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Toward the end of the year, we studied space! We learned about the solar system, several planets, the Earth and how the planets rotate around the sun. </div>
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Last year, we had the pleasure of having a student in our school whose parents were visiting astronomers from Venezuela! They made planet models for us and we used them again this year to rotate around the sun. Here this group each had a planet (some comets and asteroids too) and they practiced rotating around the sun in the middle!</div>
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We also had coloring pages for the planets. Here a child decided to cut them out and glue them onto a background. He then labeled each planet. </div>
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We made a beautiful Venus! </div>
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This child spontaneously drew Earth on the easel. He loved telling us all about what he drew on the Earth! </div>
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In a Montessori classroom, there should be many opportunities for spontaneous writing! Here a child was so excited about her nail polish, she wanted to write it down and draw a picture!</div>
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She rolled out a rug, got the moveable alphabet and sounded out the words! She then traced her hand and had her story. These opportunities help her to understand how to sound out words, how to write a story and that she has something to say. She was quite proud of herself and couldn't wait to take it home and show her mom!</div>
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Some of the older children have worked often with the Geometric Cabinet and like to complete extensions. Here a child uses stamps and colored pencils to create a book of geometric shapes. They are familiar with the names and have now started to write everything down. They enjoy making books of their own to take home. </div>
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A wonderful and tasty practical life (food prep) activity is strawberry hulling. Here the child learns how to place their fingers in the special tool. (First they put on an apron, carry the tray to a table and wash their hands.)</div>
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The child then takes off the green part by pushing down the tip of the huller and twisting. </div>
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After she is done hulling she places the green part in a small bowl (to be throw away or composted later) and eats the yummy strawberry! </div>
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We decided to take a small group of afternooners on a field trip to the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology as we have been studying Africa and most specifically, Ancient Egypt. </div>
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We hopped on the bus and headed into campus. Our stop was right by the cube so we decided it was necessary to give it a spin before the trip inside the museum.</div>
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First, we read the rules! When our Docent arrived, we were well prepared to answer her question of <br />"What are the rules of the museum?"</div>
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We saw many, many interesting artifacts. We even saw a child mummy! Jean our Docent helped to explain this in a very gently, age appropriate way! </div>
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We saw many masks that were put on people who had died as a way to identify them. </div>
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Here we were fascinated with a cat and hawk mummy!</div>
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Children in ancient Egypt played with many recognizable toys!</div>
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After our tour, Jean read a book to the children called "Temple Cat." </div>
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The children enjoyed the story and the whole field trip! </div>
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As part of our classroom study of Ancient Egypt, many children have decided to make pyramids out of sugar cubes! </div>
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We also used hieroglyphic stamps to write names as well as various words.</div>
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We also presented the Ancient Egypt Toob! The children liked to interact and read (so many older children are reading independently now) about the various pieces. </div>
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The caterpillars arrived in their plastic jar and began waking up that day. They started eating the food in the bottom of the jar and set off to grow and grow and grow!</div>
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After a few days, several made the girdle and attached themselves to the paper at the top. The children were able to see how they quickly turned into a chrysalis. </div>
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Unfortunately one fell off and was in the bottom of the jar. We gently picked him/her up and placed in the bottom of the habitat. The children were really interested to see how the others stayed attached to the paper when taken out of the jar. Many children asked me to be careful! </div>
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We then pinned the paper inside of the habitat. Since you never know exactly how long the process will take, we made sure to leave sugar water sprinkled on some flowers at the bottom before leaving for the weekend. The children will be quite excited to see butterflies next week. Hopefully they will take the weekend off and decide to emerge during the school day!</div>
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This week we began studying butterflies. We ordered caterpillars and watched them munch away at their special food. We offered a painting work to show that butterfly wings are (mostly) symmetrical. The child paints one side, lightly pushes it down with their hand and unfolds. </div>
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Voila, a mostly symmetrical butterfly!</div>
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We then offered a life cycle work. The child glues various pasta and leaves on the plate to show the egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and butterfly phases. </div>
<br />Teaching Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621949907471522624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908473539886525349.post-53100256134440282462013-05-11T10:57:00.000-07:002013-05-11T11:03:38.188-07:00A poem for Mother's Day <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The afternooners wrote a poem for their mothers yesterday. We began this work by thinking of words that came into our mind when we thought of our mothers.</div>
