Month
One:
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Montessori documents/articles
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Math including Fractions Part One & Geometry
Part One
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Science Water Experiments
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Language, including Grammar Part One
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More
details for Month One here
Month
Two:
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Peace Education documents/articles
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Math, including Fractions & Geometry Continued
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Physics 6-9 Experiments
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Language including Grammar
Part Two
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Geography
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More
details for Month Two here
Month
Three:
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History: Telling Time Part One
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Language, including Beginning Journal Writing
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Botany (the study of plants)
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Zoology (the study of animals)
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More
details for Month Three here
Month
Four:
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History: Telling Time Part Two
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Units of Measuring History & Time (including
time lines, calendars, and the year and its parts)
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Zoology continued
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Math continued
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More
details for Month Four here
Month
Five
Month
Six
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Math continued
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Cosmic Education/History
continued
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Geography continued
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Language continued
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Science continued
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Zoology continued
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More
details for Month Six here
Months
7 to 12:
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Language
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Math
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History
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Zoology
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Science
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Geography
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Cosmic Education
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Month
One Documents/Articles:
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The Elementary Child:
"The mind of the 6 to 12 year old child is a reasoning, abstracting and
imagining mind. At 6 years of age, the power of the absorbent mind has
faded forever and the age of reasoning mind has dawned. It is a period
of..."
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The Elementary Environment: The
environment of the 6-12 year old includes his peer group. The 6-9 year
olds are together, and the 9-12 year olds are together. At the beginning
of the year there is..."
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The Adult in a Montessori Classroom:
"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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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..."
Month
One Lesson Activities:
Math:
Intro to Math (brief
review for 3-6)
Introduction to Golden Beads 1-1000
Introduction to Symbols 1-9000
Golden Beads & Symbols (Function of
the Decimal System & Symbols)
Formation of Complex
Numbers with Golden Beads and Symbols
Simple Addition with
Golden Beads
Addition or Positive
Snake Game
Addition Strip Board
Fractions Part One:
Introductory Lesson
Naming
Halves
Thirds
Geometry Part One:
Introduction to Geometry
Introduction to the Square of Pythagoras
Square of Pythagoras
Circumference
Cones & Cylinders
Science 3 to 6 Water Experiments:
pre
requisite for elementary physics experiments
Intro to Science (brief
review for 3-6)
Bubbles
Air
Sink & Float
Boats
Syphon
Two Jars
Post Card
Candle in Glass
Shadows
Three Stages of Matter
Magnet Sort
Hidden Magnet
Compass
Language:
Language Intro (brief
review for 3-6)
Sight Words/Puzzle Words
Grammar Part One:
Articles
Adjectives with Farm Animals
Logical Adjective Game
Detective Adjective Game
Conjunction
Prepositions
Month
Two Documents/Articles:
Peace Education:
"The essentials of education for peace are built into the Montessori curriculum
at every level. At the preschool stage when children are in an absorbent
state of mind (Philosophy & Psychology), they are exposed to the Continents
of the World and the Peoples of the World (Geography Curriculum), thus
providing the basis for a global view of life and humanity's part in it.
At the elementary stage students are..."
Month
Two Lesson Activities:
Math:
Subtraction Simple with
Golden Beads
100 Chain
Skip Counting
Addition Positive Strip
Board
Addition Charts
Subtraction Negative
Snake Game
Subtraction Negative
Strip Board
Fractions Continued:
Fraction Tickets (writing fraction symbols)
Equivalents
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Geometry Continued:
Cubes
Polygons
Prisms
Pyramids
Physics 6-9 Experiments:
"We
first need to do some [physics] experiments with the children to spark
their imaginations before going on to present the history of creation.
An atmosphere of magic and mystery should be maintained by the adult..."
Cold--freezing
The formation of the
star
Solid, liquid, gas
Liquid, viscous
Passing from solid to
liquid to gas
Passing from gas to
liquid to solid
Particles which love
each other and ~ which don’t
Mixture
Chemical combination
of gas
Crystallization
Chemical reaction
Precipitation
Properties of solids,
liquid, and gas
Elastic, plastic, rigid
Matter changes at different
temperatures
Law of gravity
Rapidity of cooling
and mass of bodies
Volcano
Matter expands when
it is heated
Quick evaporation
Geography:
Intro to Geography:
"The
child in the Montessori environment needs to perfect her senses. After
six years of age she realizes that there is a larger environment than her
family and she wants to..."
