Building Blends, Phonograms, and Digraphs with the Montessori Green Series

June 27, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

If you’ve been following along for a while, you’ll remember reading about our reading journey beginning with the Montessori Pink Series and followed by the Montessori Blue Series! There is one more series to learn once those are mastered, and it is known as the Montessori Green Series. While the Pink Series focuses on 3 […]

Montessori Human Body Study: The Nervous System

June 13, 2018.Reading time 3 minutes.

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, we moved on in to look at the Skeletal System and the Muscular System before starting at the top with the Nervous System. Our favorite activity […]

Montessori Human Body Study: The Five Senses

June 6, 2018.Reading time 5 minutes.

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, the skeletal system, and the muscular system, we decided to start at the top and working our way down. My favorite part of our nervous system study […]

How to Teach Music Notation the Montessori Way

May 23, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

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 […]

Montessori Human Body Study: The Muscular System

May 16, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.

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 […]