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We had the children write them on sticky notes so they could be arranged and moved around. </div>
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This is what they wrote:</div>
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<strong>Hug Kiss Cutest</strong></div>
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<strong>Brownies Muffins<br />Love</strong></div>
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The children put a lot of thought in how to arrange the words. It was wonderful to watch them work this out as a group. </div>
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After the words were written, they flipped the watercolor paper over and used crayons and watercolors for a wax-resist art project. </div>
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<strong>Happy Mother's Day to all of our amazing Mothers!!</strong> </div>
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Writing and reading go together and we try to provide opportunities and encourage children to write. Montessori language work begins with the metal insets. Here a child learns to hold a pencil and gain some control while creating beautiful images in many colors. As they progress through the many works, children may want to begin writing letters. They move on to writing their name and pretty soon various messages. These messages can be anything from writing a sign to let others know to "take only one paper towel" to writing words in a book. Here are some examples: </div>
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T Rex was dead in a big explosion. To: Angela </div>
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Mother's Day Book of Flowers </div>
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Children are not put under pressure to spell things perfectly but encouraged to express themselves by sounding out the words. Eventually, as they work through the language materials, they see many words and how they are spelled. </div>
Teaching Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621949907471522624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908473539886525349.post-954008894483681972013-05-11T10:32:00.002-07:002013-05-11T10:32:40.416-07:00Washing a cloth<br />
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Step 1: Fill up the bucket. (this is after the work has been set up and an apron or smock is put on).</div>
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Step 2: Get the cloth wet. </div>
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Step 3: Place the cloth on the board and rub soap on it. </div>
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Step 4: Place the board on your belly and begin to scrub the cloth by moving it up and down. </div>
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Step 5: Rinse out the cloth and wring it as dry as possible.</div>
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Step 6: Take to drying rack and use clothespins to secure. </div>
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Step 7: Repeat or clean up the work for the next child. </div>
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In a Montessori environment, we encourage self-sufficiency. Children at this age are learning to master their environment as well as the movements of their body. Multi-step activities such as washing a cloth allows a child to have the opportunity to build confidence, independence and concentration. At this point, most children will not be washing cloths with a washboard but this activity encourages concentration as the child becomes fully absorbed into their work. If you were to observe this child you may have seen joy and serenity and a sense of accomplishment at the end. <br />
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Spring has sprung and the flowers (and everything else it seems) has bloomed! <br />We study plants and flowers at this time of the year as the children are witnessing this change of season on a daily basis. We have been planting seeds, beans and potting flowers (Happy Mother's Day) for our special Mothers! It was time to take a closer look at a flower and see all of the various parts. </div>
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We call this work a flower dissection. </div>
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We take a tulip and very carefully cut the specific pieces off and place them on a black card so they are visible. We name each part and have the children match the parts of a flower cards to the actual flower pieces. </div>
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We gave a small group lesson on this work and the children were then allowed to complete this independently. They were also able to complete their own parts of a flower book to take home. </div>
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We have been learning about plants and the children have been able to grow wheat grass, sprout a seed and are now planting a bean. </div>
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The work is set up on a tray. The children chose their name marker and put it in a small cup. Fill the cup with dirt using a tiny scoop. </div>
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They then pick out a bean and push it into the dirt. </div>
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Lastly, they fill up the tiny pitcher with water and pour it on the dirt.</div>
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Dr. Montessori felt that gardening was very important and rewarding for children. </div>
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They learn how to care for a living thing and also see a life cycle in action!</div>
Teaching Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621949907471522624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908473539886525349.post-11789990250232717142013-05-05T08:38:00.001-07:002013-05-05T08:38:22.584-07:00Table Washing (even the bottom)!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the favorite activities in the classroom for teachers and students is table washing. This activity has so many benefits! It is a multistep activity that allows concentration to develop. On this day, two of the afternoon children decided to wash off pencil marks from the bottom of the tables. We helped them flip the table over (after they looked under and found the markings) and they completed everything else. They were so engrossed in this work! At one point one of the children looked at me and said, "This is just too much fun!" Such joy!</div>
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It is a gift to have time to complete a work like this and see the results! After this table was finished, they asked to wash more tables! </div>
