tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1904620484941648432024-03-26T00:32:19.680-07:00"Making Montessori Ours"Cherine Muirheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01107665808653181237noreply@blogger.comBlogger437125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-190462048494164843.post-5283409551965745882021-07-23T06:36:00.001-07:002021-07-23T06:36:22.652-07:00Seasons, Weather & Calendar Learning Materials, Montessori Learning Remotely or at HomeIt's been quite a year... I do hope you are all fairing well!
It feels like we have all done our best to settle into our new normal and daily rhythm. We have been tucked in like many of you playing and learning together.<div>It's been an interesting year and I have enjoyed the connections I've made with parents and teachers who have been in need of resources that can easily translate to use at home. No one has infinite funds and setting up Montessori resources on the fly has not been an easy task for so many. </div><div><br /></div><div>I am always creating because it's what I love to do most and I have a new package for those who may be looking for Seasons and Weather Learning resources.</div><div>Here goes!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiebLGpBhBHIKQ2gywoY8qedrDzZQjHTR72KRkzEzL7ZxjqAuEBlmG8Bi5ZyVg86TiNcD6gf4LQyyXOZFGSFcR2vaEV9TBxaCEhOandICwxLmbnuw2hQjgnIp1z21FNyRgc08tUfpIn8LM/s963/Complete+Seasons+and+Weather+Learning+Set+PDF.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="845" data-original-width="963" height="562" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiebLGpBhBHIKQ2gywoY8qedrDzZQjHTR72KRkzEzL7ZxjqAuEBlmG8Bi5ZyVg86TiNcD6gf4LQyyXOZFGSFcR2vaEV9TBxaCEhOandICwxLmbnuw2hQjgnIp1z21FNyRgc08tUfpIn8LM/w640-h562/Complete+Seasons+and+Weather+Learning+Set+PDF.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Montessori Seasons & Weather Learning Activity Set PDF</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Seasons Wheel & Activity Set PDF</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Exploring the seasons with our Seasons Wheel Activity Set is a feast for the eyes! This beautiful set is a graphic representation of the seasons. Each tree is an original piece of art that is accompanied by real images to help illustrate the seasons to your child. Play with this set and enjoy!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Also, remember that this is a beautiful chart to print assemble and hang on the wall of your home or classroom</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">environment!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This Set Includes:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Large Seasons Wheel Set</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Small Seasons Wheel Set</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Blackline Blank Seasons Wheel</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Charts and Mats Colour & Black and White</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Seasons 3 Part Cards</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our large Seasons Wheel is printed and assembled from 4 sheets of letter-size paper.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Print and laminate for durability. Use the large 4 season wedges to create a seasons wheel puzzle.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">We have included many versions and activities that may be created for a wide range of ages.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This set includes many illustrations and suggestions for use.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Introduce the child to the concept and vocabulary with our set of seasons 3 part cards.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">A small child may begin by sorting colours and then assembling their wheel.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You can cut the wedges further to create a monthly season puzzle wheel. We have provided a version with lines to help you cut out this version. Your child may begin with the 4 season puzzle and then work on ordering them by month.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">The wheel can also be matched to a blackline control wheel.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Your child can build by months or a smaller child may begin by seasons.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Later your child may assemble without the control wheel but might use it to check their work.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Your child may wish to cut the images and paste them to the Backline season wheel.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Calendar Building & Activity Set PDF</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our beautiful Calendar Building Set features a large PDF printable calendar! This set was created with real images to help your child to visualize each season and their relationship to one another. This Set complements the Seasons Wheel for continuity.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Calendars are a fantastic way to help with number learning and counting, along with number patterns. The calendar numbers are also colour-coded to match early Montessori number cards.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This Set Includes:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Large Calendar - Year, Month, and Days may be updated with a complete set of color-coded tiles.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Seasons Tracing Card Set</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Months Tracing Card Set</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Week Day Tracing Card Set</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our large Calendar is printed and assembled from 4 sheets of letter-size paper.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Tracing cards will help your child to recognize, read, and practice writing the months, seasons, and days of the week.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Your child can use the tracing cards or calendar tiles to order the seasons, months, and weekdays.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Weather Tracker Chart &Activity Set PDF</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Weather is a topic that is often on a child's mind and tracking weather is such a fun activity to help explore these daily events.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our Weather Tracker Chart is paired down to focus on the weather over a 7 day</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">period.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This Set Includes:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Large Weather Tracker Chart</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Weather Tiles for most common weather events and patterns</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Common Weather 3 Part Card Set</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Weather Vocabulary Tracing Cards</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">These activities will help your child to practice:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- reading and retaining the names, and order of weekdays</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- what the time frame of a week feels like</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- the number of days in a week</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- common weather and weather patterns</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- retention through writing practice with our tracing card set</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our Tracker Chart print on two sheets of letter-size paper and may be laminated for durability along with all of the materials in the set for repeated use.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Soft double-sided adhesive Velcro is a great option for adhering your weather tiles to the chart.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Your chart may also be backed with foam core board from the dollar store.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Season Sorting Card Set PDF</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Our Season Sorting activity will help your young children to visually reference seasonal changes. They may take note of the changes in plants, clothing, and seasonal activities.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">These cards make an excellent story and conversation starters, your child may wish to tell you a story about each card.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You may wish to print a second set of the cards to play memory match as a family!</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Printing a set of image Sheets is also great for a smaller child to use as a matching mat. Beginning with one season your child may match the images to the season card mat.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This Set includes:</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Set of Spring, Summer, Winter, Autumn (Real Image Cards)</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Season Sorting Labels</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">- Season Control Cards for your child to check their sorting progress.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Cut out your labels and images and laminate your cards for durability and repeated use (if you wish).</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">You may wish to begin by introducing and talking about one season at a time. Seasons may be added with one sorting card to start and more may be added as your child progresses with sorting.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">This is a **PDF PRODUCT ONLY.** Any additional materials found in the sample photos are provided for reference to the traditional materials and how the materials function together - for those who are interested.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Prepared math materials help your child to practice independently. The materials if laminated are durable and are used repeatedly. They are easily shared with several children. Most materials can be scaled to a multi-age environment.</span><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Prepared materials help your child to practice independently. The materials if laminated are durable and can be used repeatedly. They are easily shared with several children. Most materials can be scaled to a multi-age environment.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Graphik Webfont", -apple-system, "Helvetica Neue", "Droid Sans", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDj7WiyrViAiTdEgOpMY8WY4GHhhFCj1v_fCAJmdsYFIlzEiwwMXBm4XRc8X0bjivTpFiJqIcN6kb-DMRhzaiN1OCKlCR2qLRo0sJpMue2KFoTzbTNqM0uX8HD6cb7bHeMN7pCieC9HMf/s904/Seasons+Wheel+Set+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="848" data-original-width="904" height="510" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiDj7WiyrViAiTdEgOpMY8WY4GHhhFCj1v_fCAJmdsYFIlzEiwwMXBm4XRc8X0bjivTpFiJqIcN6kb-DMRhzaiN1OCKlCR2qLRo0sJpMue2KFoTzbTNqM0uX8HD6cb7bHeMN7pCieC9HMf/w544-h510/Seasons+Wheel+Set+3.jpg" width="544" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Thank you to those who have been writing to us for more information about our new collection of books. We have had the pleasure of connecting with many families in person and online, and so hope this series will be helpful as you create your own home learning experience.<br />
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When we began our natural parenting and learning journey it was such a gift to find that Montessori was so in line with our values and the relationship that we shared as a family. Maria Montessori was such an inspiration to us and through her work and words, we felt such tremendous validation. There are many things that we have internalized from her written work, but one of the things that seated so deeply with us was the practice and gifts of time, energy, and attention.<br />
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<em>Time to let our children experience their environment and growth in their own time and way. </em><br />
<i><br /></i><em>To find the energy when our beautiful children came to us with requests at inopportune moments in an effort to clearly see their needs. </em><br />
<i><br /></i><em>Attention to the smallest of details such that we could see our children for who they were in an effort to craft our environment to meet their needs. </em><br />
<i><br /></i>As a parent and person who loves to research, I felt a strong need to see and learn about the entire Montessori package in terms of understanding Maria’s beliefs and work, and the way in which she crafted her method and materials. Most importantly how this translated to our family at home. We were interested in creating an accessible environment that was filled with love and opportunities for natural discovery. It took us a while to figure out how that would translate to our family environment and life.<br />
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What we knew, in the end, was that we absolutely loved to incorporate materials during moments of heightened interest and through self-directed discovery. Our home environment is wholeheartedly about following the sparks of self-discovered interests. There are endless opportunities where great depth in learning naturally happens when you have opened your mind and heart. The greatest preparation we ever worked through as parents were not the preparation of our environment or materials, but our own inner healing and preparation as people with needs … who were raising growing people with needs.<br />
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When I began researching the method I was able to find many material lessons online. What I really wanted to have was a complete picture and a simple practical explanation of how to use each material. A huge amount of focus and attention was placed on math and language as these are the areas that we have had the most questions about.<br />
