessori materials in the various areas of the classroom, setting up art lessons promoting these same concepts aids in developing the skills children will need through out all areas. Our new students need ways to practice utilizing various art materials, including the use of a paintbrush. The following lessons show examples of simple lessons that are currently on the art shelf. While I use the term 'simple,' there really are several steps and skills involved within each activity. </div>
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Here, the child practices gathering necessary materials, setting up the workspace (sense of order), opening and closing containers, and numerous skills in building fine motor control and concentration.</td></tr>
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As simple as it sounds, there is quite a lot happening here! The child must make three trips to the shelf to set up this activity (movement is always promoted in a Montessori classroom!). First, the child takes the tray with paint. Then, the student returns for the art board and apron. Once the apron is on, then, they go back for the paper and set it up at the workspace.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Now, onto learning how to use the paintbrush. Part of the lesson includes naming the parts of the paintbrush, and pointing out how much paint to use. In this photo, the child has been careful to use just enough paint on the bristles, and is delicately using the brush. When finished, the child readies all materials for the next person, including rinsing the brush at the sink. </td></tr>
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As the children learn the steps and procedures using these types of materials and lessons, we will add more options to the activities. This may include additional colors for painting or lessons that require more steps within in the process. The children are doing wonderfully and taking great care in completing these art lessons. I am looking forward to observing them practice their skills, and guiding them as they continue to grow.</div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">War
and Peace</span></u><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> and <u>Anna
Karenina</u> are famously penned by world renowned writer Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While everyone knows of his literary contributions
to society, many remain unaware of his theories of educational pedagogy and his
attempt to reform education in mid-nineteenth century Russia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Tolstoy is widely known and adored as a
novelist, but less so as a philosopher and preacher. Tolstoy the teacher is
even more obscured by time, even though he created a new methodology of
teaching literacy and basic knowledge” (Basinsky, 2013).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1859, Tolstoy opened an innovative school
on his family’s estate at <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yasnaya Polyana</i>
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">(Clear Glades)</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At its core was an educational credo that
encouraged children to explore their own interests through means that were
beneficial for themselves while not forcing them to conform to a rigid
curriculum (Basinsky, 2013).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly,
almost fifty years later, Maria Montessori’s theories and work would express a
similar philosophy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While Montessori
conducted her work independently from Tolstoy, one must consider the
implications the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yasnaya Polyana Schools</i>,
or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tolstoy Schools</i> as they would come
to be known, would have in the future of Montessori schools in Russia.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Afterall, it was Tolstoy’s own daughter,
Tatiana, a product of her father’s school, who visited Montessori’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Casa De Bambini</i> in 1910 where she witnessed
the “embodiment of her father’s ideas” (Hilturen, 2013).</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman"; text-align: center;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tolstoy’s vision of a new type of education stemmed from his
own experiences as a student.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Having
been educated mainly by private tutors through his childhood, Tolstoy’s
schooling could hardly be considered anything but bourgeoisie.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Nevertheless, he became disillusioned by the
stifled system, eventually dropping out of Kazan University.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Souder writes, “Tolstoy stated, ‘My work on
[Catherine the Great's] </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Instructions</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> and [Montesquieu's] </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Espirit des
lois</i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> opened up for me a new field of independent mental endeavors whereas
the university with its demands...hindered me’” (2010).</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">While travelling across Europe to research
educational methods prior to opening his school, “Tolstoy was disturbed by the
educational systems that he viewed…</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">He
abhorred the compulsory nature of schools and the intense amount of
regimentation in nearly every facet of the West European scholastic system”
(Souder, 2010).</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Instead, Tolstoy’s
vision of education was steadfast in promoting individual freedom in both
educational growth and development of personality.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">In fact, Tolstoy’s schools grew to be, “</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">associated with the traditions of natural and
free education, and the applied ideas of nature-based, non-violent, and
humanistic pedagogy”</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">(Boguslavsky,
2010).</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">From these influences and his own didactic intuition,
