DJ is moving slowly through the early Golden Bead work. This involves matching the large number cards to the corresponding cubes, squares, tens and units. He enjoys this work but it is challenging for him so we are taking it very slow. Today we set up number cards in 4 rows on one side of the room and then 9 of each cube, square, tens and units in rows on the other side. Then we played a game where I…
DJ has been all about math lately. He is really keeping me on my toes because I didn’t expect to need to be prepared for these activities for another 6 months or more! The following activities in this post have been done over the past 2 to 3 weeks. One of DJ’s favorite games right now is called “Touch it quick!” We set the sandpaper numbers out in a random pattern and I call out numbers for him to touch…
DJ started Montessori preschool one year ago when he was 2.5 years old so he has now completed the first year of the three year sequence. Since Montessori is child-led, the first year could look very different for each child but I thought it would be fun and informative to do a recap of DJ’s first year. Practical LifeThere are 45 posts over the past year that include practical life activities ranging from food preparation, cleaning, dressing himself, care of…
DJ’s grandpa Dennis has signed him up for the subscription service from Brainy Kits. We received the third set last week and it is their best one yet, by far. Although I might be a little biased because I needed to be putting together a study on life cycles but I was dragging my feet as I wasn’t really sure where to start. Brainy Kits solved that for me! The kit included: -Life Cycle charts for: -Plant -Ant…