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It was so important to me, to curate information in one place to provide a clear picture of the method and materials in a practical and very visual way. When I began researching the materials nearly ten years ago I had so many questions!<br />
My top questions were; What is the material - what does it look like and what are the parts practically speaking? What is the use and purpose of the material? Where in the sequence of development does the material fall? Is this material incorporated later? Can I make the material? Are there alternatives that will meet this developmental need of my child that I may already be providing at home? How can I store these materials in an accessible way? Do I need this material?<br />
It's my hope that these books will help to shed some light on these questions for you that make good practical sense.<br />
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For those who may be landing here for the first time, or who have written again to ask here is another look at the descriptions for each book in the series.<br />
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<strong>Montessori Basics</strong><br />
Montessori Basics is filled with a practical working knowledge of Maria Montessori’s philosophy of education, and how this translates to a home learning environment. It addresses the most commonly asked questions about Montessori philosophy, the materials, common terms, and basics components, and working knowledge of lessons and methods at home. This basics book will help parents and individuals to understand how and why following the natural development of children is an integral piece of the Montessori Method. This book covers additional questions about building home environments, the practical differences between Montessori education and mainstream schools, as well as the Montessori parenting experience. This book also speaks at length about the myths that often accompany the method, materials, and philosophy. This book is an essential piece that is wonderful for those who are beginning to incorporate the philosophy or who are seeking additional understanding from a clear and practical perspective.<br />
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<strong>Homeschooling Basics</strong><br />
Homeschooling Basics is an invaluable resource for those who are new to homeschooling or well-rooted. This book covers a broad range of questions about home learning, resources, and the logistics of balancing family needs while learning at home. This book supports parents who are looking for solutions to provide a connected and peaceful home learning environment for children. Homeschooling Basics covers everything from peaceful parenting, home organization solutions, to practical natural learning resources and ideas. We share our home learning story with you, along with many of the challenges and beauty of our home learning experience.<br />
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<strong>Baby & Toddler</strong><br />
The Baby & Toddler book provides support for parents and caregivers who are beginning their parenting journey or perhaps are looking for a new perspective. This book will help parents and caregivers to create a safe and supportive environment, that will work in harmony with the developmental needs of children. This book will offer peaceful non-judgmental parenting strategies, resources, <br />
and solutions that will support your individual needs and growth as a family. This book provides information on the history and use of Montessori infant toddler mobiles, and extensive DIY tutorials for creating materials and mobiles for your child. Each tutorial is beautifully photographed in full colour providing the steps, templates, and material options for creating your own mobiles inexpensively. This book also covers infant toddler Montessori or inspired materials and toys, and how they support your child’s natural development.<br />
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<strong>Practical Life</strong><br />
The Montessori Practical Life experience is one of the most beautiful experiences and gifts for any child at home. Children work through this period to build motor skills and knowledge of their environment through investigation and exploration. The activities help to foster natural independence, self-reliance, and self-esteem. The heart of practical life is empowerment through observation, in connecting and fostering the physical and mental developmental needs and wellbeing of children. It is about creating the space and freedom for a child to interact within their environment. This book will provide ideas and support for those who wish to create a natural practical environment for children to explore. This book offers a close look at traditional Practical Life materials and trays, and alternatives to support a child’s natural curiosity and development through daily living.<br />
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<strong>Sensorial</strong><br />
Early Sensorial is an extraordinary journey that every child will embark on. This book lays out the Montessori Sensorial experience in full colour photography to help you see the materials, function, and purpose clearly. The Sensorial basic scope and sequence are explained in a practical and comprehensive way to support parents in understanding how sensorial materials (in any form) support your child’s natural development. Some materials from this collection are used throughout mathematics, and this information is clearly identified in an effort to help guide material purchasing choices. This book provides DIY solutions and alternatives to help make the journey into the senses affordable or free. We offer our experience in using the materials at home and how they lived accessibly within our home environment. This book also identifies materials that are carried forth into other areas of the curriculum later on.<br />
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<strong>Early Language</strong><br />
The Early Language book is a beautiful full colour exploration of the sequence of early Montessori Language and materials for the three to six age range. Montessori language is a unique hands-on exploration of language through the use of physical manipulatives and objects making it a dynamic interactive experience for children. This book provides extensive information knowledge, tutorials, and solutions for affordable language material making. The book supports parents to foster the natural progression of language development through observation in offering materials that meet the needs of their children. The goal of this book is to help parents to identify the components, purpose, and use of early Montessori language materials as a guide for those wishing to incorporate these materials as a home learning option.<br />
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<strong>Elementary Language</strong><br />
Elementary Language is a continuation of Early Language. This book covers the sequence of language materials used during the elementary curriculum six through twelve years of age. All materials are photographed in full colour and provide information as to the components covered, use, and purpose of the lessons and materials. This book provides solutions to create inexpensive DIY options for physical and print materials. Grammar materials are covered in detail.<br />
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<strong>Early Math</strong><br />
This is an extensive book that covers the range of three to six years of age. Early Math begins with a concrete, physical exploration of numeracy through beautiful manipulatives and materials. Early Math delivers a fully photographed investigation of these materials, including tutorials for use of all materials and the developmental purpose. This book supports parents in working with the materials in a way in which will enhance their child’s natural love and curiosity of the numerical world. This book will identify materials and their supporting components (including print materials) and how they are used together. It also identifies materials that are carried forward into elementary math. This book provides extensive DIY solutions for affordable material making and alternatives for parents who are looking to support their children with resources who are on a natural learning path. This book benefits parents and caregivers who may be looking to provide additional math resources into their existing environment.<br />
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Elementary Math is a continuation of Early Math. Elementary Math covers the age range of six to twelve years of age. This book covers elementary materials in full colour photography with extensive tutorials for the use and purpose of each material. This book will help parents to support a math journey that is created with a stunning base of manipulative materials and games to bring more complex math concepts to life in a practical and straightforward way. Each material section covers DIY solutions and alternatives for parents who may wish to incorporate all or a portion of the materials affordably into their environment.<br />
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Early Geography is an incredible world of discovery that supports parents, caregivers, and individuals to foster a child’s connection to the diversity and beauty of their global community. This book covers the three to six-year sequence of early Montessori geography materials through a beautifully photographed full colour experience. In addition, this book lays out the elementary sequence and identifies which materials are carried forward from early to elementary geography. The purpose and use of materials are practically and clearly explained, along with tutorials and alternatives to help create affordable and accessible solutions at home. This book provides support to parents and individuals who may wish to incorporate all or a selection of the materials into their natural learning environment.<br />
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="color: #4c4c4c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's interesting to me how often I have been asked this question, and the degree of </span>focus<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and discussion this question has drawn all over the </span></span><span style="color: #4c4c4c;">internet</span><span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;">. First I will say this... Montessori Materials were designed with specific careful purpose to work with the Montessori curriculum that is based on natural child development. Maria Montessori was not a toy maker, and</span></span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: inherit;"> referred to play as a child’s work. Maria Montessori spoke about toys quite frankly, and my interpretation of her words is this; a toy can never take the place of real world experience for a child. In other words giving a child a play kitchen, can never replace the benefit of the interested child who is provided the time and opportunity to work with their own tools in a real kitchen etc., and I wholeheartedly believe this to be true. However, I feel that a child can have both real world (for those who refer to it this way), and creative expression through play with toys. The child will always seek out real experiences, and we need to recognize, respect, and help to fill this need. The greatest things we can offer a child is our time and freedom to explore. We can help to accomplish this through an accessible environment.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is easy to see why many refer to Montessori materials as toys. I think we forget that 'toy' is just a word, and what we decide to attach to it as caregivers is of more importance. When our children are very tiny we do have more control of toy choices. As our children grow and </span>acquire<span style="font-family: inherit;"> language, physical </span>independence,<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and exposure to all of the </span>beautiful<span style="font-family: inherit;"> things that live in this world together; they begin to make their own choices. I feel that there are many early discussions that can and do happen, around the subject of purchasing, that are extremely beneficial. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It's incredibly </span>enlightening<span style="font-family: inherit;"> to sit and watch a child </span>interact<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with all of the purchases in their </span></span>environment. Children are incredibly creative beings, and there will be many choices that they make in terms of life and 'toys', that may not be your first choice. These are pivotal periods of heightened sensitivity and growth. Your child may be fully engaged with a light-up, colourful, disney inspired toy (or whatever the case may be), and you may have complete disdain for this choice of medium in play. During a period or point such as this; I would wholeheartedly encourage you to sit and observe your child. Listen, watch, and interact with them. Open your mind and heart to what it is that they love, and are working on during this period of play. Modeling honour and respect for choices, materials, and things in the environment that you may not always agree with, can take practice. Your child will absorb this beautiful gift from you, in knowing that people can make all kinds of choices. It may seem very early, but these early moments of your acceptance make great impact on growth, self acceptance, and self esteem. They also have great impact on how your child interacts with the world around them, in that diversity is a natural part of living.This is an opportunity to connect with your child to seek greater understanding, and push through your feelings of what and why you are uncomfortable. Such a gift for you and your child.