The link for an European Bingo Game… is here! See more information about it in European Bingo Game – Free Board Game!, but you can download the game itself using the links below.

The file with the game turned out too large, so I split it out into two:
European Bingo 1: Italy, Spain, Greece, Russia, Czech Republic
European Bingo 2: UK, France, Northern European Countries, Southern European Countries, Natural Wonders

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While our little stuffed mouse Maisy is happily enjoying Barcelona (see more about this here: Maisy The Mouse Goes Traveling), I finally had a chance to upload our most helpful tool for learning about Europe: the European Bingo Game, that I designed back at the time when I was participating in a Montessori Continent Swap.

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The little stuffed mouse Maisy is on a mission to travel around the globe and help us learn more about the world! (See more about this here: Maisy The Mouse Goes Traveling) So with his little laminated passport safely stashed in a toy backpack behind his shoulders, Maisy is joining our very kind neighbors on their family trip to Barcelona, Spain. And while we anxiously wait for them to to return, we trying to learn some fun facts about Spain in general and Barcelona in particular. These are the resources that we used to make learning fun:

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Many parents have reported that the fantastic randomizer by Matt Hudson no longer is available at its original location: Matthew Hudson’s Doman plugin. So, now everyone who has problems with the original location, can download it from ChildAndMe: zip file “Doman”.

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Since we did our Montessori Continent Box Swap, Geography became part of our daily lives. Every musician that we study, every animal we encounter, every artist we find, every scientific experiment that we do, we tie up to some geographical location and “wonder around” a bit.

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A while ago I shared one of the ways we found to spice up our learning to read: Word Treasure Hunts really spiced it up, and brought some magic into our lives. You can read more about setting it up in this article: Word Treasure Hunts. Recently we were ready to elaborate it, get it to a new level…

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Thanks to Lore at playschool6 Yahoo Group for sharing this fantastic information:

The American Chemical Society is offering an entire chemistry curriculum, complete with online lessons, a free downloadable book, activity sheets and lots more — absolutely free.

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Thanks to Kristina from TeachYourBabyToRead group for sharing this fabulous resource: incredible collection word cards and, the most amazing – the schedule on when/how to use it, what to retire, what to add, etc. Enjoy!!!!

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On a TeachYourBabyToRead yahoo group, another terrific discussion of great books for the kids up to two years old. We LOVE reading, so couldn’t skip this opportunity to insert our five cents.  Please jump on a wagon and add your favorites!

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