One of the very first sensorial materials introduced in a Montessori classroom are the Cylinder Blocks. They are made of wood, with 10 cylinders cut out of each block. In one block, the cylinders are all the same height but decline in width from thick to thin. In another block, the cylinders are all the same width but decline in height from tall to short (this is the hardest block). A third block declines in both height and width (Tall/Thick down…
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…
I started this blog back in August with the intention of using it to plan the setup of our Montessori Preschool at home. And then life happened! Now it is May and DJ is 2.5 years old and what a difference. His language skills are amazing and it makes it so fun to be able to communicate with him. In the past few months, I’ve acquired a large portion of the Montessori preschool materials and was lucky enough to get…
Although D won’t be in “official” preschool for more than a year, he is definitely in the school of LIFE right now. He spends quite a bit of time doing practical life and sensorial activities. Here are just a few: Baking cookies – although his bowl is just pretend, it has all the real ingredients (except egg) for him to stir. Didn’t taste too bad either. I was mixing the real batch while he practiced. Vacuuming – D is obsessed…