</div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In our home our children view Montessori materials as tools of exploration, freedom, and learning. You can decide in your home whether your materials will remain separate and distinct from the whole. </span></span>There are so many wooden toys and puzzles on the market today that have similar characteristics of Montessori materials. The majority of our materials ended up together. Montessori materials can usually be spotted because they are generally well organized, and always have a home to return to. This has been a general rule of thumb for all things in our home. We strive to have homes for all things in our environment to help with maintaining/cleaning, and to keep things fairly visible and easily accessible. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">We have worked with our children and modeled care and concern for our/their environment, for the things we love to use and play with in our home. </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">All </span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">of the toys in our home, are treated with equal respect and have thoughtful homes in our environment. This type of care and concern is not limited to Montessori, but for </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">any toy </span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">that brings interest and excitement to our children. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would say that our children respect the materials, and interact with them for their intended purpose, but also for the sheer pleasure of their beauty, design and function. Our children do not view them differently from their toys, even if I have an extended knowledge of the materials.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US" style="font-family: inherit;">Montessori work in our home </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-family: inherit; font-style: italic;">is play</span><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. I believe that this type of exploration and creativity with materials can be explored with any other toy or material you may have in your home, being Montessori or not. The only difference is, its connection to the curriculum as a whole (should you be </span>curriculum<span style="font-family: inherit;"> focused). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;">Another HUGE question I am asked is... </span><i style="color: #4c4c4c; font-family: inherit;">Do I need to buy wooden toys only?</i></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montessori materials were </span>constructed<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with </span>natural<span style="font-family: inherit;"> materials for the most part because that is what was available. Would her choices be </span>different<span style="font-family: inherit;"> for certain materials now? We do not know. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">My thought has always been to carefully observe my children in effort to meet their needs, development, and interests. Many of the toys in our home environment are wooden. We chose them for interest, design, and function. We also have large collections of plastic toys. Lego is a fantastic example of an incredible design and construct toy/system. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="font-weight: bold;">Please consider that children form emotional connections</span><span lang="en-US"> to their toys and belongings, so while it may feel good to you to purge their toys; it can be so devastating for a child. What if you woke one morning, and all of your most prized belongings were missing? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US">What if your belongings were taken, and given away by someone you </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">loved and trusted</span><span lang="en-US">? Even worse, what if they did this right in front of you? </span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I would encourage you to think about your choices in effort to avoid this kind of situation. Our children were always involved with choices in terms of donating, or re-gifting their precious belongings. Consider how it would feel to have your mom or anyone you </span>trusted<span style="font-family: inherit;"> pop over and pack up your things, because she felt they were not needed or of value.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Montessori is about respect and honouring the whole person. It's highly contradictory and confusing for a child to be exclusively </span>accepting<span style="font-family: inherit;"> and generous of purchase choices, that solely belong to you.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We have always held great discussions around purchasing. We worked on the concept of homes for things in our environment, and the concept of clearing space for new interests. Our children are actively </span>involved<span style="font-family: inherit;"> with choices and changes in our </span>environment. There are also some things that they do not wish to part with that we store. We can easily revisit </span>these things later and re-evaluate. These are lifelong invaluable skill building opportunities.</div>
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If there were one important thing that I could pass along about the method at home, it is the art of observation. It is the most simple and completely free concept; often overlooked key to the peace and well-being of you, your child, and home.<br />
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The art of observation can completely shift the energy in your home, and often determine the peace in which you can respond to your children. Allowing your family the gift of time to be fully present in the moment can completely shift your energy, and allow you to fully see your child. A much slower pace as a family can certainly help.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">In our home we work to slow down and to give ourselves and our children the grace of precious time. She has given many examples and here is another that is more directed at the prepared environment or having an accessible home. She spoke of a small child in need to pick things up, to sensorially explore his environment, and he is repeatedly told to stop picking things up and to put them down “don’t touch”. Observing and </span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">seeing the child needs</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">, reveals his need to have interaction and freedom to explore. We made the decision to place things that we did not wish to be broken up high or away. The philosophy of “</span><span lang="en-US" style="font-style: italic;">he needs to learn not to touch</span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;">” is a lesson that can come much later. </span></span>Your child’s growth and development are dependent upon exploration, and creating an accessible space rich with invitations of materials and activities for your child to explore freely are essential.</div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> When we are pulling back as a family in effort to refocus on peace and slow things down there are a few things I ask myself; <i>Is it necessary? Is this 'thing/event' creating more difficulty and hardship to make happen - then it would be to let it go? Can we slow this down?</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I remind myself that quiet observation, and slowing down to actually see what and how my children are interacting with in their environment is everything.</span></span></div>
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It's so easy to be hard on ourselves.<br />
All of this takes time and practice, so please be kind to yourself 💕 </div>
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We have always been a homeschooling family, and I am often asked how and why we came to that decision. I write about our journey throughout our books, and would like to share our story here with you.<br />
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Over the years of working on this blog and writing to you all about our experiences; the things that I have chosen to share have been light and child activity related. I chose to do this for many reasons. The biggest reason was that we were and are, a busy unschooling/ home learning family.<br />
We are fully immersed in life in the moment, and all of the learning that brings.<br />
Our children's lives are now about research through living, gaming, playing; exploring life through their own lens, passion, and joy.<br />
We live along side our children expanding into our own lives, and growing with them as individual people and as parents.<br />
So honestly I wrote and shared when I had the energy and spare moments to do so. I am also an extreme introvert 💕 There are things about our children and life that I do not feel comfortable sharing, and this is my choice. I greatly appreciate those who share their lives in candid detail as this is a very courageous act and gift.<br />
I would love to share aspects of our life that I hope may be helpful. So I shall share our journey to home learning with you.<br />
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<span lang="en-US">My husband and I decided to have children after many challenges. For me the most difficult challenge at the time was working through Breast Cancer and treatment. </span>Eventually we made the decision to see if having children was possible given the harsh chemotherapy I’d had.<br />
The following Christmas Eve we were given the news, that our first child was on the way💗</div>
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I will try and pinpoint for you when we knew that we would always be fully invested in home learning. I really think it began when our 3.5 year old son Xander had eye surgery, to correct a rare eye condition named Cyclic Strabismus. Following this surgery, he developed what they referred to as a violent onslaught of stuttering or dysfluency that is sometimes seen in children who have undergone anesthetic. Our child who was a very fluent speaker with an extensive vocabulary, woke one morning having great trouble uttering the word mommy smoothly.<br />
It was shocking and scary, and after things like neurological issues or anything health related were ruled out, we settled in to understand and do everything we could to help him.<br />
So much of the research we conducted shaped our parenting, and grounded us as a family. Some of the strategies that we employed made so much sense for us; like slowing down our life, and focusing our energy on activities that we could do as a family.<br />
We slowed our actions and speech and spoke to Xander consciously and directly into his eyes, ensuring he felt connected. We listened and let him speak without interrupting, and without making him feel hurried, or like he needed to act out to gain our attention and focus.<br />
We played board games, read story books, experimented with arts and crafts; we watched movies and TV together, and we went to museums. </div>
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We spent time together living in each moment focused and connected.<br />
We worked to reduce family stress by cancelling any appointments or engagements that were not completely necessary. We altered holiday traditions to meet our needs as a family. We decided to stay home during the holidays, and let those who no longer had small children come to us; or we would visit before or after. Holidays can be stressful and chaotic and we tried to keep them simple, joyful and focused.<br />
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We involved Xander when he showed interest in cooking, baking, laundry, yard work, and cleaning. This is not an easy task but it was all about our loving and living together, as a respectful connected family. This was our life and such beauty and connection were born from great challenge.</div>
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<span lang="en-CA">When Xander turned 4 he wanted nothing more than to go to school. He’d watched so many shows that had depicted a glorious experience. We knew that this was more than likely not to be the case, however we honoured his spirit and independence as he willfully made this choice. We offered nothing less than good energy, and so much love to help him on this new journey.</span><br />
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<span lang="en-CA">I will not spend a great deal of time on the details, but after two months our bright, talkative, energetic, engaged little boy disappeared. He was sad, quiet and withdrawn. He’d been physically and verbally bullied and in danger, due to lack of supervision at his school. We withdrew him immediately, and continued on our path. Xander came back to us after a period, and we never looked back. </span><span lang="en-CA" style="font-family: "arial"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">Montessori and many other amazing philosophies felt right, and completely complemented our life style. We kept and used what our children needed, and left the rest behind. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We had our daughter Ava, when Xander was three. At three and a half years of age, Ava was diagnosed with a metabolic condition Urea Cycle Disorder, and this was quite devastating.</div>
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<span lang="en-US">As she recovered there were many behaviours especially in terms of her relationship with food, that had direct connections to her illness that now made sense to us. Ava had developed extreme food aversions to dairy and other protein rich foods, and she was tested for allergies; which all returned back negative. This was so hard for her, and her diagnosis connected all of those scattered dots.</span><br />
