Online
Montessori & homeschool activities & e-mail consulting! Since
1998!
Lisa
Nolan
Montessori
(formerly Montessori for
the Earth)
Home**Bookstore
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Montessori
& Homeschool Preschool Activities for 4 to 5 Year Olds!
I work with my hands and learn by doing.
What I hear I forget, what I do I remember.--Maria Montessori
INCLUDES:
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Articles & documents
including:
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How to start, where
to begin
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Setting up a Montessori
environment for 3 to 5 year olds
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Frequently asked
questions about how to create a Montessori home environment
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Creating activities
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Observing your child
in
the Montessori 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 Montessori
book list (with personal reviews from me!)
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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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Specific links to
free
public Montessori material downloads
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Where to find the best deals
for Montessori materials in Culture, Geography, Language,
Math, Practical Life, Science, Sensorial, and Telling Time
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Digital pictures
of
my own hand-made Montessori materials (when applicable).
Montessori Lesson
Activities:
Sensorial:
Geometric Cabinet Puzzle
Shapes (includes graphics)
Smelling Bottles--matching
(includes graphic)
Sound Cylinders--matching
(includes graphic)
Thermic Bottles--matching
(includes graphic)
Geometric Cards (includes
graphic)
Practical Life:
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Snaps
(includes graphics)
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Buttoning (includes
graphics)
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Cut Faded Flowers (includes
graphics)
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Weeding (text only--no
graphics)
Language 4 year olds:
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Movable Alphabet--spelling
(includes graphics)
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Intro to Writing (text
only--no graphics)
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Writing On the Line
(includes graphics)
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Learning
to Write Your Name (includes graphics)
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Tracing (includes graphics)
Language 5 year olds:
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Dictation and Phonograms--writing/spelling
(includes graphics)
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Introduction to Reading
(no graphics)
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First Reading Lesson
with Object Box (text only--no graphics)
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Reading Tablets/Cards
(includes graphics)
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Labeling--writing/spelling
(includes graphics)
Math:
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Cards
& Counters--1-10 (includes graphics)
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Counting 11-19 with
Teen Beads (includes graphics)
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Counting 11-19 with
Teen Boards and Combine with Teen Beads (includes graphics)
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Counting 20-99 with
Ten Beads & Boards (includes graphics)
Geography:
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Animals of the World--continents
(includes graphics)
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People of the World--continents
(includes graphics)
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Continent Puzzle Maps
(includes graphics)
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
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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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The Human (Physical)
Embryo: "Montessori says the spiritual expresses itself in the physical.
Thinkers in every age have been struck by the astonishing fact that a being
which at first does not exist should become a man or a woman able to think
and to have ideas of his own. The infant starts from..."
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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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Montessori Environment
Shelves
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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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Siblings and Lessons,
and Siblings Working Together
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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..."
Testimonials:
"Your materials
are just what I have been looking for--we're looking forward to working
with them. Best wishes!"--L. H.
More
testimonials here!
Cost for instant access: $59
Includes
e-mail consulting with me
How to purchase:
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or International), or online checking or savings account (U.S. only)
and get instant access to your lesson activities!
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If you sign up for
more than one program: you need to create a different password for
each program, or your login info won't work. And please do not save your
login info when you log in, thanks!
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twelve
months from today.
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Cost for instant access: $29
DOES NOT include
e-mail consulting
How to purchase:
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Pay on-line with your credit card (U.S.
or International), or online checking or savings account (U.S. only)
and get instant access to your lesson activities!
-
If you sign up for
more than one program: you need to create a different password for
each program, or your login info won't work. And please do not save your
login info when you log in, thanks!
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Your membership expires
twelve
months from today.
Pay here:
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