December 28, 2008
· Filed under homeschooling, montessori, webSite
poetry, rhymes and songs are a part of montessori oral language lessons: “Children will gain a clarity in speech, a large expansion of vocabulary, a familiarity in various aspects of language such as correct usage of the language, artistic expression, a large range of language, awareness of the language structure, and most importantly an appreciation and enjoyment of language. Through all of the Exercises, the child is also being indirectly prepared for the written language work of creative writing and later, total reading.”
quote from infomontessori.com
i found this pretty comprehensive site
BusSongs.com
that features
“lyrics and words for children’s nursery rhymes and songs”.
along with the words there is music and sometimes even video
for many of the songs
with lots of categories to choose from:
activity songs, religious songs, to work songs.
December 17, 2008
· Filed under homeschooling
i’ve been googling furiously for 4-digit addition problems,
both static
– i.e. no carrying or regrouping –
and dynamic.
about the third page in,
google delivered kamanaga.com
where you can make addition, subtraction, multiplication or division worksheets
based on several variables.
for example,
the different toggles for addition include:
simple, medium or difficult;
printable or interactive;
one to four digits;
and no carrying, possible carrying, or carrying.
just what i need to make
prepared addition equation cards
so that math challenges can be at the ready
for use with the golden beads, stamp game, dot game
or other montessori math materials.
fyi: i use a spreadsheet program, like excel,
to create the cards,
print them on card stock,
and laminate for longevity.
if time is of the essence
or you’re not good with spreadsheets or tables,
you can get a PDF emailed to you from
montessori for everyone
for about $8.
December 13, 2008
· Filed under montessori
ummSanaa,
Thank you for your butterfly soup blog. I know it’s a lot of work and dedication to write, but it’s interesting to read about your time in Turkey.
For you and your blog readers, MontessoriConcepts.com is happy to give away 3 free animal or botany puzzles. They normally sell for $7 each, but your bloggers would just need to pay for the shipping (which is $12). You can see all the puzzles here: http://www.montessoriconcepts.com/products.php?cat=Botany
This is important: They need to enter HOLIDAY into the coupon code section when they are checking out in order to get the puzzles for free.
Thanks and keep up the blogging!
- Johann
MontessoriConcepts.com
December 1, 2008
· Filed under islam
hajj this year begins on the 6th of december, 2008
with eid-ul-adha on the 8th.
here’s a virtual hajj with an excellent, clear and concise overview of the entire process:
http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/H/hajj/index.html
it also includes live shots of hajj, videos, maps, prayers and more.
some activities for hajj
can be adapted from many ramadhan activities
but can also include:
more crafty ideas include:
- handmade eid cards
- kaba money box from an empty box of tissue
- quilled sheep