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All of the strategies that we’d developed during Xander’s surgery were familiar, comforting and reassuring to us. We dug deep, pulled in close and took care of our needs as a family, because this was and continues to be an intensive long road. Ava’s condition is not curable, and must be rigorously managed day to day.</div>
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<span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Homeschooling/unschooling has been such a gift to us. Montessori was and is an incredible tool to help us understand and stay out of the way, of Ava’s and Xander’s natural development and passion for learning. It has enabled us to focus solely on our children and their needs, as well our needs as a family without the pressure of societal imposed schooling, for the purpose of record keeping and scoring children as a measure of their intellect and development. It has afforded our children the opportunity to develop alongside their passions and interests. Home learning for us has become a holistic natural learning experience that placed focus and emphasis on the happiness and well-being of our children and family.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The amount of daily pressure from Ava’s condition has been adopted into our family, and very much makes Ava the person that she is; in all of her beauty and complexity. We are afforded the pleasure of watching her grow as with Xander, without some of the noise, hurry, pressure, schedule, bullying and imposed conformity that institutional learning would bring into our lives. Managing her medication and array of needs, has become background noise to the daily rhythm and joy that is our homeschooling life. Where if Ava were to enter the school system her basic safety, being dependent upon the delivery of medication and timely nutrition, monitoring of her physical activity and clinical well-being would be pushed to the forefront. Forcing Ava to conform to the environment would become pushed to the forefront, and the very essence of her individuality and all of the amazing things we do to assertively enable her to learn by interest and passion would in turn - become the background noise.</span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">We continued on our home learning journey and were so grateful that we’d found Montessori. Not because Montessori changed our lives (though it does for many), but because it enhanced and fit so well with the life we were living.</span><br />
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My love of creativity, Montessori and my deep passion for researching was certainly met, as we explored the curriculum. I am a former Program Coordinator/ Director, and spent a great deal of time creating developmentally based programs, for families with children of all ages. They were designed to nurture and support the parent child connection, as these programs involved parents working directly with their children. Montessori and creating materials also filled MY creative cup.</div>
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<span lang="en-US">I have greatly enjoyed researching Montessori philosophy and the materials, and I’ve spent nearing the last ten years doing so. I am not a Montessori teacher nor did I ever wish to be, I did however seek to find understanding of the great Montessori mysteries and secrets, that seemed so heavily guarded by many in the community I’d found online. It may seem funny to say that, but so many teachers and Montessori purists were very reluctant to share information about the method. Some actually told me, that none should use the method who were not trained teachers. There were however home learners who were living with the method, and writing about it online. There were a few supportive teachers who offered love and support, to those who were searching for alternative methods to mainstream education at home. I will forever be grateful to these individuals, and their numbers have grown exponentially over the last decade.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">In truth we have all been home learning ever since our children were born, and for our family it’s been a rewarding, difficult, beautiful experience, of connection and love.</span><br />
We all face different challenges as diverse families, and we must do what we can, and do what feels right. We must never let anyone tell us or make us feel that we are not qualified to teach our child. Never let anyone tell you that you cannot use the Montessori (or any other) method at home.<br />
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We are a family of cat lovers and have had many crazy adventures living with cats, along with trying to help stray cats and kittens. All of our furry friends at this stage were strays that found their way to our home by some means. We assume that many were dropped nearby and made their way to our yard, looking for food and shelter. Other strays were hurt or hungry, but did not want to be in close contact. While we have not been able to adopt every cat that crosses our path, we have done everything we can to ensure that they get the best care possible.<br />
Last winter was hard! We ended up building insulated shelters for strays that seemed to be popping up everywhere! We ended up feeding eight cats at our backdoor, who were either hurt or extremely hungry.<br />
We had contacted rescues in the past and did not have much luck, and I do believe now that it was because they are simply overworked and at capacity, doing all they can to help. We were also afraid to use any type of facility who may euthanize them. We already had several cats and a couple who have health issues, so bringing them inside was not an option for us.<br />
We did not know what to do, so we decided to purchase a live humane trap to see if we could try to help. I was so encouraged because an amazing mom from our home learning community had started her own rescue!! I was fearful because some of the cats looked so unfriendly, and I was not sure how this process would work or what would happen to these cats! I decided to contact her and ask for help💕 She was so kind, helpful and encouraging.<br />
We were able to trap eight cats and get them to her rescue. It was a process and a bit scary, but all cats were given medical attention and either spayed or neutered. Some varied with infections, to one needing the tip of his tail removed due to frost bite 💗<br />
One night while dropping off a cat, we were asked if we were able to foster a beautiful cat and her three kittens!!!! My husband brought them home on the spot 💕
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We said that we would not become attached because we were already a full cat family, but they completely stole our hearts 💓 Two of the kittens had already been adopted when they came to us, and this adoption fell through.<br />
The thought of any of them leaving was heartbreaking, and we made the decision to adopt them all!<br />
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I cannot begin to describe the amount of joy that they have brought into of lives. We've made many adjustments to create good space for all of our cats. One thing we had always wanted to do, was to build a catio. I'd seen many online, and now seemed like a great time to explore this option. All of our cats are indoor, and creating an outside space was a beautiful option.<br />
There are so many versions that we found and loved! It really comes down to the space you have available, and how you need your cats to access the catio/cat patio. There really is something for everyone!<br />
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Our family room has windows facing our private yard space, and this seemed like a great option. Ours is raised off the ground such that we cat see inside, and watch our cats at play. It's also easy for us to access from inside for cleaning, and for our cats to hop in and out.<br />
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We wanted complete access to our catio through our double hung window. Ours cats can easily access the catio, and we have full access for safety purposes. If you cannot access your catio this way to remove your cats if needed, you will need an exterior door to the enclosure. </div>
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We do not <b>stand or sit</b> in this enclosure, so if you would like to do this then you will need to create supports or posts for this purpose to support that kind of weight.<br />
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We also used a couple of 6" wide planks to build a ramp and walk near the top. We used a log to sit another shelf on, near the top with a bracket. Honestly we found fitting the interior to be the most challenging thing. There are tons of ideas online to help you with this, depending on the space you have available. I have<a href="https://pin.it/gzfnxz76mvzas5" target="_blank"> a great board on Pinterest</a> that you can check out for some cool ideas.<br />
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We have a bank of shelves below our family room windows, and they make the perfect window seat to perch and enjoy watching the fun that happens in the catio patio😃😍</div>
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We experience human life cycles everyday as we grow as a family, but it's such a gift to witness the life cycle of another living species first hand. I grew up on a hobby farm so many experiences have become my own. We have lived with many cats, but this was our first family experience watching a mama cat care for her kittens and move through the process of her naturally letting them go.<br />
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<i>The sweetie cat featured in this set, is another rescue that we nursed from about 4wks old. He was found in our neighbours driveway, and she brought him to us to care for💕</i></div>
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Thank you to those who have been writing to us for more information about our new collection of books. This collection is very near and dear to my heart as it represents many years of practical use, research and joy for our family. We have had the pleasure of connecting with many families in person and online, and so hope this series will be helpful as you create your own home learning experience.<br />
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When we began our natural parenting and learning journey it was such a gift to find that Montessori was so in line with our values and relationship that we shared as a family. Maria Montessori was such an inspiration to us and through her work and words we felt such tremendous validation. There are many things that we have internalized from her written work, but one of the things that seated so deeply with us was the practice and gifts of time, energy, and attention.<br />
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<em>Time to let our children experience their environment and growth in their own time and way. </em><br />
<i><br /></i><em>To find the energy when our beautiful children came to us with requests at inopportune moments in effort to clearly see their needs. </em><br />
<i><br /></i><em>Attention to the smallest of details such that we could see our children for who they were in effort to craft our environment to meet their needs. </em><br />
<i><br /></i>As a parent and person who loves to research, I felt a strong need to see and learn about the entire Montessori package in terms of understanding Maria’s beliefs and work, and the way in which she crafted her method and materials. Most importantly how this translated to our family at home. We were interested in creating an accessible environment that was filled with love and opportunities for natural discovery. It took us a while to figure how that would translate to our family environment and life. What we knew in the end was that we absolutely loved to incorporate materials during moments of heightened interest and through self-directed discovery. Our home environment is wholeheartedly about following the sparks of self-discovered interests. There are endless opportunities where great depth in learning naturally happens when you have opened your mind and heart. The greatest preparation we ever worked through as parents was not the preparation of our environment or materials, but our own inner healing and preparation as people with needs … who were raising growing people with needs.<br />
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When I began researching the method I was able to find many material lessons online. What I really wanted to have was a complete picture, and a simple practical explanation of how to use each material. A huge amount of focus and attention was placed on math and language as these are the areas that we have had the most questions about.<br />
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It was so important to me, to curate information in one place to provide a clear picture of the method and materials in a practical and very visual way. When I began researching the materials nearly ten years ago I had so many questions! My top questions were; What is the material - what does it look like and what are the parts practically speaking? What is the use and purpose of the material? Where in the sequence of development does the material fall? Is this material incorporated later? Can I make the material? Are there alternatives that will meet this developmental need of my child that I may already be providing at home? How can I store these materials in an accessible way? Do I need this material?<br />
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For those who may be landing here for the first time, or who have written again to ask here is another look at the descriptions for each book in the series.<br />
