Saturday, January 5, 2013

Top Montessori posts from 2012

In light of the new year, I wanted to share with you some of our favorite Montessori inspired posts for 2012.  Reflecting back, there seemed to have been a theme…

Top 12 Montessori in 2012

Math, in particular FRACTIONS!

Studying fractions – posts one, two, and three

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Fractions strips printable

fraction bars

Using measuring cups to teach fractions

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Montessori math organization using a tackle box

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Exchanging coins:  The Coin Game

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Montessori-Inspired reading a calendar

MT calendar work

History:

History has been on our radar this year, even though it hasn’t been blogged about nearly as much as I’d like.  However, here’s 2 activities that we’ve made into a Montessori-inspired activities.

Changes in Time history lesson

changes over time sorting

Archaeology for Kids:  Reconstructing Pottery from sherds

archaeology pottery sherds kids

Peace and Religious studies:

Peace in the Home – a sweet guest post by Carrots are Orange

Ok, ok… so this post on a Montessori-inspired interactive kids prayer chart is NOT on my blog, but it’s a guest post that I wrote over at Explore and Express.  However, it IS one of my favorite posts of the year.

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Sensorial:

… and this one is from the VERY end of 2011, but I thought it needed a little “love” as well.  So, if you are looking for a nice round-up of knobless cylinder resources, please check it out!

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Check out these other great Montessori and Montessori-inspired blog posts…

3 comments:

melissa said...

Well, suddenly I feel like I've cheated myself out of a great year of posts by not properly discovering your blog sooner. I definitely want to come back and give some of these a proper read through. It looks like you had a great, and very busy year!

Cherine M said...

Thank you for sharing such amazing information and resources!! Looking forward to seeing all you do in 2013!!!!

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