My little one is turning 10 months in a few days. These are his favorite Montessori activities:

1. Opening and closing boxes

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Thanks to Isa and Irene for sharing these wonderful presentations!

• Ready Made Books: Shadows 1-2. These great presentations are in German. Thanks to Isa!!(10/21/2009)
• Ready Made Books: Parts of the Apple. Wonderful presentation in Spanish. Thanks to Irene!!(10/21/2009)

My babies always feel out of sorts after a series of vaccines. Their body temperature would rise, as well as their fussiness. My pediatrician routinely advises to give them some Tylenol to make them feel better. Apparently - not a good idea.

An international research team led by Roman Prymula, MD, of the University of Defense, Czech Republic, finds that Acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol, weakens infants’ immune responses to vaccines.

In a study looking at whether acetaminophen really prevents vaccine-related fever, Prymula and colleagues found that the common over-the-counter pain remedy dampens vaccine-induced immune responses.

Thanks to Irene for sharing her wonderful Spanish translations of these presentations:

• Ready Made Books: Traffic Lights 1-3. These great presentations are in German. Thanks to Irene!!(10/20/2009)
• Ready Made Books: Traffic Gully. Spanish. Thanks to Irene!!(10/20/2009)

Thanks to Fátima for sharing these beautiful Spanish presentations! They all contain gorgeous high quality images, well selected words and terrific reading by a native speaker. These presentations were developed based on the presentations at the Tar Heel Reader ppt. Thank you so much for sharing these!

Special thanks to Spanish Google Group “aprender jugando con Doman” for assembling together the wonderful audio books. “aprender jugando con Doman” is cordially inviting everyone to join!

Links to books on the pages of ChildAndMe
Links to all Fátima’s files

I have more Spanish single words coming, and I have a book in Russian paying respect to all time kids favorite desert - ice cream!

• Teach Your Child To Read in Spanish: Single Words Body 3. We continue with our single words in Spanish. Words are read by male and female voices.(10/19/2009)
• Ready Made Books: Russian Ice Cream. Ice Cream and colors, ice cream and shapes, ice cream history! (10/15/2009)

Since there are so many English materials, I personally concentrate in Russian language texts. Though some of the texts are available in both languages, so if you like to teach both Russian and English you can surprise your child by showing him his favorite book in another language. Feel free to translate the books into any language you want, and I truly hope you would share your translation or new books with us!

How do I use these books?
Russian Books
Encyclopedic Knowledge Books
Russian Books at other sites

If you are interested in books in other languages, you can find them here:

So, here are the Montessori resources that I found useful! Enjoy and please share if you discovered something that I haven’t seen yet!

• Books
• Websites for ordering materials or reviewing what’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.

Books

There is one of the original books by Maria Montessori that is available online for free: “The Montessori Method” by Maria Montessori .

Having a second baby didn’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 - learning - is fun…

Having a second baby changed everything: we have absolutely NO TIME!