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<strong>Montessori Basics</strong><br />
Montessori Basics is filled with practical working knowledge of Maria Montessori’s philosophy of education, and how this translates to a home learning environment. It addresses the most commonly asked questions about Montessori philosophy, the materials, common terms, and basics components and working knowledge of lessons and methods at home. This basics book will help parents and individuals to understand how and why following the natural development of children is an integral piece of the Montessori Method. This book covers additional questions about building home environments, the practical differences between Montessori education and mainstream schools, as well as the Montessori parenting experience. This book also speaks at length about the myths that often accompany the method, materials and philosophy. This book is an essential piece that is wonderful for those who are beginning to incorporate the philosophy or who are seeking additional understanding from a clear and practical perspective.<br />
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<strong>Homeschooling Basics</strong><br />
Homeschooling Basics is an invaluable resource for those who are new to homeschooling or well rooted. This book covers a broad range of questions about home learning, resources and the logistics of balancing family needs while learning at home. This book supports parents who are looking for solutions to provide a connected and peaceful home learning environment for children. Homeschooling Basics covers everything from peaceful parenting, home organization solutions, to practical natural learning resources and ideas. We share our home learning story with you, along with many of the challenges and beauty of our home learning experience.<br />
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<strong>Baby & Toddler</strong><br />
The Baby & Toddler book provides support for parents and caregivers who are beginning their parenting journey or perhaps are looking for a new perspective. This book will help parents and caregivers to create a safe and supportive environment, that will work in harmony with the developmental needs of children. This book will offer peaceful non-judgmental parenting strategies, resources and solutions that will support your individual needs and growth as a family. This book provides information on the history and use of Montessori infant toddler mobiles, and extensive DIY tutorials for creating materials and mobiles for your child. Each tutorial is beautifully photographed in full colour providing the steps, templates, and material options for crating your own mobiles inexpensively. This book also covers infant toddler Montessori or inspired materials and toys, and how they support your child’s natural development.<br />
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<strong>Practical Life</strong><br />
The Montessori Practical Life experience is one of the most beautiful experiences and gifts for any child at home. Children work through this period to build motor skills and knowledge of their environment through investigation and exploration. The activities help to foster natural independence, self-reliance, and self-esteem. The heart of practical life is empowerment through observation, in connecting and fostering the physical and mental developmental needs and wellbeing of children. It is about creating the space and freedom for a child to interact within their environment. This book will provide ideas and support for those who wish to create a natural practical environment for children to explore. This book offers a close look at traditional Practical Life materials and trays, and alternatives to support a child’s natural curiosity and development through daily living.<br />
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<strong>Sensorial</strong><br />
Early Sensorial is an extraordinary journey that every child will embark on. This book lays out the Montessori Sensorial experience in full colour photography to help you see the materials, function and purpose clearly. The Sensorial basic scope and sequence is explained in a practical and comprehensive way to support parents in understanding how sensorial materials (in any form) support your child’s natural development. Some materials from this collection are used throughout mathematics, and this information is clearly identified in effort to help guide material purchasing choices. This book provides diy solutions and alternatives to help make the journey into the senses affordable or free. We offer our experience in using the materials at home and how they lived accessibly within our home environment. This book also identifies materials that are carried forth into other areas of the curriculum later on.<br />
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<strong>Early Language</strong><br />
The Early Language book is a beautiful full colour exploration of the sequence of early Montessori Language and materials for the three to six age range. Montessori language is a unique hands on exploration of language through the use of physical manipulatives and objects making it a dynamic interactive experience for children. This book provides extensive information knowledge, tutorials and solutions for affordable language material making. The book supports parents to foster the natural progression of language development through observation in offering materials that meet the needs of their children. The goal of this book is to help parents to identify the components, purpose and use of early Montessori language materials as a guide for those wishing to incorporate these materials as a home learning option.<br />
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<strong>Elementary Language</strong><br />
Elementary Language is continuation of Early Language. This book covers the sequence of language materials used during the elementary curriculum six through twelve years of age. All materials are photographed in full colour and provide information as to the components covered, use and purpose of the lessons and materials. This book provides solutions to create inexpensive diy options for physical and print materials. Grammar materials are covered in detail.<br />
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<strong>Early Math</strong><br />
This is an extensive book that covers the range of three to six years of age. Early Math begins with a concrete, physical exploration of numeracy through beautiful manipulatives and materials. Early Math delivers a fully photographed investigation of these materials, including tutorials for use of all materials and the developmental purpose. This book supports parents in working with the materials in a way in which will enhance their child’s natural love and curiosity of the numerical world. This book will identify materials and their supporting components (including print materials) and how they are used together. It also identifies materials that are carried forward into elementary math. This book provides extensive DIY solutions for affordable material making, and alternatives for parents who are looking to support their children with resources who are on a natural learning path. This book benefits parents and caregivers who may be looking to provide additional math resources into their existing environment.<br />
<strong>Elementary Math</strong><br />
Elementary Math is a continuation of Early Math. Elementary Math covers the age range of six to twelve years of age. This book covers elementary materials in full colour photography with extensive tutorials for the use and purpose of each material. This book will help parents to support a math journey that is created with a stunning base of manipulative materials and games to bring more complex math concepts to life in a practical and straightforward way. Each material section covers diy solutions and alternatives for parents who may wish to incorporate all or a portion of the materials affordably into their environment.<br />
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<strong>Early Geography</strong><br />
Early Geography is an incredible world of discovery that supports parents, caregivers and individuals to foster a child’s connection to the diversity and beauty of their global community. This book covers the three to six-year sequence of early Montessori geography materials through a beautifully photographed full colour experience. In addition, this book lays out the elementary sequence, and identifies which materials are carried forward from early to elementary geography. The purpose and use of materials are practically and clearly explained, along with tutorials and alternatives to help create affordable and accessible solutions at home. This book provides support to parents and individuals who may wish to incorporate all or a selection of the materials into their natural learning environment.<br />
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There are so many things that I would love to have written about over the years on our blog, but we have been so immersed with family life and challenges. I have poured my energy over several years into this series of books, through writing and photography, curating photos from our collection, and crafting tutorials that offer clarity and a complete picture to help those who are seeking practical understanding of homeschooling in general, natural development-based learning, and the Montessori method at home. In my book Homeschooling Basics, I share the story of our home learning story in addition to loads of information to help answer questions that we had, and that we’ve been asked about homeschooling and natural learning over many years.<br />
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Thank you to all who have emailed and asked for further details about the contents of our new book collection. While this book collection is rooted in Montessori, it is also a practical resource for parents, individuals, and homeschoolers that provides information as to how the method supports parents who are following their children on a natural learning journey.
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Montessori Basics</h4>
Montessori Basics is filled with a practical working knowledge of Maria Montessori’s philosophy of education, and how this translates to a home learning environment. It addresses the most commonly asked questions about Montessori philosophy, the materials, common terms, basics components and working knowledge of lessons and methods at home. This Montessori basics book will help parents and individuals understand how and why following the natural development of children is an integral piece of the Montessori Method. This book covers additional questions about building home environments, the practical differences between Montessori education and mainstream schools, as well as the Montessori parenting experience. This book also speaks at length about the myths that often accompany the method, materials and philosophy. This book is an essential piece for those who are beginning to incorporate the philosophy, or who are seeking additional understanding from a clear and practical perspective.
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Homeschooling Basics</h4>
Homeschooling Basics is an invaluable resource for those who are new to homeschooling, or well-rooted. This book covers a broad range of questions about home learning, resources and the logistics of balancing family needs while learning at home. This book supports parents who are looking for solutions to provide a connected and peaceful home learning environment for their children. Homeschooling Basics cover everything from peaceful parenting, home organization solutions, to practical natural learning resources and ideas. We share our home learning story with you, along with many of the challenges and beauty of our home learning experience.
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Baby & Toddler</h4>
The Baby & Toddler book provides support for parents and caregivers who are beginning their parenting journey or perhaps are looking for a new perspective. This book will help parents and caregivers to create a safe and supportive environment that will work in harmony with the developmental needs of children. This book will offer peaceful non-judgmental parenting strategies, resources and solutions that will support your individual needs and growth as a family. This book provides information on the history and use of Montessori infant toddler mobiles, and extensive DIY tutorials for creating materials and mobiles for your child. Each tutorial is beautifully photographed in full colour providing the steps, templates, and material options for creating your own mobiles inexpensively. This book also covers infant toddler Montessori or inspired materials and toys, and how they support your child’s natural development.
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Practical Life</h4>
The Montessori Practical Life experience is one of the most beautiful experiences and gifts for any child at home. Children work through this period to build motor skills and knowledge of their environment through investigation and exploration. The activities help to foster natural independence, self-reliance, and self-esteem. The heart of practical life is empowerment through observation, in connecting and fostering the physical and mental developmental needs and well-being of children. It is about creating the space and freedom for a child to interact within their environment. This book will provide ideas and support for those who wish to create a natural and practical environment for children to explore. This book offers a close look at traditional Practical Life materials and trays, and alternatives to support a child’s natural curiosity and development through daily living.