Tolstoy’s educational philosophy would anticipate the progressive twentieth
century student-centered educational theories of Dewey, Nyesiyama, Steiner, <span style="color: #262626;">and Montessori (</span>Scheuerman, 2010).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Montessori educators will find wisdom and
truth within Tolstoy’s instinctual pursuits in providing opportunities for
autodidactic learning while supporting the spiritual nature of the child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It brings to light Montessori’s own thoughts
on education, which she highlighted in the preface of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">From Childhood to Adolescence</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">My vision for the future is no longer of people taking exams
and proceeding on that certification to secondary school to University, but of
individuals passing from one stage of independence to a higher, by means of
their own activity, through their own effort of will, which constitutes the
inner evolution of the individual” (Montessori,1973).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Certainly, Montessori’s vision also reflects the educational
ideals set forth by Tolstoy in his <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yasnaya
Polyana</i> schools almost fifty years prior.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tolstoy also maintained that access to education should be a
right for all members of society, rather than an endeavor reserved only for the
privileged or elite.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yasnaya Polyana School</i>, offered free of
charge, was not just for his own children, but for all children of the estate’s
peasants.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Later, the school expanded and
even grew to include children of surrounding towns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A free education for all was a radical idea
given that popular thought, as revealed by Catherine II, was that “too much
education for the chern’ (plebes) was dangerous for the social order…” (Eklof,
1996).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As Tolstoy solidified his own
opinions of education, he made clear his thoughts on public education:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">I've been busy with a school for boys and
girls...progress...has been quite unexpected. [The state-run academies] are
useful but in the same way as dinner at the English Club would be useful if it
were all eaten up by the steward and the cook. These things are produced by all
70,000,000 Russians, but are used by several thousand...The most vital need of
the Russian people is Public education...[This] hasn't begun, and never will it
begin as long as the government is in charge of it (Souder, 2010). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tolstoy’s aspirations to offer a free, quality, public
education to any one desiring it was in striking similarity to the historical
beginnings of the Montessori movement.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In fact, the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Casa de Bambini,</i><span style="color: #262626;"> “was created for children living in the slums of Rome as
part of an attempt to improve conditions for the working class and counter the
effects of poverty” (Hernandez, 2015).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Even now, Montessori’s wisdom of the impact of personalized learning for
social change is a phenomenon that is currently growing in the national
spotlight through the formation of public Montessori charter schools and
organizations dedicated to promoting public Montessori education. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sara Conter, founder of ‘Montessori For All’
further supports this notion in her view on equality in education, “We truly
believe equity requires children from different backgrounds to be educated
together” (Hernandez, 2015).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Undoubtedly, Tolstoy would have favored today’s movement of public
Montessori charters that strive to become “drivers of innovation and social
justice in public education” (Hernandez, 2015).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times new roman";">Tolstoy’s intuitive Montessori approach at the
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yasnaya Polyana School</i> can also be
sensed through the methods of instruction and curriculum offerings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A notable sign adorned the threshold of the
classroom reading, ‘Enter and Leave Freely’ (Simmons, 1968).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tolstoy believed freedom and originality were
necessary to promote learning and progress in education.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This type of learning, based on student
interest, was at the core of Tolstoy’s educational ideologies and can be
identified in a description of a typical <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Yasnaya
Polyana</i> school day:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">During the morning, elementary and advanced reading were
taught, composition, penmanship, grammar, sacred history, Russian history,
drawing, music, mathematics, natural sciences, and religion; in the afternoon
there were experiments in physical sciences and lessons in singing, reading,
and composition. No consistent order was followed, however, and lessons were
lengthened or omitted according to the degree of interest manifested by the
students (Simmons, 1968).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: "times new roman";">Montessori practice mirrors this principle not only in
supporting children’s development through ‘sensitive periods’ in learning, but
also in the right of students to participate in, decline, or quietly observe
lessons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lillard (2007) states, “</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The Montessori materials and basic
lessons ensure a core of learning across curriculum areas, but each child’s
imagination is invested in the particular avenues of learning that the child
pursues beyond that core” (p. 31).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Surely, Tolstoy’s educational movement displayed instincts with Montessori
principles regarding student interest and involvement as catalysts in learning.
