Coins are some of the most popular items to include into the continent boxes: they are small, take little space, easy to ask a friend to bring back from a trip, very distinctive in every country. Getting our European coins ready for the Eurpean Box of a Montessori Continent Box Swap, we came up with an educational activity to do with the coins, to make it more fun.
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More couplets for those who are teaching their kids to read in Russian! Introductory Russian Couplets 2.
I’ll continue to add couplets files here: How to Teach Your Baby To Read: Materials (look for Step 2, Couplets and select Russian links).
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A few months ago Honey, the amazing Mondorfment Mom, started a Montessori Continent Box Swap (click on a link for more information). While I am still waiting for all the items to arrive, some moms were very kind to share what they included in a swap. I’d like to post a summary of those items for those who are just starting their work on continent boxes and are searching for ideas.
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There are many-many animals in Europe. I was surprised that hedgehogs don’t live on every continent! Using these directions, create one for yourself and you can put it on a map of Europe, as its place of origin! I came up with this craft for the Montessori Continent Box Swap. You can learn more about hedgehogs by playing the European Bingo Game that I’ll be posting very soon!
In European literary tradition Hedgehogs are kind and witty animals, that inhabit almost every fairy tale. Here is one that comes from Britain, that your kid might already know and love: Tiggy-winkle by Beatrix Potter (original comes from Public Domain Books – I created an easy to print version that you can download above).
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Yet another something that I included into my European collection of items as a part of the Montessori Continent Box Swap: I found good directions for building an Origami ship and created a game/three-part cards where kids can learn about European Explorers, their ships, their journeys and even utilize their origami ship to give each traveler a ride in a fun game!
First look at the paper ship. Many years ago, Northern Europe was home to the powerful tribes, called Vikings. Vikings were building ships and traveling all over the world, and even settled in America long before it was discovered by Columbus!
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I created this presentation for the Montessori Continent Box Swap. At home, we created the Venetian masks (instructions and illustrations are inside the presentation), turned on some Vivaldi and jumped and had a fun mascaraed – with lots of jumping, dancing and dress ups. Half an hour of wild chase in the glittery masks… and my kids can’t stop about Venice, Italy and the things they’ve learned! Who would think?…
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I am continuing to share the incredible resources that we’ve accumulated for the Montessori Continent Box Swap. Just as a reminder: 7 moms, 7 continents, each is putting together some amazing things for each of the continents and sharing it with the rest. Get more information about it here: Montessori Continent Box Swap. Finally, this is a list of what I put together for everyone!
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I still cannot believe we did it! Thanks to Honey, the amazing Mondorfment Mom who wittily combines Montessori, Waldorf and Attachment Parenting, quite a lot of us had a chance to learn about the world and to find fun and interactive ways to bring this to our children.
Is it finally the time to transfer my older one, Sunshine, into the next level car-seat – the booster? He seems so big compared to my little one, Smiles. He seems so mature, so tall, so… so isn’t he ready? This is a hot question and I wish there was one answer.