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Sensorial</h4>
Early Sensorial is an extraordinary journey that every child will embark on. This book lays out the Montessori Sensorial experience in full-colour photography to help you see the materials, function and purpose clearly. The Sensorial basic scope and sequence are explained in a practical and comprehensive way to support parents in understanding how Sensorial materials (in any form) support your child’s natural development. Some materials from this collection are used throughout mathematics, and this information is clearly identified in an effort to help guide material purchasing choices. This book provides DIY solutions and alternatives to help make the journey into the senses affordable or free. We offer our experience in using the materials at home and how they lived accessibly within our home environment. This book also identifies materials that are carried forth into other areas of the curriculum later.
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Early Language</h4>
The Early Language book is a beautiful full-colour exploration of the sequence of early Montessori Language and materials for the three to six age range. Montessori language is a unique, hands-on exploration of language through the use of physical manipulatives and objects, making it a dynamic interactive experience for children. This book provides extensive information knowledge, tutorials and solutions for affordable language material making. The book supports parents to foster the natural progression of language development through observation in offering materials that meet the needs of their children. The goal of this book is to help parents to identify the components, purpose and use of early Montessori language materials as a guide for those wishing to incorporate these materials as a home learning option.
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Elementary Language</h4>
Elementary Language is a continuation of Early Language. This book covers the sequence of language materials used during the elementary curriculum, six through twelve years of age. All materials are photographed in full colour and provide information as to the components covered, use and purpose of the lessons and materials. This book provides solutions to create inexpensive DIY options for physical and print materials. Grammar materials are covered in detail.
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Early Math</h4>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Writing this book, as well as connecting with fellow homeschoolers through Making Montessori Ours and our social media sites have been such a pleasure and labour of love. Many of you have written to us throughout the years asking questions that we too searched for at the beginning of our homeschooling journey. </span> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Through this series of books, we share what we have learned throughout our home learning adventure with you.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">While this book collection is rooted in Montessori, it is also a practical resource for parents, individuals, and homeschoolers that provides information as to </span></span><span lang="en-US" style="language: en-US; mso-ansi-language: en-US; mso-ligatures: none;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">how the method supports parents who are following their children on a natural learning journey. This book collection was written to foster the parent-child connection, and with the intent that each individual will use the content in a way that makes sense for them. </span>While this book is not a manual, it will help you understand the basic scope and sequence of the </span>materials<span lang="en-US">. The books focus heavily on the philosophy, parenting, and traditional use of Montessori materials, as this is a fantastic foundation to build from.<span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is our goal to project a practical view of the materials to support you with forming solutions that are perfect for your family based on the individual needs of you and your children.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="en-CA">This series of books "<a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/MakingMontessoriOurs?ref=hdr_shop_menu&section_id=23632046" target="_blank">A Practical Guide to Montessori & Homeschooling",</a> delivers a clear image of the Montessori philosophy. It offers helpful information that will assist you in creating an accessible and practical Montessori environment within your home, to work in harmony with your child's natural development. Some of you may wish to incorporate many of the materials shown throughout this collection, while others may wish to create an environment completely based on the Montessori philosophy. The Montessori Method at heart is about observing your child as an individual, and creating a lifestyle at home, where your child has the freedom and flexibility to thrive and learn on their own timeline, and through their own interests and passion.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">In our Montessori home it has always been about observing our children, and following their sparks of interest as they appear. Some sparks are gone as quickly as they come, and others burn bright. Montessori has brought additional richness to our unschooling life. Unschooling (much like Montessori in our home) for our family, is about loving, observing, and nurturing that spark when ever it hits. To honor the passions of our children, and to never define what and when our children are ready to learn, but rather to observe our children and let them be the measure and guide. You know your child best, and they will let you know in a variety of ways what they are ready for. </span></div>
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<span lang="en-US">My husband and I also honor our own interests, and take every opportunity to follow and explore the things that we love. These interests are an open invitation to our children. </span>We have a great love of working with our hands and creating together. We've collaborated on many projects and this story is about bringing a dream to life. As some of you may already know, we purchased our historic brick home in the country many years ago, and have been working away on it ever since. We've embarked on many projects together, and certainly some have been more ambitious than others - like building our own family room addition. </div>
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<span lang="en-US">I think Xander must have been around 4-5 yrs old when we first took him to Upper Canada Village, which is a living historic museum set in the 1860's.</span> This site has been one of our long time favourites, and we've taken a great deal of inspiration for our own 1850's house from this site. We love the buildings and hardware, and especially the tools on the site.<br />
Xander was completely taken with the blacksmith's shop, as I think most children are because it's so awesome to watch them working the forge. Xander often asked if we could build a forge and this certainly planted a seed....<br />
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Greg had the opportunity to train with a Heritage Blacksmith, which was the most amazing, exciting, and rewarding experience!! We decided to design a small forge building with all of the basics that he would need to begin forging at home. I thought I'd show you around our family forge 💕<br />
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There were many things to consider in putting this project together, and safety was the cornerstone of the project. Greg decided to go with <a href="http://www.majesticforge.com/" target="_blank">a propane forge from here</a>, and we took many things into account in terms of clearances and many other details like proximity of the anvil to post vise and forge etc. He does have plans to build an outdoor coal forge for use during warmer weather. We will update when this happens.<br />
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The building itself is connected to the side of our garage, and is not overly large but certainly perfect for our setup. We encased the entire building (and built all of the windows and large door) from board and batten. The windows are hinged along the top, and can be propped up for great cross ventilation. We really wanted the room to have a traditional flavour and feel, and the simple construction achieved that. Greg built his work bench from weathered planks and wood left over from other projects, and the floor of compacted stone dust was an inexpensive fire proof option.<br />
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Having made a few tools to begin during his training, there were many more that needed to be forged like hammers, tongs and chisels to name a few. This collection has grown significantly since these shots, and continues to grow as the need arises.<br />
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We found some amazing tool finds at antique shops in our local area to get started. Our post-vice which is an essential piece, was found at the most extraordinary shop and outdoor market! We LOVE to explore for treasures in spots like this, because they are like amazing little pockets of history frozen in time. Every corner, and nook we explored had pieces of either utilitarian or very cool pop culture history. We had so much fun and incredible conversations about everyday living and items that were in daily use, that literally spanned decades. This was such a rich learning experience that could never have been better, nor planned.<br />
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One of the most amazing yet non essential finds from here, was our manual drill press. These presses were found in many blacksmith shops and our children are absolutely fascinated by it's function, and it's one of the first things they gravitate to when they are in the forge. We found ours in a pile of tools, and it was so rusted and seized! We spent many hours spraying it down with WD40, cleaning and clearing out years of corrosion built from resting in the elements. Eventually the parts started moving freely and functioning again, and this is such a pleasure and honor to have in our space.<br />
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So many have a fascination in forging right now especially with shows like Forged in Fire ~ which we love btw. We have all since spent time in the forge with Greg 💗 </div>
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Forging was so much harder than I expected, and I expected it to be hard! </div>
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Both of our children have spent time either watching, or forging. Greg holds all material and tongs while the children strike, and it's been so incredible to watch 💕💕 </div>
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Ava's first hook 💕</div>
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Xander is beginning to forge his first sword and is learning about the different types of metal, judging temperature by the colour of the metal, and so so much more! </div>
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Greg has made some really fun and beautiful projects, and here are a few 💗</div>
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<i><span style="font-size: large;">If you are interested in checking out more of his work, or some of the other fun things we create together we can be found at <a href="https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/GCMCraft?ref=seller-platform-mcnav" target="_blank">www.gcmcraft.com </a>💕</span></i></div>
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One of our yearly holiday traditions is baking sugar cookies, and decorating with the whole family.</div>
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We use a really simple recipe that is easy to make, and so delicious. </div>
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We also make traditional and easy royal icing. </div>
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Our children love to scoop, measure, stir, create, and roll the cookie dough💕 We have embraced lot's of floury goodness everywhere, making extra icing for spills, and exuberant decorating. This was the first year that we took decorating inspiration, from an amazing video we found online from <a href="https://www.facebook.com/GloriousTreats/videos/1727366563954750/?hc_location=ufi" target="_blank">Glorious Treats here!</a> </div>
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We (of course) had lot's of free form, unscripted fun as usual 💗</div>
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The colours were a fun departure from the usual red and greens, which are beautiful to us as well. We mixed two greens, blue, and left one white. We use concentrated gel colours, and mixed them with wooden disposable craft sticks. Our children have always mixed their colour into the icing this way, because they find it easy to dip into the containers and mix right away by themselves. </div>
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These designs are so simple and gorgeous! I remember drawing many trees like this when I was tiny. We used wooden tooth picks to draw the icing up into trunks for the trees, as per the video. This is a technique often seen in crafting to create marbling effects.</div>
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We opted not to use our metal icing tips though you can certainly get a cleaner result doing so (if you wish). Disposable bags (you can clean and keep if you wish) work really well for this. </div>
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I tied ours off at the top with elastics. You can roll the elastics down the bags as they empty out, and this is so nice to help keep the icing in the bag while your children practice holding the bags.</div>
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I've mentioned often that we love to garden as a family, so we've had great fun planting and exploring our gardens in all stages of growth. Our gardens are one of our most treasured fair weather gifts where we live. The flowers you see below are from our hosta plants. This is a particularly fragrant variety, that smells much like lilac blooms 💜</div>
