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Montessori & homeschool activities & e-mail consulting! Since
1998!
Lisa
Nolan
Montessori
(formerly Montessori for
the Earth)
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Montessori
Activities for 2 Year Old Toddlers
Help me to do it myself.--Maria Montessori
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INCLUDES:
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Website access to toddler
lesson activities in pictures and text (for
24 to 36 month olds)
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Montessori articles
& documents including how to create a Montessori environment
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My new documents/articles
on:
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How to start, where
to begin including the environment.
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Get free or cheap materials
for making activities.
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Supplies list and a
must-have Montessori materials list.
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Recommended book list.
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Storing materials &
activities.
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Creating a budget for
materials & activities.
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Forums and blogs to
join for support.
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Optional e-mail consulting
with me, a trained Montessori teacher
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Montessori Articles
& Documents:
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Absorbent Mind:
"From birth to six is the stage of the absorbent mind. This is the type
of mind with which the human baby, shortly after birth, starts taking in
and absorbing the environment in which he finds himself. This is very different
from the adult mind. The absorbent mind [of the child from birth to six]
is..."
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Circle Time: "At
the beginning, circle is simple. Towards the end of the year, it becomes
richer and more complex.... One thing remains constant in all these circles--it
is the..."
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The Home Preschool:
"The
materials you can start with are simple toys, practical life and
sensorial
materials:
also toys, books, simple puzzles, and books that are familiar to the child.
Slowly and gradually the young child will be weaned from them and intrigued
by more challenging materials. But in the beginning give him..."
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Independently Working:
"Young preschoolers will be exploring their environment sensorially and
there are projects you can make for them to do while you work with an older
child. The key to it is to have..."
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Indirect Preparation:
"We all learn according to what we already know. One sees, hears, and understands
according to what one already knows. Whenever is printed on the
subconscious experiences and will determine our reactions, and are a way
of handling future experiences. This is the..."
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The Montessori Adult:
"Consistency and continuity are the backbone of the Montessori environment.
They are the order which brings security and allows the child to really
unfold. The adult’s role in general is to..."
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Nurturing the Child's
Home Environment: "The first step is to prepare the child's environment
in such a way as to allow your child easy, safe access for both getting
out and putting away her belongings, including..."
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The Three Period
Lesson: "The Three Period Lesson is a way to present and introduce
concepts and new terminology, or the names of things, to a
child: new sounds (letters), numbers (symbols), geometric shapes, colors,
and geography forms (like the land and water forms or the continents).
It is also a way to..."
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Montessori Toddler
FAQs (frequent questions and answers about toddler development & behavior)
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Movement and Independence:
"The
moment [a child] is born he starts to move independently, and in order
to reach independence he has to keep on moving. There are two types of
movement..."
Montessori Toddler
Lesson Activities:
Practical life:
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Open
and Close Zips and Snaps (includes graphics)
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Sponging (includes graphic)
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Cleaning Spills (includes
graphic)
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Sweeping (includes graphics)
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Putting on a Coat (includes
graphic)
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Dry Pouring Into Bowl
(includes graphic)
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Large Scrubbing (includes
graphics)
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Small Scrubbing (includes
graphics)
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Cheese Cutting (includes
graphics)
Sensorial:
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Froebel Bag (includes
graphic)
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Geometric Solids Intro
(includes graphics)
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Cylinder Blocks (includes
graphic)
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Sorting Large Objects
(includes graphic)
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Match Fabric (includes
graphics)
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Sort Silverware (includes
graphic)
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Color Box 1 (includes
graphic)
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Thermic Tablets (includes
graphic)
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Pink Tower (includes
graphic)
Zoology:
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Feeding Fish (includes
graphic)
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Insect Matching (includes
graphic)
Science:
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Boats (Air) Experiments
(includes graphic)
Art:
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Intro to Toddler Art
(includes graphics)
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Toddler Art Projects
(includes graphics)
Language:
Math:
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Early Counting with
Objects (includes graphics)
Testimonials:
Read heart-felt
email letters about my infant & toddler activities from Viviane
and Lianne!
"Hi, Lisa. I want to thank
you for everything.... I appreciate all your assistance and everything
you've done. You answered all my pressing questions and concerns and I
feel like I've found better direction for our Montessori homeschool environment!
And that's HUGE!"--Kristin
"I did the toddler program
with you with my other son who is 2 1/2 earlier in the fall. THANK YOU
so much for it --- I meant to say so earlier. Your activities were really
wonderful and helped to tide us through until he was able to get into a
preschool setting."-- :)Christina
More
testimonials here!
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