A few weeks ago, I shared some of the extension works that Vito was doing on the teens and the tens on my Instagram. We didn't own the complete set of Sequin Boards, so I decided to make our own materials to do more exercises and not be limited by the boards. I have talked about learning about teens the Montessori way here and in this post. In this post, I will give you a walk-through of how we learn more about the tens and how we practice counting bigger numbers (from 11 to 100).
FREE Pinecone Letter and Number Cards
Saturday, September 1, 2018
Apple Counting Activity
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Learning About Number Bonds for Kids
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Help your child understand number bonds with our fun and engaging learning materials. They are so easy to use and prepare! These number bond activities will aid your kids, and students in understanding "Parts of a whole", basic addition, subtraction, and number recognition. These will keep your little ones engaged as these learning materials encourage the use of manipulatives which promote hands-on learning and real-world experience in object manipulation and counting.
Back to School: Our Math Learning Resources
Sunday, August 12, 2018
We are using Montessori Math albums in our homeschool so our math works revolve mostly on classic Montessori materials. I also integrate seasonal activities in our learning activities to add some twist. I got my albums from Montessori Parent and KHT Montessori for early childhood. These are amazing resources that have helped me understand the order of materials to use and basically how to use them. We tend to do a lot of extension works, something that are not included in most of these albums. I share these activities mostly in my Instagram account and hopefully I will have some time to share them here in the blog as well.
Note that this list is for our personal homeschooling only. It doesn’t reflect what’s in a Montessori classroom. The list serves as my guide in the subject area and Vito's possible activities this school year. Although I have a plan and a guide it doesn’t mean that Vito is forced to work on all of these for the next 10 months. Depending on Vito's interest and progress, we will choose which activity to do and prioritize.
Back to School Preschool and Kindergarten Learning Materials
Sunday, July 29, 2018
School is just around the corner and I have prepared a COMPLETE back to school set that you will totally love! All activities that you need to get your kids and students to be in the mood for exploring, learning, and practicing their fine motor skills are included in this set of preschool activities. There are 30 activities in this set, all engaging and encourages hands-on learning. I am sharing a few activities here so you will have a better idea of what you will be expecting from our BACK TO SCHOOL PACK.
Human Body Montessori-Friendly Learning Materials
Monday, July 23, 2018
In today’s post, I want to share a few Montessori-friendly materials that we use in learning about the human body. I’ve been often asked about this topic so I prepared a dedicated post to specifically tackle this.
Preschool Learning Zoo Unit Pack
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
I am so happy to share our Zoo Preschool Literacy and Preschool Math Learning Materials with you. Like our popular Ocean Unit Preschool Learning Materials, our Zoo Unit also contains 30 fantastic and engaging learning activities that your little ones will definitely love! Below are some of the activities that Vito worked on early this month to give you an idea of what learning activities can be done with these unique materials.
Learning Number Bonds with Ten Frames
Saturday, July 7, 2018
Years ago, I made a post about number bonds and how my eldest used it at home to learn basic addition. And now I’m working with it again with Vito, my almost 5 years old boy. Months ago, he discovered the joy of adding numbers using his fingers so we started with basic addition using the Montessori Addition board. He got tired with it quite a bit so I introduced number bonds.
Spin and Trace: Alphabet Writing Game for Preschoolers
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Last month, I made these tracing and writing sheets for Vito to add some spice in his writing activities. He loves the salt tray and Montessori sandpaper, but these sheets are so helpful as they require less preparation and no mess. The activity sheet requires you to create a spinner using a paper clip and a pencil (or a pushpin if you have one). Colored pencils or markers are also needed.
Preschool Unit Ocean Learning Pack
Friday, June 15, 2018
Summer is finally here, and look what I have for you! 30 OCEAN THEME ACTIVITIES for your PRESCHOOLERS are all about sea life and the ocean! This learning pack is a collection of activities we worked on for years at home with my two boys and has everything you need for weeks or month-long learning. These are engaging, educational, and, most importantly, fun! Most activities encourage the parent/teacher to use manipulatives, promoting hands-on and play-based learning. These activities are designed for 3-4 years old (preschoolers or kindergarten), and they aim to immerse the child in the concepts rather than force them to memorize them.
4th of July Math and Literacy Centers
Sunday, June 3, 2018
This 4th of July Math and Literacy Centers for preschoolers and kindergarten was made to provide for the needs of our American friends all around the world. This learning pack is perfect for schools and homeschoolers who are doing work and "school" during summer. Below is a preview of what you can expect in this learning set. Enjoy!
[FREE Printable] Feed the Snake Number Representation Activity
Wednesday, May 30, 2018
I finally had the time to put this up and share it with you. It’s a number representation game we played weeks ago while working on our letter S and it’s about feeding the snake. Vito loves this activity and enjoyed the idea of feeding the snake with the matching count or number representation.
Go Find It: A Montessori Friendly Summer Game
Sunday, May 27, 2018
If you are looking for ways to entertain your kids during the summer days (longer days), here’s one of the games that we love to play after dinner. Yes after dinner! My kids are finding it hard to sleep nowadays because our sunset is literally around 9-9:30PM. So for this 12 Months of Montessori Series, I am sharing Go Find It, a FUNtastic outdoor game for kids of all ages!