Needs of People of the
World
Spiritual Needs of People
of the World
Environments of the
World (an art activity)
Flags (an art activity)
Language:
Reading Sentence Analysis
One (subjects and predicates)
Grammar Part Two
Verbs & Verb Tenses
Verb Commands
Adverbs
Logical Adverb Game
Grammar Extensions
Month
Three Lesson Activities:
History: Review Telling Time Part One
Birthday Time Line (first
introduction to concept of history and time)
The Clock first lessons
Telling Time lesson
Introduction to Concept
of Actual Time lesson
Language:
Classified Reading Cards
Poetry Basket
Word Study (plural
& singular, compound, feminine & masculine forms, prefixes, suffixes,
and word families)
Reading Sentence
Analysis continued (subjects, predicates, direct objects, adverbs,
adjuncts, appositions): "To bring the meaning of words to the child. Also
the meaning of the grouping of words so that he can better interpret what
he reads. By becoming conscious of the change in style and of meaning,
when the position of words change in the sentence, the child begins to
talk and write correctly."
Journal Writing:
keeping a daily journal for writing practice
Botany:
Botany Intro
Botany Outline
Plant Experiments
Plants Mono cot and
Di cot
Classified Botany:
Parts of a Real Plant,
Leaf, Root
Parts of a Plant Cards
Parts of a Flower Activities
The Study of Nature:
Outings
Plant Story Cards
Zoology:
Zoology Intro
(review 3 to 6)
Zoology Outline (3 to
6 and 6 to 9)
Month
Four Lesson Activities:
History & Time:
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Telling Time Part Two
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Hour
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One Half Hour
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One Quarter Hour
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Minutes
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History Intro (Elementary)
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History from M. Montessori's
Pedagogical
Anthropology, Introduction
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Introduction to Concept
of Regular Unit of Measure (Time)
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Calendars, One Year
Time Line, Child's Life Time Line and Family Time Line, and A Short History
of Child's Life
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The Year and Its Parts
Zoology:
Animal Story Card Game
Zoology Cards and
Zoology Charts including invertebrates and vertebrates: "The first
level is an exercise for language and biology together as the child associates
the name with the picture. The second level exercises language, biology
and geography as the child reads the descriptions of the animals, matches
them with the pictures and labels, then locates where the animal is found
in the world."
Math:
Subtraction Charts
Subtraction Stamp Game
Subtraction in Stages
Cube Chain of Five
1000 Chain
Carrying
Multiplication with
Golden Beads
Dynamic Addition with
Golden Beads
Dynamic Subtraction
with Golden Beads
Dynamic Addition with
the Stamp Game
Dynamic Subtraction
with the Stamp Game
Multiplication Tables
with Colored Beads
Multiplication with
Golden Beads
Multiplication with
the Stamp Game
Dynamic Multiplication
with Golden Beads
Dynamic Multiplication
with Stamp Game
Month
Five Lesson Activities:
Math:
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Multiplication Board
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Multiplication Charts
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Simple Division with
Golden Beads
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Dynamic Division with
Golden Beads
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Long Division with Golden
Beads
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Division Board
Geography:
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Land Forms Construction
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Land Forms Presentation
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Land Forms Make Cards
("Cutting Land Forms")
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Land Forms and Globe
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Land Forms Nomenclature
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Land Forms and Planispheres
Cosmic Education:
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Intro to Cosmic Education
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Fundamental Needs of
Man/People for 6-9 (Review)
Month
Six Lesson Activities:
Science:
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Physics Experiments
(set two 1 to 4)
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Impressionistic Geography
Charts Experiments Introduction
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Impressionistic Geography
Charts Experiments 1 to 9
Zoology:
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First Classification of the Animal Kingdom
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Classification of the Animal Kingdom Definitions
Math:
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Stamp Game Simple Division
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Stamp Game Dynamic Division
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Stamp Game Long Division
Language: Reading,
Writing, Grammar 6-9
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Story: Piece of Paper
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Story: Pair of Spectacles
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Technical Presentation
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Level of Words
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Story 2: The Multitude
(NOUNS)
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Definite and Indefinite Articles
Cosmic Education/History:
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History of Fundamental
Needs of Man/People: Stages in Progress of Civilization
Geography:
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Impressionistic Geography
Charts (set one 1-28a)
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