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Our purpose was to explore how a plant drinks water. Some form of dye or colouring, helps your child to see this process very clearly. There are countless posts and variations online, so choose the one that looks fun to you. </div>
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Our children were inspired to do this exploration quite spur of the moment, so we used the plant material that we had right at home!</div>
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We used two kinds of food colouring (liquid and gel concentrated colours), and both worked very well. Using some form of clear glass looks cool in photos, but really the purpose is to keep a clear view of the plant for observation. </div>
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Our flowers stayed in the glasses for several days, and around day two was when we really noticed the colour making it's way through the stem to the blooms.You could certainly try this with different flowers, and track the results. This is a fun time to take a closer look with magnification in what ever form you have. Microscopes in some form are wonderful, but so are cheap magnifying glasses!</div>
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We pulled out our microscope and camera to take a closer look. We do have a lens camera, that connects simply to my laptop for viewing. Focusing our camera takes a good deal of practice, but produces some fun results. The most clear examples that we viewed were directly through the scope lens. </div>
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We created our own slides of stem cross sections. We used a really sharp blade to get very thin slices of the uncoloured and coloured stems, to check out and compare. The best cross section slides we've used have been those we have purchased, but these turned out extremely well!</div>
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Below you can see the uncoloured cross section example. You can clearly see the structures and vascular bundles in the stem. The blue dyed example was so pretty, and amazing to view. The shots with a black circular perimeter were taken with my iPhone, and they were amazing!</div>
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Next we took a look at celery! This was done basically the same as above with our flower stems. Xander decided again to keep a control of clear water, they chose blue and red again for their coloured solutions. </div>
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We waited several days again monitoring the progress. The celery certainly was far more noticable in terms of progress and colour change. I've seen many use romaine lettuce and carnations (most common), and they have great results.<br />
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The most striking thing about the lettuce were the leaves and cross sections under the scope! They were like stunning works of art, with such vibrant colour! Both of these images were taken with our iPhone. The leaves look quite different, but that is mainly due to the magnification.<br />
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This is another fun pottery kit for children that we picked up on sale at a craft shop. We've played with <a href="http://www.makingmontessoriours.com/2012/07/pottery-with-xander.html" target="_blank">another similar kit and posted about it here</a>. I've always had a huge fascination with pottery since I was a child, mainly because one of my friends mother was a potter and I thought it was just magical. <br />
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Someday I will purchase a kiln, but I need to think about getting some electrical in line to make it happen in our garage workshop. A larger kiln that I'm looking at requires a 240 volt outlet (kitchen stove voltage).<br />
Our children also have a huge fascination with the idea of pottery, making these types of kits fun to try. Clay and sculpture are things that most children love, and it usually begins with play dough in some form. Air dry clay is amazing and fun as well. We've played around with it all 💕<br />
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Ava wanted to work with this kit outside and this was pretty perfect, because it was a gorgeous summer day. The contents are quite standard and come with some fun sculpting tools, clay, paint, sponges, and of course a small battery operated wheel.</div>
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This type of wheel is not strong and will not really work for any amount of true hand spinning, though it's really fun to try and actually is a wonderful experience and opportunity to chat about friction 😉 </div>
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Regardless of the function or lack there of, the fun truly outweighs the mechanics of the wheel. I think Ava had the most fun using the tools! The tools work extremely well for shaping, and were most effective.</div>
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I think that the experimentation and play that happens with kit's like this, are completely the point ~ working with your hands and having fun! Ava created a few small projects before moving on. </div>
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This press has four simple screws around the corners. They are self tapping and do not require a nut on the other side. Ours came with small squares of paper, to place between squares of cardboard. We cut new pieces when we need them. We made the most of our space, by placing several leaves on a sheet.<br />
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We created leaf mandalas. One was by rubbing leaves with crayons. The next was probably our favourite! We found a good selection of multiples of leaves from our yard. We pressed these leaves well. There were quite a few leaves, and the easiest thing to accommodate all of them was to use a water colour pad. You can use what you have. We used a canvas from the dollar store, and modgepodge to secure our leaves. This is such a beautiful fun piece to make!<br />
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Ava loves to play with leaves! I thought it would be fun to press and laminate some, in effort to lengthen their life for extended play and handling. This is a bit time consuming, but really fun to do. I clipped off any stems to make lamination easier. This works best with leaves that have been well pressed. I was sure to leave a good border around each leaf when I cut them out, otherwise they will pop apart. </div>
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We have created and used a variety of print materials, and we have now made them available in our shop. Our favourites are Leaf Bingo, Memory Match and the Scavenger Hunt!💗 Our Scavenger Hunt activity, is played indoors. We used a magnifying glass to find hidden leaves, inside our beautiful woodland photo. We also have a sheet of larger leaves to hide around the house, or to lay out on a carpet or table. I developed this version, because our daughter absolutely loves to hunt for treasures around the house💕 </div>
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One is that we've had many requests for traditional Botany core materials and I've had these in the works for some time, and wanted to share that we have released them. </div>
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Here are the materials and full package. More details can be found at our webstore.</div>
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There are so many other materials available, but we were interested in creating the core materials for our collection here.<br />
We branched out and added materials to our home collection from this starting point, to fill our children's requests and interests further.<br />
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These materials are amazing to add in along side your traditional materials if you have them, or completely on their own!</div>
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These are the materials we used when our our children were expressing interest early on in botany. Our children were always looking for a hands on science feel and type of experience, and these materials filled that need for them. </div>
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I had a ton of fun testing a new pattern that I created to make a cross body tote bag. </div>
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The zipper pull was turned from Bacote wood, by my husband and I absolutely love it!!</div>
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We were very late by standard to plant our garden this year. We have never planted past mid June (still late by many standards). This year we planted in Mid July! We planted for the pleasure of planting, and in the end to see how things would go. </div>
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Radishes are prolific so that was not an issue. Ava is holding a watermelon radish below 💗</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>I am working today with a new purple heart wood number 5 crochet hook my husband just turned for me. I so love it and wanted to share a couple of pictures with you! This hat pattern was inspired by a set of crochet Christmas balls that I made. It's fun and so colourful 💕</i></span><br />
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I have mentioned time and again that I'm a sewer of many years, since I was probably 5 years old.💕<br />
Sewing is definitely one of my many creative passions that move on and off the back burner depending on what's happening in our busy lives. I've owned a couple of small sewing businesses over the years, and I am having great fun revisiting the idea in some capacity. Our space at home is always evolving with our interests, and I certainly am feeling it's time to create an accessible sewing space for us. This new compact cupboard arrangement, is calling our family room home.<br />
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There is a never ending stream of amazing organizing pictures and posts on Pinterest, and I found great inspiration there to help me out.<br />
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I had such an amazing time revisiting all my old bins and tubs of fabric and sewing supplies that I've had in storage over the years, it would seem that I can see my life laid out in fabric memories. I've found remnants of our children's Halloween costumes, clothing, years of change in draperies and cushion covers, quilts, and soft toys 💕<br />
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I have many new exciting projects and plans in the works, and while it was so amazing to spend time with these memories it's time to clear things out to create anew.<br />
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I do still have a few bins of things that I am not willing to part with, and fabrics that I won't be using straight away. Overall though I am so happy to have the majority of what I will be working with accessible in one spot!<br />
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This growing collection of buttons was in great need of sorting and organizing! </div>
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Thankfully it became a family effort💕</div>
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I decided to use mason jars for our sorted collection. I sprayed the tops white since these jars will find a home on a shelf in our family room around the corner from our sewing cupboard.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>Next I went through bins and bins of fabric, notions, machines, and basic supplies that I wanted to keep accessible in this cupboard.</i></span><br />
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These cupboards are all from Ikea. The top extension however has been discontinued, and this is such a shame because it is one piece and finished really nicely, though we did add the crown molding on the top. The baskets are from Walmart. One thing that I will do when I get a chance, is to back paint the glass in the doors with white spray paint. I've done this with other Ikea Billy doors and it's awesome! I will post a picture when this happens.</div>
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The fabric is not perfectly uniform but I will say that I did not edit the contents of the cupboard for these pictures, because I wanted you to see how it actually looks and is used. I cut up a bunch of old boxes to use for rolling my fabrics. This is by far the best solution I've tried yet for storing fabric. This is an old method from fabric stores, but is often seen online at home. I think it's brilliant!</div>
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The baskets hold ribbon, bias tape, zippers, elastic, velcro, and a few other smaller things.</div>
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This smaller side was the perfect size for a serger, thread spools, twill tape, machine parts and such.</div>
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Below is my favourite portable sewing box. This is a tool box and I absolutely love it! I have the lid propped open with a shelf peg. I can access the drawers and contents without removing it from the shelf, but yet I have the option if needed.</div>
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All of my rulers, scissors, cutters and mats are hanging on 3M hooks. My iron fits really well beside my tool box along with a sleeve board, and pattern/fabric weights.</div>
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The smaller organizing case on the bottom holds all kinds of fun notions like sequins, beads, fasteners, safety pins and all kinds of other small notions and tools. I can pop open the front to reveal three plastic organizers and slide them out as I need. I have two basic machines in this cupboard being a simple sewing machine and serger. My other machines are stored. </div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d85c6;">Blends!</span> This set of books with help your child practice reading and blending letter sounds, along side new sight words. </div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #6aa84f;">Phonograms!</span> These are words that are non phonetic, or meaning that they cannot be sounded phonetically by the look of each letter. These are special sounds that are retained by your child with practice in reading.</div>
