One of our favorite things to do is to collect rocks wherever we go. Each and every one of them is so unique and brings a little thrill in our lives, therefore I must say our collection keeps on growing. Not only do we collect them, but we have been trying to document how the rocks have been used in the past. We've made fires with them, built dens and even tried to write and draw with them. Of course, it was only natural for the children to want to know more, so after gathering a lot of rocks, … [Read more...]
International Kid Chef – Culinary Montessori Activity with Dough
Introduce your kids to international cuisine with this game where they become International Chefs and have to use their creativity (and dough!) to cook different foods from around the world. Free Printable Menu guide and paper Chef’s hat included. This post is a guest piece by Kids Activities Designer Rodrigo Macias. What do you need? Different colours of dough (any kind is cool, even homemade) (Optional) Tape, a printer and paper to get this Menu Guide and Chef’s hat. How to pla … [Read more...]
Learning About Land And Water Formations – Montessori Outdoor Explorations
Nature is a wonderful and inspirational source of learning opportunities no matter where you choose to explore it. Children are free to learn and discover outdoors at their own pace, which normally requires a great deal of movement. As you probably know, learning and movement are closely intertwined. We do lots of outdoor explorations with hands-on activities. As Maria Montessori said: "Nothing should be given to the brain that is not first given to the hand". Living right next to the w … [Read more...]
Montessori Focus: Land, Water, Air Activity.
Today I am going to share with you one of the classic Geography lesson setups in the Montessori classroom for preschool children. It is a fun, hands-on Geography lesson will help the child understand the concept of land, water and air. After presenting Sandpaper Globe (1), which helps the child to develop a concept of a shape of the earth, and gain the understanding of the distribution of land and water over the earth, the child is ready to work with Land, Water and Air activity. When … [Read more...]
