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		<title>After Dinner Jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn&#8217;t you love to walk into a kitchen all clean and sparkling?  I just loved how this family came up with a practice that helps everyone clean up quickly, without fights and with whole family participating: Around the House After Dinner Jobs.

My kids are 6 and 2 and it is too early for them. [...]


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		<title>Book templates and Free mazes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found some wonderful resources that I wanted to share.  
First of all: this site has fantastic collection of free mazes for kids.  Various mazes, various levels, easy to print out and fun to use.  I also used the idea from my favorite Montessori Yahoo group to avoid using a pen, but [...]

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<li><a href='http://www.childandme.com/european-bingo-free-board-game/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: European Bingo &#8211; free board game!'>European Bingo &#8211; free board game!</a> <small>While our little stuffed mouse Maisy is happily enjoying Barcelona...</small></li>
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		<title>What&#8217;s your favorite book</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 03:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a TeachYourBabyToRead yahoo group, another terrific discussion of great books for the kids up to two years old. We LOVE reading, so couldn&#8217;t skip this opportunity to insert our five cents.  Please jump on a wagon and add your favorites!

A.P.P., Larry Sanger, put a terrific list  together.  You can search for it in [...]

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<li><a href='http://www.childandme.com/free-chemistry-book/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Free chemistry book'>Free chemistry book</a> <small>Thanks to Lore at playschool6 Yahoo Group for sharing this...</small></li>
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		<title>Halloween party for 3 to 6 year old kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year we host a Halloween party. Every year kids gather at our house for some very special way to celebrate it&#8230; This is a list of things that we do with 3 to 6 year olds. 

NOTE: this age group is not competitive yet.  Years of experience taught us to use only those games, where [...]

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<li><a href='http://www.childandme.com/kids-and-moms-safety-beyond-and-against-dont-talk-to-strangers/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Kids and moms safety &#8211; beyond and against &#8220;Don&#8217;t talk to strangers&#8221;'>Kids and moms safety &#8211; beyond and against &#8220;Don&#8217;t talk to strangers&#8221;</a> <small>&#8220;Don&#8217;t talk to strangers.&#8221; Don&#8217;t you talk to strangers all...</small></li>
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		<title>I Live on the Planet Earth &#8211; Fun Geography Necklace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This song turned out to be so much fun, that we sing it even after we were done with our unit in Geography.
&#8220;I live on Planet Earth&#8221; song to the &#8220;He&#8217;s Got The Whole World in His Hands&#8220;. We tried singing it with props: I printed pictures of earth, USA map, our State, our state [...]

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		<title>Load the ship!  &#8211; Small Motor coordination development</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:21:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montessori Practical Life transferring activities seem redundant and boring to me&#8230; and absolutely irresistible to my kid.  I think my older one, Sunshine, can spend hours just pouring water or spooning beans.   Though it&#8217;s tongs and tweezers that are the dearest to his heart!

This activity came together spontaneously, but it immediately became [...]


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		<title>Montessori materials for a 9 month old</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Baby Needs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My little one is turning 10 months in a few days.  These are his favorite Montessori activities:
1. Opening and closing boxes
 &#8211; I stopped at local ACMoore and Michaels and picked up bunch of boxes that are supposed to be painted: circular one, square one, hinged one, etc.  Those are his favorites!  [...]


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		<title>Montessori Resources</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:37:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, here are the Montessori resources that I found useful!  Enjoy and please share if you discovered something that I haven&#8217;t seen yet!


Books
Websites for ordering materials or reviewing what&#8217;s there
Montessori Courses for Parents and/or Teachers
Websites for learning how to make your own materials, blogs, and free printables.
Video demonstrations of Montessori presentations, classrooms, homes.


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Books
There is [...]


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		<title>Plunge into Montessori</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alenka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a second baby didn&#8217;t change anything for us: we are still as eager to spend tons of time educating and having fun with our kids.  Actually, it is the same thing &#8211; learning &#8211; is fun&#8230;

Having a second baby changed everything: we have absolutely NO TIME!   
I needed something that will [...]


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