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Practical Life

On the Shelves in October

October 6, 2013 By Seemi

On the Shelves in October

  Fine Motor shelves with an October theme Pouring acorns Tweezing mini pumpkins into a pumpkin icecube tray Spooning and pouring corn kernels Spooning lima bean ghosts.  Thanks to Pinterest for the inspiration! Gluing-on-a-dot using Halloween themed confetti Making a jack-o-lantern with basic shapes We have these Halloween themed paper punches available on the art […]

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Filed Under: Art, Practical Life, Seasonal Tagged With: Autumn, Fine Motor

Montessori At Home

September 22, 2013 By Seemi

We had our first Parent Education Workshop of the year last week.  We talked about things that can be done at home to support what the children are doing at school.  All of our tips and suggestions center around helping the child become more independent.  Here are some examples of ways parents can organize their […]

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Filed Under: Montessori at Home, Montessori Basics, Practical Life

8 Tips for Organizing Practical Life Supplies

July 7, 2013 By Seemi

8 Tips for Organizing Practical Life Supplies

 Woohoo!  Only a Montessori teacher can understand the rush of owning tiny bowls and pitchers and tongs.   In the early days, you think you can’t possibly ever have enough.  And then the day comes when you realize, by golly, you have to stop accumulating them because there’s no room left in the ~ahem~ fourth dimension. […]

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Flower Activities

May 19, 2013 By Seemi

Learning about flowers in kindergarten

We were given such a spectacular display of flowers for Teacher Appreciation week that we thought it was time to bring out our floral works! Sensorial Exploration Different Kinds of Flowers We have a ridiculous number of picture matching cards and they’re all out on the shelves!  I may donate some of these to a needy […]

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Filed Under: Language, Practical Life, Science Tagged With: Botany, Fine Motor, plants

Africa Themed Fine Motor Trays

April 28, 2013 By Seemi

Africa Themed Fine Motor Activities

We made a few minor changes to our fine motor shelf this week.   The pouring shelf is practically the same as it has been all month. We just changed the color to green to coordinate with the color of Africa on the Montessori continent globe. Most of the other trays include some sort of […]

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Filed Under: Geography, Practical Life Tagged With: Africa, Fine Motor

Bugs! Fine Motor and Art Activities on the Shelf

April 13, 2013 By Seemi

Bugs! Fine Motor and Art Activities on the Shelf

We’ve been learning about bugs!  Butterflies, ladybugs, grasshoppers, spiders, and cicadas! Affiliate links are used in this post for your convenience.  Read my full affiliate disclosure here. The children have begun to bring bugs in that they’ve discovered on their walks.  Here we have a black and yellow millipede in this critter case. Examining cicada shells in […]

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Filed Under: Art, Practical Life Tagged With: Animals, Bugs, Fine Motor

St. Patrick’s Day Fine Motor Activities

March 11, 2013 By Seemi

St. Patrick's Day Fine Motor Activities

We have rainbows in the class, but St. Patrick’s Day won’t be complete without a little green! Here’s our fine motor shelf for March Pouring On the very top are our pouring activities, in various shades of green. The mini leprechaun hats are from the Dollar Store and the trays are from Montessori Services (affiliate link). […]

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Filed Under: Holidays, Practical Life Tagged With: Fine Motor, St. Patricks Day

Rainbows!

March 10, 2013 By Seemi

We decided to honor St. Patrick’s day with a rainbow theme this year.  Who doesn’t love rainbows? (Since we have only preschoolers in the class this year, we won’t be going into the science of rainbows.) The Colors of the Rainbow The children can use these Montessori Color Tablets to sequence the colors of the […]

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Filed Under: Art, Practical Life, Seasonal Tagged With: Rainbows, Spring

Valentine Theme Activities

February 9, 2013 By Seemi

Valentine Theme Activities for preschool

It’s February and time to bring a little pink and purple into the room! Pre-Literacy This is a fun matching work that Ms. Rashidah created for us last year.  I like how you have to look carefully to make sure you get the correct pair of valentine stamp stickers matched up. Math The Secret Number […]

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Blue Flowers!

January 14, 2013 By Seemi

I did it.  I caved!  I bought artificially colored flowers for our flower arranging work this week.  In Montessori we try to keep things as natural as they are… but this time I simply couldn’t resist the electric blue and vibrant purple flowers calling me from the flower bin. Here they are on our flower […]

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