New Presentations by A.P.P. – books in English


CharlotteWebWords9-11Wonderful, 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)!!!

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Phonics based whole word cards by A.P.P. – step by step instructions


I’m going against the Doman grain here, but my own method did involve constantly “testing” the young reader, in a way. We began at age 22 months, and he was able to pronounce all of the (simple) words on the cards. So I was not just showing the cards. But it wasn’t as brutal as it may sound. We took it in stages and I was gentle every step of the way. Also, background: I went whole card set by whole card set, rather than adding new individual cards and retiring old.

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Bid that bead! – Montessori Beading


beadsBeading is an important part of Montessori teaching. Large beads are offered to toddlers to improve their motor skills. Small beads are offered to preschoolers to get them ready for writing. Beads – are part of sensorial materials for Montessori. Around four, mathematic bead materials are introduced.

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Look and don’t miss them, the planets of our Solar System! – Astronomy for kids


Solar SystemAstronomy is our subject of the week and I am gathering resources to make sure I don’t forget anything…

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Size matters! Exploring relative sizes of the planets


Planet SizesWho said that size doesn’t matter?  It does, when it comes to planet sizes.   As we are learning the Solar System, I constantly chant: “Jupiter, the biggest planet in the Solar System… Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system…” Yet, size numbers don’t mean much to a four year old.   So, we did this project to try hands on learning on the planets sizes and their distance from the sun.

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Love your Solar System! – fun way to learn planets


Love Your Planets trayNo matter how strange this seems to adults, practical life exercises are not only fun for kids, but also great for small motor development AND their brain development. Maria Montessori already wrote dozens of books on this topic, so I’ll just get right down to this one: combining Astronomy and Practical Life tongs activity!

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New Presentations in English


Sentences 2Single Words, phrases and sentences, to help your baby to learn to read! Enjoy!

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Love your guts! – Learning Anatomy.


Baby EinsteinAnatomy is one of my older one’s, Sunshine’s, most favorite subjects. Don’t ask me why – the answer is as mysterious to me. We were studding the skeleton this week, upon completion of our skeleton model he peted the ugly set of bones and fondly declared: “He is so cute! Let’s name him Sunshine, just like me.” I felt a little stupid, but I couldn’t agree with either of those statement. Definitions of cute cast aside, I prefer not to use my family members names for something like this… “All right, Mom, can we name him Smiles, like the baby?” What did I say about the family members’ names?

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Pick yourself a subject to learn!


Baby EinsteinThere has been sort of a break at ChildAndMe. We’ve been busy. No, not just with holidays (that are too much of a distraction as well). I am finally taking more organized approach to our learning – defining categories and trying to approach every subject more thoroughly.

Well, our new approach is this: I finally defined the categories that we are learning.

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