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Beginner Readers and Materials are designed to help give your child the tools they need to understand the process of decoding words and language. Fluency develops with your child over years of reading and practice, as does spelling. This package will also help your child to understand the basic fundamentals for spelling and writing.</div>
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The detail of illustrations, detail and length of sentences increase with each level and book.</div>
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In your download package of materials you will find a large collection of reading cards that can be used on their own but they also were designed to accompany each of your books. You will find a list of cards that correspond with each book in this document.</div>
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This package series includes three different materials! These activities are the beginning of your child's journey to read. Generally these activities are used in the order below, but completely dependant on the needs of your child.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Early puzzles</strong> do many amazing things for your child. They are included as a pre-reading activity, because your child will be visually evaluating the images on the cards, taking in the details, textures, shapes, and lines that create each image. They will also gain fine motor refinement, in moving, aligning, and piecing the images together. These are all valuable skills that later translate into the skills of symbol and letter recognition.</div>
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Simple two piece puzzles were a huge favourite of our children when they were very young.</div>
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Our children began using puzzles like this around 18mths - two years of age. This will completely depend on your child.</div>
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In addition to using as a traditional puzzle, you can also use the puzzles for matching.</div>
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Print two sheets and leave one uncut for a matching mat.</div>
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What goes together is a matching concept game that develops the skills of recognition, logic and reasoning.</div>
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Your child will match the cards visually by the relationships and associations that the objects share.</div>
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This is great fun game to play with your child while talking about the uses of the objects, and where they may be found in effort to make these connections.</div>
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The cards can also be used to create stories.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Story Sequencing</strong></div>
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Story Sequencing Cards help your child to visually practice laying out a logical sequence of events.</div>
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The cards begin with three smaller story sets for your child to order in sequence.</div>
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You can sort the cards and work with one set at a time to start. Later your child may wish to sort and order more than one set at a time.</div>
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We had great fun with this activity while chatting about the story and events that may have been taking place.</div>
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Perhaps getting ready to go on a trip!</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Alphabet Sound Cards</strong></div>
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This is a beautiful, full colour set of Alphabet Image Cards. The images on these cards represent the initial or beginning sound for each letter of the alphabet.</div>
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Letter sound learning is your child’s gateway to reading. Pairing image cards with your Sandpaper letters is an incredibly visual hands on way for your child to retain and explore letter sounds while learning to write letters simultaneously. </div>
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This file contains four images per letter. These images can be used to create sound baskets for your child. </div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Letter Tracing Cards or Sandpaper Letters ( you can choose the back ground colour you like best)</strong></div>
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Montessori Printable Letter Tracing Cards (also known as Sandpaper Letters).</div>
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For those who may not be familiar with Sandpaper Letters, this is a set of alphabet letter cards that are organized right side up into a box or container.</div>
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The traditional wooden letters have a thin coat of sand on the letters themselves. These cards will help with writing preparation, but also to help your child to learn letter sounds. Each letter is presented to your child demonstrating the formation of each letter by finger tracing. This practice helps them to retain the early muscle memory and coordination to form each letter. After tracing your child can practice the formation in a sand/salt tray. You can fill a small tray or even a pie plate with salt (the easiest to find and work with) in a tray. </div>
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Full instructions and activity ideas are included with your letters. </div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Large Pink & Blue or Red & Blue </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Vowel Sandpaper Letters in Upper and Lower Case</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Black line Upper and Lower Case to print on Coloured Stock.</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">43 Blends Blue Series Blends in black line and also blue background</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Phonograms Green Series</span></div>
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For those who may not be familiar with the Moveable Alphabet, this is typically a box of wooden or printed letters of the alphabet that are organized right side up into a box. There are various reasons for this. Your child will benefit from the organization of the box, in that that they will become familiar with alphabetic order as they use the box. They will always see the letters in right side up form, thus helping to visually recollect letters and formation more readily. They will use the box to create words without needing to write as yet, thus placing all of the focus on the letters and sounds. We often work on the floor on a little mat, or at a table.</div>
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Print, laminate (if you wish) and cut out the moveable alphabet cards.</div>
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There are many plastic organizer containers available from discount retailers to organize and store your letters. If you’re adventurous you could also make a box. Collect the images or objects for spelling. We began with CVC or phonetic words. </div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Phonetic 3 Part Cards</strong></div>
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This is a set of full colour beautiful 3 Part Image and label cards for use when your child is ready to begin sounding and reading 3 letter CVC (consonant vowel consonant) words.</div>
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These cards focus on short vowel sounds.</div>
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Vowels will be blue and consonants are red. This places subtle focus on learning to visually identify vowels.</div>
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This set is wonderful to work with after your child has worked with Alphabet Sound Image Cards (or objects) for letter sound learning.</div>
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This is a beautiful set of CVC (consonant vowel consonant) Phonetic Word Reading Lists. The words in this set focus on short vowel sounds.</div>
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These lists can follow your Phonetic 3 Part Cards.</div>
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As your child continues to practice decoding sounds it is helpful to create a variety of materials to work with.</div>
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Your child can practice reading the words on their lists. They can even write the words on their lists in a language, journal, sand/salt tray, or chalk board if they choose. Our children often loved to write out the words they were working with, others may not wish to write any of the words and this is completely OK, because the focus right now is to have fun decoding letters and sounds.</div>
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Your child may discover rhyming words and word families while reading their lists.</div>
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This is always a fun moment!</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sentence Reading & Tracing Strips</strong></div>
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Your child may wish to try reading and practising a few phonetically sounded words in short sentences. This reading activity usually happens after your child has worked with the Phonetic Word Lists.</div>
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Phonetically sounded simply means that all words in the sentences can be completely decoded by sounding the words out. </div>
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You child can practice reading and writing the letters in your sentences with our sentence tracing strips that are included. These strips can be laminated and used with dry erase markers.</div>
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Your child may or may not wish to write the sentences. If not that’s OK, because the main focus is to practice reading and decoding words. This is a great time to have conversations about the definition of a sentence and a phrase.</div>
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<strong style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sight Word Cards for our books</strong></div>
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Word cards are a great way to practice reading new sounds and words. You can also add a selection of your words to a mystery word bag.</div>
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Each level contain high frequency Sight Words. </div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Level One</b></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Phonetic Words</span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">Non Phonetic Words & Silent Letters</span></div>
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Print and laminate (lamination is optional) your cards for durability.</div>
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**Material Prep Tip** Select the pages you wish to print to save ink. Print and prepare your materials as you need them, or all at once, do what works for you and your child.</div>
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Montessori Inspiration At Home<br />
Practical Life Skills - Toddler Series<br />
This Montessori inspired book is a helpful resource for practical life skills for toddlers.<br />
There are a total of 9 chapters that include care of self, care of a pet, care of the home, polishing, cleaning, helping in the kitchen, pouring, spooning, and setting a table.<br />
Also, included with this book is a printable bundle that matches the chapter subjects.<br />
There are over 30 pages of printables and resource information. These printables include matching cards, step-by-step cards, 100 Practical Life Skills Check List, and more!<br />
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We are a very crafty family and love all things hand craft related. This is a beautiful table top (or floor) loom that we were given for Christmas a few years back. Ava loves this loom and is getting back to using it again.<br />
Weaving for small children is a practical life, and motor skill development goldmine 💕 Our children have done many weaving projects simply because they loved doing it, and the side benefits were a lovely bonus.<br />
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I've posted about weaving in the past, and this loom was a fun step up from <a href="http://www.makingmontessoriours.com/2012/10/great-peg-loom-weaving-kit-for-kids.html" target="_blank">the loom we used here</a>.<br />
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There are so many looms on the market. We loved this one because it was so well designed and simple to use. It is very easy to set up to create a variety of project widths.</div>
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The toughest part about learning to use this loom is to remember the shuttle position. I am certainly not a weaving expert, but in this simple design the beater which Ava is holding below works to separate the yarn and lift or lower every other thread to move the shuttle through and beat into place. So it holds the thread and also acts as the beater, as opposed to using an additional comb to position the threads tightly, if that makes sense. </div>
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If you are looking for a loom I would certainly recommend this one. This loom was a Christmas gift from family and not sponsored in any way. I thought I would share this for those who are looking as we were for a quality loom that was relatively simply to use that will grow with your child.<br />
Ava leaves and comes back to this loom with great interest. She's not completed a project with it but is enjoying the process of revisiting it. I on the other hand think that I will take it on and perhaps create some fun rugs for her dollhouse 💗<br />
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We have created a fun set of Basic Tabletop Loom 3 Part Cards, Booklet and Diagrams that you are welcome <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3PLWep_v-fpWTUxOXFVMm12TGM/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">to download for personal use</a> only. The artwork and graphics in this set were created by Making Montessori Ours.<br />
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