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tolstoy
also believed in the ‘freedom within limits’ method of classroom
instruction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He understood that learning
could only occur when clear limits, established by the teacher using “his
knowledge and capacity to manage” had been recognized (Simmons, 1968). Only
then would children, approached as responsible and respectable beings, discover
the necessity of order and begin to govern themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Montessori educators will recognize this as a
component in process of normalization that occurs in our classrooms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tolstoy’s vision of freedom in education
coincide with Montessori’s ideas:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">When we speak of freedom in education we mean freedom for
the creative energy which is the urge of life toward the development of the
individual…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It has a guiding principle,
a very fine, but unconscious directive, the aim of which is to develop a normal
person.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When we speak of free children
we are thinking of this energy which must be free in order to construct these
children well (Montessori in Lillard, 2007, p. 106-107).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">The
notion of teacher preparation is understood by Montessori educators to be of
paramount importance in establishing authentic learning environments for our
students.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tolstoy, motivated by his
quest to provide a holistic education for the masses, also believed the teacher’s
role and their own attitudes to be influential in children’s scholastic
enterprises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He knew from his own
experiences at his School that, “children’s minds possess life experiences from
which valid connections could be made to daily lessons, and that their
imaginations and moral sensibilities can fully contribute to
self-directed…endeavors” (Scheuerman, 2010).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The role of the adult, therefore, was to be that of a guide who supports
learning rather than that of an authoritarian.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Moreover, Tolstoy believed that compulsory learning stifled student
enthusiasm and that the best pedagogical practices should follow student
interest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He simplified this thought by frankly
stating, “Find something which the students will be glad to learn” and that
learning should “please the pupils, instead of the teacher” (Scheurerman,
2010).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, these conclusions
represent insightful precursors to Montessori’s later revelations in education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tolstoy, igniting interest through
storytelling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Regrettably,
Tolstoy’s attempts in reforming the educational system in Russia were never
supported by the government.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">
</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Nonetheless, we can be inspired by his progressive vision and marvel at
his intuition that came to be validated by science through Montessori’s later
research.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">In fact, one can conclude that
Tolstoy and his </span><i style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Yasnaya Polyana School </i><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">played
foundational roles in establishing the worldwide Montessori movement.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Following the release of </span><u style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">The Montessori
Method,</u><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> translated into Russian, and a personal visit to Rome to see the
Montessori schools, Tolstoy’s daughter Tatiana, returned to Russia in full
support of the new approach.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">After her
glowing “report in a Moscow educational journal, classes were begun in Vilna… with
materials obtained from America following support from the physicist V.V.
Lermontov.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">[In fact, a] classroom was
set up in the palace at St. Petersburg for the children of the Tsar and courtiers”
(O’Donnell, 2007 p. 24).</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Tatiana
Tolstoy’s knowledge and full support of the Montessori method was undoubtedly
influenced by her own pedagogical upbringing, which philosophically resembled
Montessori’s approach. </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Certainly,
Tatiana’s support was instrumental in bringing Montessori education to Russia,
helping to raise international awareness of the method.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">Maria Montessori herself would have
wholeheartedly supported Lev Tolstoy’s intuition that “if education is good,
then the need for it will manifest itself like hunger” (Tolstoy in Simmons,
1968).</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"> </span></div>
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Berkeley: University of California Press.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-1678554002042446382016-09-09T16:33:00.000-04:002016-09-09T16:49:07.031-04:00Small Steps to a Big Future<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
While we have yet to be in school a for a full week, we certainly have made steady progress with our majority, new-to-the-classroom group. As one can imagine, there have been numerous <i><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6489029184631294133#editor/target=post;postID=2117832803900857657;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname">Grace and Courtesy</a></i> lessons as we learn and review procedures, and begin forming a distinct classroom culture. As with all with all 'good' things, this will take time as the children begin adjusting to their environment, while building trust with each other and adults. <br />
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During this early stage of the school year, it always amazes me how clearly the returning students rise to the occasion of being the oldest members of the group. Their memories of lessons and of general routines are so helpful as we begin anew. Not only does this help to build their own confidence, but it also brings such valuable learning experiences for our newest class members.</div>
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Some photos from our first days together:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apple stamping, using an apple-shaped sponge.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-writing lesson: the ever popular, Rock Painting.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counting the S<i>hort Bead Stair</i>, associating quantity to color.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Careful pouring practice with green and red gems.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring dimensions with a <i>Knobbed Cylinder Block</i>, while promoting the pincer grasp.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Associating quantity with number symbol using the <i>Short Bead Hanger.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attention to detail while rolling a mat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Combining beginning sounds to letter symbols.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transferring with a spoon while sorting by color.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing practice with the <i>Metal Insets</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pre-reading activity with an apple theme - finding the one that does not belong.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Building concentration, coordination, independence and order with the <i>Opening and Closing</i> bottles lessons.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transferring with tweezers - encouraging fine motor development.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Number writing practice with <i>Sandpaper Numbers</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completing the <i>Cards and Counters</i> lesson to learn about odd and even numbers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Developing the pincer grasp - transferring toothpicks into the shaker.</td></tr>
