• Geography - felt continent map
  Posted on Sunday, February 28th, 2010 in Encyclopedic Knowledge - Comments: (0)
  Our next topic was Geography. For this topic I had to prepare lots of materials, so today I wanted to share the details about one of them: felt continent map. The wonderful idea for this map came from montessorimakers group in Yahoo - thanks to Lisa and Sarah for an inspiration!!!Materials that I used: Hard felt in different colors Blue marker Map file: there are plenty on the web, but I used this one - Large World Map.

Pouring water, mixing water, squeezing water out of a sponge… have you ever seen any kid who isn’t fascinated with water? Mine is no exception. His excitement is contagious: I catch myself completely hypnotized by every drop…

Other Categories and how we use these materials.
Categories - Materials and ToDo lists (MS document)

• Materials Useful for learning Chemisrty
• Unit 1 - Introduction to Chemisrty - States of the Matter, Elements
• Unit 2 - Liquids

What kids doesn’t like experiments? Chemistry was an instant hit in our house.

Other Categories and how we use these materials.
Categories - Materials and ToDo lists (MS document)

• Materials Useful for learning Chemisrty
• Unit 1 - Introduction to Chemisrty - States of the Matter, Elements
• Unit 2 - Liquids

Winter time is great: skying, snow days, holidays - all of that is fun. On the other hand - the amount of times we’ve all been sick this wither wasn’t fun at all! Luckily, unlike me, the kids get over their infections very quickly and I am the only one dragging behind from one cold to another…

So, while I am still working on other articles, I couldn’t resist sharing this wonderful resource that we found: little videos that help kids understand the rock cycle, types of rocks and how it all comes together. We’ve been studding Geology and I found this site very helpful for my son and.. for me! Apparently, my own knowledge in geology completely weathered away since my college years…

• Growing our roots into Botany
  Posted on Sunday, January 24th, 2010 in Encyclopedic Knowledge - Comments: (0)
  We started Botany last month and picked Zoology as our next topic. It really worked well for us to learn their introductory units one by one - so much in common! Though, it stretched a little - holidays, long weekends, flu… but we don’t mind - it is fun! We even have a new PPT presentation about all the things we’ve learned:  Introduction to Biology, Botany and ZoologyOther Categories and how we use these materials.

History, by far, is my own favorite subject. It is truly rare to be able to find information on that subject adapted to younger kids, so these gorgeous presentations wonderfully fill the gap. I truly love how in these presentations A.P.P. is bringing a historical perspective to the subjects that are dear to every kids heart - such as sports, reading, and writing. Thanks to A.P.P. for sharing!

• Encyclopedic Knowledge - History: Ancient Greek Sports. Thanks to A.P.P.!(1/16/2010)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge - History: The First Nomads Become Farmers. Thanks to A.P.P.!(1/16/2010)
• Encyclopedic Knowledge - History: History writing and archaeology. Thanks to A.P.P.!(1/16/2010)

Wonderful, most wonderful new books by A.P.P. I really loved that this set of presentations helps the young readers with vocabulary and that it has more depth to the Charlotte Web lovers - more information about the pigs, about virtues and vices, and about swans and trumpets. Thanks to A.P.P. for sharing these gems (and many more that are coming over the next couple of days)!!!

• Teach your Baby to Read: Books: Virtues and Vices. Thanks to A.P.P.!(1/16/2010)
• Teach your Baby to Read: Books: Words from Trumpet of the Swan. Thanks to A.P.P.!(1/16/2010)

Single Words, phrases and sentences, to help your baby to learn to read! Enjoy!

• Teach Your Child to read… in English: Introductory Sentences 2 . With illustrations & sounds. (12/21/2009)
• Teach Your Child to read… in English: Couplets 13 . With illustrations & sounds. (12/21/2009)
• Teach Your Child to read… in English: Introductory Single Words - Animals 3 - Coral Reef Sea Animals . With illustrations & sounds. (11/22/2009)

I am reading quite a few Montessori books at the moment. I am looking through the videos. Nevertheless, I have tons of questions and it still is in a bit of a haze! So I decided to try Karen’s course for parents and teachers.

The course is available online only, as a subscription to a WorldWideMontessori Yahoo group: WorldWideMontessori Yahoo.