Our toddler group had an outing at a local farm today to pick strawberries. 40 toddlers and 25 parents. It was a real challenge to get pictures without other children in the background! The weather was beautiful after a week of chilly rain and everyone had a blast! We started off with a wagon ride pulled by a John Deere tractor. DJ was in heaven. Each toddler was given a pint container to fill with strawberries. Yum! After a wagon…
We didn’t do as much this week but Friday in particular was a day for working on his Montessori activities. DJ has had a flower arranging activity on his shelves for awhile but doesn’t usually select it. That tray had artificial flowers, already cut to length to fit in the vase. Our neighbor gave us a bouquet of peonies. It was the perfect opportunity to teach DJ how to cut flower stems with scissors and he loved it! Without Montessori…
Last week was a busy one for DJ so here are some photos of his activities: DJ was able to help spin this Kugel Ball at the Science Center. A key principle of Montessori preschool is real life experience and DJ loves any museum where touching is expected! And of course, anything to do with water ranks up high on the preferred list. We went to the Zoo again now that we have a membership and this time it didn’t…
While it is common for homeschool blogs to give “school room” tours, our school room is in our living room. So welcome to our house! Our living room is long and narrow so it’s difficult to get an overview picture of the whole room. The picture above is DJ’s play area. These shelves have mostly toys, although there are some educational benefits to most of them. The brown box is full of books. Too many books, I know, but I…