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It's only the beginning of the journey, and I am looking forward to where these first steps will lead us.</div>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-83212864194809891082016-06-21T13:55:00.001-04:002016-06-21T13:55:33.851-04:00Inaugural Summer Camp!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The school year went ahead and ended on me! Where did the year go? Now, it's time to post about our first-ever summer camp, spearheaded by our energetic, creative, and dedicated classroom assistant. She has single handedly put together this enriching, Montessori inspired outdoor experience for our campers. What a refreshing sight to see these lessons in the beautiful light of the summer sun, among the grass so green, and the breeze through our hair:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transferring water beads with a large spoon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fine motor development using outlines from the Metal Inset shapes and small wood pieces.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outdoor shelves!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An invitation to create and design.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outdoor water source for Practical Life activities.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Water-dropper transferring. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making bubbles.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Thanks to the talents of one of our parents who built this with wood pallets, the children now have this adorable place to make music.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another side of the 'Music Wall' which is actually three-sided. The last side includes a chalkboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Outdoor mats for workspaces. Don't you just love the burlap with grass…?! </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Birdwatcher's materials.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visual discrimination of size with tree cookies!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cornmeal/sand tray for writing practice.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I wanted to stay - it was hard to leave this little piece of Montessori summer camp fun! :-)</td></tr>
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I will be back to share more pictures - I couldn't get to everything this time around, so I hope you will check back again! </div>
Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-72313560666910581862016-06-21T13:33:00.001-04:002016-06-21T13:33:21.675-04:00Sewing Together on the Tapestry Table <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Some readers may recall our group sewing project several years ago which was highlighted in <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2012/05/tapestree-table.html">THIS </a>post. Since so many of our children have enjoyed the <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2014/04/sewing-drawers-part-two.html">series of sewing lessons</a> over the past couple of years, one of our assistants decided to put together the following culminating sewing activity using our beloved tapestry table to coincide with the <i>Short Bead Stair</i>:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working back from the golden ten bar, these circles were placed in a row... </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…and embellished with golden beads, buttons, etc.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The same for number nine...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…all the way...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…to number one! </td></tr>
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We will certainly will find a special place to display the piece in our classroom - I am thinking on the wall above the Bead Cabinet. Stay tuned!<br />
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-23153139790392616372016-05-22T13:09:00.001-04:002016-05-22T13:09:06.614-04:00Covering the Classroom<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
After reviewing the photos from the last two weeks in the classroom, the first aspect that jumps out to me is how each of the five ares of the classroom are represented. This includes the areas of Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, and Science/Cultural. As Montessori classrooms strive to create a balance in the the difference work areas, I am so pleased to see that all of them are represented in our latest series of pictures, confirming that we are indeed 'covering the classroom!' <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Refining the pincer grasp - transferring beads with tweezers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spelling practice - making a booklet using a list from our <i>Language Works </i>phonogram series.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing skills needed for writing - painting on rocks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Exploring compound words.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gross motor development and coordination - matching the line on rolling pin and moving it along the line on the rug.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking a the designs and patterns found on these wooden eggs decorated in the Ukrainian style.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Addition with the<i> Small Bead Frame</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Completion of the <i>Cylinder Blocks</i> blindfolded.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the smallest <i>Pink Tower</i> cube to slide on the edges.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting images into the categories of Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using two shapes and two colors for <i>Metal Inset</i> work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Teamwork with the <i>45 Layout</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Working so intently and observing variations of size and dimension using the <i>Pink Tower </i>and <i>Brown Stair</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Perfecting the <i>Buckle Frame</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Division with the <i>Stamp Game</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tracing numerals and coloring quantities with an extension lesson of the <i>Cards and Counters</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Copying words from a <i>Word Family</i> booklet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Practicing the <i>Lacing Frame</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carefully placing corresponding quantities while preparing for odd and even number work.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sounding out longer phonetic words with the <i>Large Moveable Alphabet</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The mealworms have arrived! We will be closely observing them to learn about the life cycle and conducting several experiments in the coming weeks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Folding Cloths</i> on the lines.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seasonal matching activity with different types of flowers.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still enjoying the watercolor activity.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…and finished!</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-49670484072564433902016-05-07T06:30:00.005-04:002016-05-07T06:30:39.591-04:00Week in Photos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here are some photos taken in the classroom over the past week. Such a busy group! Also, we were working on our <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2016/04/mothers-day-vase.html">Mother's Day gifts</a> all week - making, decorating, wrapping, etc. Enjoy!