World Continents Activity Using Playdough
Thursday, May 17, 2018
We’ve done a lot of world continents activities for the past years but this has got to be one of the boys’ favorites! We had so much fun forming the continents with our playdough. This is such a lovely learning activity not just about continents but a fun way to keep those little fingers at work, promoting hand-eye coordination and concentration.
FREE Beginning Letter Sound Posters and Cards (SAMPLER)
Sunday, May 13, 2018
We are starting a new approach to our literacy activities. To have some variety in our literacy activities I decided to pause our usual pink series (Beginning Letter Sound Activity Sheets) and move to Jolly Phonics. Jolly Phonics is a curriculum used here in Ireland (and UK). My eldest loved it, especially the action sounds that went along with the letters.
Real Life 3D Activity Cards
Saturday, May 5, 2018
As an extension work for our Montessori Solids and real life 2D Shapes activities, Vito and I had fun working on our 3D real life activity cards weeks ago. We used our geometric solids so Vito can have a real understanding of what these objects look and feel like. To know more about these solids, I talked about it here. If these are not available, Amazon carries Learning Resources 3D materials which are perfect alternatives for these Montessori solids.
Four Seasons Sorting Activity
Friday, April 27, 2018
The days are getting longer, and we are having more sun than rain, so we are spending most of our time outdoors these days and observing the changes in our environment. I posted our nature finds and observations on my Instagram account, and Vito loves so many things in our surroundings (like insects and flowers!). With all these changes, we started rereading our tree book, defining each season and the changes we see around us.
In this Hands-On activity, you will see how Vito learned about the four seasons and the things associated with each season with the help of our Four Seasons Sorting Learning Material. You can get this printable from here or click the image below on its product page.
Color Mixing Experiment with Baking Soda
Friday, April 20, 2018
Water Cycle Activities for Preschoolers
Tuesday, April 17, 2018
Rainy season can be a good time to introduce the water cycle to your child. Here are a few tips, resources, and activities on how to start.
Montessori Inspired Dinosaur Activity Trays for Preschoolers
Saturday, April 14, 2018
This is a long overdue post because we’ve been doing a lot of outdoor activities lately. Most kids are really fascinated with dinosaurs, especially my eldest who’s obsessed with these prehistoric animals. So last Easter break, we revisited some of our dinosaur activities and introduced new ones to Vito. Here’s a roundup of our dinosaur activities which both of the kids enjoyed during the break and I hope your kids will love this too.
Dinosaur Excavation Activity
Tuesday, April 10, 2018
I have a spare dinosaur excavation kit which I kept for years, waiting for Vito to be old enough to work on it. Well, that time finally arrived and I gave it to him so he’ll experience what it’s like to be an archaeologist, even for a day. Here’s a pretend play of how scientists are able to put up dinosaur bones in the museums!
Life Cycle Activities for Kids
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Life cycles have fascinated my kids throughout the years. We often worked on them during springtime, but I would sometimes add them in our animal or plant studies too. I’m often asked how do I introduce this subject area to my kids and I would always say that it really depends on their age and interest. For the young ones, it’s all about play-based learning and storytelling. While for older kids, they are drawn towards the details and the science behind them.
To give you an idea, here’s our progressive way of learning the life cycles.
To give you an idea, here’s our progressive way of learning the life cycles.
Montessori Multiplication: Extension Work
Thursday, March 22, 2018
My son wants to master his multiplication tables, especially for bigger numbers. We are using both the Chinese/Singapore math (abstraction) method and Montessori when it comes to mastering his mathematical skills. For Montessori, though we have the Multiplication board, Mavi prefers using the colored beads as these keep him engaged and he thinks that they are more “fun”. With this, I am so excited to share the learning materials we use to aid his mastery of multiplication using extension activities that goes perfectly with the Montessori colored beads.
These learning materials were very helpful, and my son enjoyed working on the extension activities. The best thing about these learning materials is that they grow with your child and you can print them again and again so your child can practice each multiplication table through the years.
Fruit Unit: Inside and Out Matching Activity
Monday, March 19, 2018
We had a fabulous time last weekend examining the insides of fruits. We did a similar activity years ago, but I didn’t want to put paints on fruits this time so I made this gorgeous matching learning material for Vito to work around with instead of recreating the insides using paints. More details on this fruit learning material here. This is easy to prepare and fun to work with kids!
Landmarks Around the World
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Vito had a sudden interest in naming landmarks. He was fascinated with the pyramids after watching a show about kids exploring ancient sites like the pyramids in Egypt and the great walls of China. I immediately showed some of our travel photos featuring these landmarks in the background. He was shocked that I had been to some of those places. With this, I introduced him to some other places around the world.
Animal Kingdom 3 Part Cards and Charts
Thursday, March 8, 2018
I am so excited to share these beautiful learning materials I created for my boys. Mavi, my 9 year old is currently the one using this for school, but Vito ended up using some of the activities as he loves to work on his older brother’s materials too. So this is our Animal Kingdom Cards and Charts set. The main objective of this material is to introduce the different classifications/groups of animals to your child. We have an older version of this, and you can check it out here (Kingdoms of Life: Animal Kingdom) if you are interested. Anyway, allow me to discuss some of the highlights of this learning material below, so you can have a better idea of what you will be getting when you purchase this for your child or your school.
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