<br />Teaching Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621949907471522624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908473539886525349.post-41623045288753455792013-05-05T08:32:00.002-07:002013-05-05T08:32:37.489-07:00The Geo Board <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have another addition to the sensorial area of the classroom: the geo board. This board allows children to experiment with geometric shapes and various patterns. It also helps with fine motor skills! This has been a big hit this week. It was amazing to see all of the various patterns the children are making! </div>
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We offer a yoga "work" for the children in our classroom. This provides a space to take some time out and just stretch! It is very relaxing. The children first take off their shoes and place them on a mat. They unroll the mat, choose the pose and complete it! Many children have been doing yoga lately! It is wonderful to observe!</div>
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<br />Teaching Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00621949907471522624noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2908473539886525349.post-91593417819558718142013-05-05T08:21:00.000-07:002013-05-05T08:21:05.014-07:00A field trip to the library!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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As we have been studying types of transportation, we decided to take some of the afternooners on a bus trip to the library!</div>
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They wrote out a list of books they would like to check out: </div>
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Book about mercury (the element - not the planet!)</div>
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Space</div>
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Dinosaur Skeleton</div>
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Book about sharks</div>
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We took bus 5B to the library! It was VERY fun to wait (although hot on an 80 degree day) for the bus and to sit in the seats!</div>
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When we arrived at the library, they were very helpful and listened to the list of books. Unfortunately, we couldn't find a book on mercury the element at this library (it has been ordered and picked up at the downtown branch), so this child chose a book about batteries instead. </div>
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We had some time to read the books in the nice cool space and then some children played at the table.</div>
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Here are the books! Sideways.... </div>
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To draw back some of the older children to our sensorial work, we offer extensions. We gave a lesson with the same material but added the use of a blindfold! This child now increased her sense of touch and by completing this work without the sense of sight and allowed her hands to do all of the work! Most children will do the cylinder block work using only their dominant hand. They pick up the cylinders and along with using the visual sense, replace them in the proper areas. When this child decided to complete this work, she first began by using only her right hand. After a bit we suggested using both hands together to help each other out. It was fascinating to watch and many children waited for the blindfold to be put back on the shelf so they could take their turn! </div>
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wind power!</div>
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using the moveable alphabet to spell words </div>
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a game of mancala</div>
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collage work with liquid starch</div>
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making a potato battery</div>
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We have been studying the continent of Europe and some countries for the past few weeks. </div>
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Besides the continent puzzle maps, many children like to complete the flag pinning work. </div>
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Some children are interested in making a flag book of all of the countries in Europe. </div>
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We also try to make and taste food from the various areas. On this day we made pizzas!</div>
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We also have many concrete objects and pictures from many of the countries in Europe. Here a child wears wooden shoes. </div>
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A goal is to have the child experience and absorb a little of the culture from each continent. </div>
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Since we have worked with may circuits, we decided to introduce Snap Circuits to the afternoon children. Some children are able to read the directions on their own and snap on the pieces to make the circuit complete. The best is when it does not work and they have to figure out why! <br />
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This is a great activity that demonstrates the idea of circuits. The children can make a light bulb turn on, play happy birthday and sound a siren amongst other things. </div>
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This activity can be bought at many toy stores. One child said, "It says age 8! We are five and we can do this!!" </div>
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Sewing work continues! Several children asked to sew again and we came up with pillow sewing. First the pattern is drawn on the pillow. The pins are added to hold the material in place. As the child sews past the pin, it is taken out and placed in the pin cushion. <br />
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Once most of the pillow is sewn up, it is turned inside out and stuffing is added. </div>
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The child sews along the outside edge and a pillow is made! <br />This activity requires strong fine motor skills, concentration and patience! </div>
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This past week we explored color mixing. We first use the pipettes to place drops of the colored water (red, blue and yellow) onto the template. </div>
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Once the colors are on the dots, gently stir with a toothpick to blend the colors together. </div>
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Place a paper towel over the top. This must be done with care! (and make sure the child writes their name on the towel.) </div>
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Pick up the paper towel and see the amazing color wheel! </div>
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