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Matching pictures to pictures - this set depicts famous landmarks in St. Petersburg, Russia.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Number recognition and sequencing with the <i>Math Step Board</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Two friends discussing their work with the <i>Pink Tower and Brown Stair</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Using the <i>Teen Bead Hanger </i>for numbers 11-19 - quantity and place value.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun activity to develop understanding of place value.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Waking the maze and trying not to touch the sides.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More teamwork!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing practice with the <i>Large Moveable Alphabet.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We talked about Easter eggs decorated in the the Ukrainian style and Faberge eggs - the children have been enjoying this coloring page of eggs.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lining up the <i>Brown Stairs</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Retrieving quantities.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Playing the <i>Exchange Game</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Transferring pieces of small, gold ribbon with a clothespin.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading practice with the <i>Mac and Tab Series</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pouring into two vessels.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Word study - exploring suffixes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Introduction to the <i>Small Bead Frame</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Negative (Subtraction) Snake Game.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Checking one's work and finding it all matches up!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing practice on a lined chalkboard.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Counting, cardinality, and odd/even numbers with <i>Cards and Counters</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here, the child has brought the <i>Red Rods</i> to one mat and lined them up in order on the other mat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finding the Flag of Russia in a book and comparing it to the one from our collection of Flags of the World.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Careful work with a <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2016/05/golden-circles.html">watercolor art activity</a>.</td></tr>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-76802369177436805382016-05-03T05:40:00.001-04:002016-05-03T05:40:56.268-04:00Golden Circles<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our students have been very much engaged with a new art lesson that is currently on the Art shelf. I love that it combines mathematical concepts with art - here, the children are tracing ten circles with a golden crayon and filling in the resulting design with water colors. The gold, of course, corresponds to the ten bar in the decimal system materials - please find more information about that in <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2016/04/good-as-gold_25.html">THIS</a> post. While the activity is not intended to replace any math lesson with the Montessori materials, it is meant to provide opportunities for children to creatively make their own connections between materials and areas of study.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First the child traces ten gold circles using a golden crayon.</td></tr>
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Here are just a few samples of the the children's finished work:</div>
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Sashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07813272126525499658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6489029184631294133.post-53143945168097936162016-04-30T08:06:00.002-04:002016-04-30T08:06:27.286-04:00Headed for Gold!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Yes, it is true - these lessons have demonstrated magnetic appeal, and the children have been thoroughly enjoying the theme of gold (which you can see more of in <a href="http://tothelesson.blogspot.com/2016/04/good-as-gold_25.html">THIS POST</a>). Before sharing our classroom photos from this week, here are some close ups of additional activities on the <i>Practical Life</i> shelves:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting with a spoon - there were smiles all around when the children discovered this nesting doll spoon.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And, who could resist this golden egg which houses the play dough? </td></tr>
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And now for some action photos from around the classroom:</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This lesson has intrigued the children: Clipping barrettes onto a ribbon - so simple, yet allows practice of many skills!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I saved this black, divided tray from a box of glue sticks - look how lovely the gold beads are in this transfer lesson with tweezers!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Map tracing continues its flurry of activity - we now have an entire collection adorning our classroom walls.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some children simply could not resist the weaving activity using these various gold ribbons. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pairing verbs and adverbs - the conversations that occur during these types of lessons are just as valuable as the materials themselves.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Writing practice and letter sounds with <i>Sandpaper Letters</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Coffee filter Earth Day craft. These turned out very beautifully and can be found in our hallway by the cubbies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As mentioned earlier, the map making frenzy is apparent in our classroom! :-)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Constructive Triangles</i>: Exploring how triangles form new shapes when placed together .</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beautiful, exploratory work with the box of circles...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…likewise with the box of triangles. I love how this work was being completed side by side, with one student inspiring the other.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A fun tin to practice Opening and Closing - each section contains a golden pom pom . When added together they equal ten.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Linear and skip counting practice, along with number symbol recognition using the <i>Short Chain of Six</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sorting the <i>Geometric Solids</i> into groups: one that roll, ones that slide and ones that roll and slide.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Solidifying concepts of quantity with the <i>Spindle Boxes</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A beautiful matching activity - 'Peace' in various languages.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Spelling practice with the <i>Small Moveable Alphabet</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pairing primary and secondary colors with the <i>Second Color Tablet Box</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Number writing practice with <i>Sandpaper Numbers</i>.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning about suffixes.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reading word family books.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Subtraction Snake Game...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">…and checking one's work - all the beads are paired evenly with the ten bars and gray bars.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Learning American Sign Language letters - the child pairs the printed letter to the small, cursive letter on the sign language card (red), then practices signing the letter.</td></tr>
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