In this guest post, Erika of Montessori & Multilingual shares her best tips on creating an environment where young children can learn other languages in the most natural and authentic way. The sage words of Dr. Maria Montessori ring especially true for multilingual families. As she put it, “the development of language is part of the development of the personality, for words are the natural means of expressing thoughts and establishing understanding between people.” Thus, lan … [Read more...]
Fun and Easy Low Prep Activities for Children
In case you are looking, here are some of our favourite easy low prep activities for children of different ages that are not worksheets or screen time. Water play with funnels, droppers, sponges, small animal toys and cups; Add food colouring and soap for bubbles if you don't mind messy play. Outdoor free play, a great way to get your essential vitamin D and vitamin N 🍃 for the strong immune system; "Your body produces vitamin D naturally when it’s directly exposed to s … [Read more...]
Learning About Rocks and Minerals
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...]
Learning about Leaves with Leaf Printables
Autumn is such a wonderful season, and the best one to observe nature's transformation. The days grow colder and darker, the animals gathering food and preparing for winter, and the amazing leaves changing colour, from their usual green to the enchanting red, yellow or rusty. But did you know that there are two types of trees? The trees that lose their leave are called "deciduous" trees (shedding leaves helps trees conserve energy and water during winter) and the ones that don't, are called … [Read more...]
Authentic Handmade Materials for Your Dream Montessori Classroom
When it comes to creating learning space for the students, it is not about the quantity, but about the quality. If you've been teaching children for a while, you soon begin to realize that not all materials and tools are created equal. One of the unique aspects of Montessori materials is that they are designed for a specific purpose and accompany a learning goal. Aside from being aesthetically pleasing, they are engaging and enjoyable for a child to work with. Practically all Montessori … [Read more...]
Forest Cards and Nature Journaling
Nature has always been an important part of my life, ever since I was a child, and this was one of the things I wanted to share with my children. To be able to discover it together, to see them explore it, in their own unique way, and to teach them nature's importance, and how to protect it.Nature is the one place where you can learn not only to connect with yourself but live in harmony with the environment. It teaches you to protect and respect life, and each living thing, big or small. Nature … [Read more...]
Spring Hands-on Activities for Preschool Children
In our classroom, the change of season or special occasion generated elevated excitement as children always anticipated finding freshly prepared materials on the shelves. For that reason, I gathered a collection of Spring themed hands-on individual activities for your preschool students. Spring vocabulary cards for the memory or match-up games, storytelling startups and for building sentences. Classifying cards with birds, bees and butterflies. I spy with my little eye game Size grading … [Read more...]
Rain Could In a Jar Science Experiment Plus Types of Clouds Printable
This Rain Cloud in a Jar Experiment is a great way to engage your children aged 3-6 in conducting a simple science experiment before heading outdoors. Looking up in the sky on an overcast day can be quite relaxing and entertaining. As I was inviting children to fill in the cup with water and pour coloured water over the shaving cream "cloud", I explained to them that water, when heated, evaporates turning into water vapours. These water vapours turn back into water drops after reaching cold … [Read more...]
How to Teach Sequencing Skills to Children Plus a Free Printable
Sequencing cards are great for developing children's logical thinking and reading comprehension. They tick many boxes when it comes to teaching students and especially beneficial for children with special needs. Sequencing skills are essential for students to master because they: build vocabulary. develop narrating and storytelling skills. help students learn to sequence events and actions. help students to learn to group their thoughts. introduce different concepts (life cycle, ti … [Read more...]
How to Make an Easter Garden – Natural Small World for Play
We are very excited to celebrate another significant holiday with our family and church. Easter is right around the corner and conversations on the topic occur in our home naturally all the time. This year I suggested to my 5 yo Blossom to create an Easter Resurrection garden. My daughter was chuffed! After reading and discussing the story of resurrection we thought of elements that should be included in Easter garden - tomb, rock, cross and hill. Creating small worlds together with kids gives … [Read more...]
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