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1998!
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the Earth)
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Montessori
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INCLUDES:
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Website access to lesson
activities in pictures and text (for 3 to 4 year 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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There's a place for everything and everything is in its place.
Sensitivity for order in the environment is essential as breathing oxygen.--Maria
Montessori
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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Daily Routine and
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 Sensitive Periods:
"The sensitive periods are transitory periods in the child's life during
which time she is prompted by an inner urge to focus her attention on certain
elements in her environment. The activities and impressions resulting from
this activity help the child to..."
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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..."
Montessori Lesson
Activities:
Practical Life:
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Using Mats/Rugs in the
Classroom (includes graphics)
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Pouring Activities (includes
graphics)
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Open & Close
(includes graphics)
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Advanced Pouring (includes
graphics)
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Water Pouring Activities
(text only--no graphics)
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Tea Party Activities
(includes graphics)
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Spooning
and Tonging
(includes graphics)
Sensorial:
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Sorting Small Objects
One and Two including Button Sorting and Bead Sorting (includes graphics)
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Color Box 2 (includes
graphic)
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Geometric Solids and
Bases (includes graphics)
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Brown Stairs (includes
graphic)
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Touch (Tactile) Boards
(includes graphic)
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Touch (Tactile) Tablets
(includes graphic)
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Advanced Cylinder Blocks
(includes graphic)
Science:
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Bubbles and Air Experiment
(includes graphic)
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Sink and Float (includes
graphic)
Zoology:
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Introduction to Animals
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Classify Animals (includes
graphics)
Geography:
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Land and Water Forms
(includes graphics)
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Land and Water Forms
Match to Cards (includes graphics)
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And How to Make (text
only--no graphics)
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Land and Water Globe
(includes graphics)
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World Globe or Color
Globe (includes graphics)
Language:
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I Spy Game (text only--no
graphics)
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Sand Paper Sounds/Letters
(includes graphics)
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Write Sand Paper Sounds/Letters
(text only--no graphics)
Math:
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Number Rods--math counting
1-10 (includes graphics)
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Sand Paper Numbers (includes
graphic)
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Spindle Boxes--math
counting 0-9 (includes graphic)
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Color
Bead Stair--math counting 1-9 (includes graphic)
Social Grace &
Courtesy:
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Conflict Resolution
including Social Grace and Courtesy (text only--no graphics)
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Care of the Environment
FAQs (text only--no graphics)
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Discipline FAQs (text
only--no graphics)
Art:
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Metal Insets--beginning
drawing of geometric shapes (includes graphics)
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Clay Activities (includes
graphics)
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More Art Activities
(includes graphics)
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