Living the Montessori life as a mom with two young children
The Montessori method of education teaches reading and writing by isolating each sound/symbol and allowing the child to manipulate them herself through the movable alphabet. So why would we teach music any differently? I don’t have a music degree, but I do know how to read music and play the piano — so when I […]
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We began our study of the human body on the outside and worked our way in — as most Montessori learning goes! After learning all about The Outer Body and the skeletal system, we moved on in to look at the muscular system. We used a simple Muscle Diagram found in a Google search along with […]
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Last month I shared how we began reading with the Montessori Pink Series, so here’s the next step in our Montessori reading and writing journey: the Montessori Blue Series! While the Pink Series focuses on 3 letter consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words with a short vowel, the Blue Series begins to introduce consonant blends while retaining that […]
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We’ve been officially homeschooling for over a year now, and the top question I get on Instagram is probably “How do you plan your preschool units and lessons?” Want to know some of my secrets??? First, I ask the girls what they want to learn about and then plan a themed unit based on what […]
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N has been walking around the house saying two words followed by, “Hey! ____ and ____ rhyme!!!” She has the biggest grin on her face while she does it. Montessori sound games usually begin with “I spy” using objects to sound out beginning sounds, but N is clearly more interested in ending sounds that are […]
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