The last few days have been pretty productive in our classroom. I have to admit that it is probably because I finally got my boys a planner to write down their work each day. It is a bit non-traditional in Montessori to write down what the kids are expected to do in one day, but it has really helped build my boys work ethic and I think I will stick with it for a few months and slowly wean them off of it. For whatever reason, they just haven't built that inner discipline to be able to choose something off of the shelf correctly. Ok, there really isn't a right or wrong way to choose something off of the shelf, but when they are constantly choosing snap circuits or reading a book, I had to drawn the line, or at least come to a happy compromise, for the moment! Record keeping in Montessori is something on my list to blog about in the near future.
Nito working on the decanomial square (sensorial decanomial) again. He has such a sense of order and this material really speaks to him. The main purpose of this material is to help the child discriminate size, shape, and color. It is also a preparation for math and squaring. I also think that it pulls Nito in because of the visual harmony that is established and he can see when he gets off of the pattern.
T-Man was presented the short chains earlier this week and has taken them off of the bead cabinet everyday since! It is a great early work for multiples.
Nito working on Grammar Box II. He loves finding the patterns of the different plurals for nouns. For instance, to add "ies", almost every word ends in the letter "y".
Mumbs "built" the pink tower. However, when I started asking her to find me the largest one, the next largest one, and so on.....she built the tower easy peasy.
This was her building it onto the stand to put it away after about the 5th time.
Nito started the suffix chart today. As soon as I started showing him the materials, Bubs interrupted and said, "Oh, that is not fun Nito!" I quickly told him to hush and get back to his work! He's tainting the fresh perspective of his brother. Now, this isn't the first time this has happened in the classroom. Kui was notorious for tainting Bubs' view on fractions and it is quite difficult to undo something like that, no matter how fun you try to make fractions!
After the presentation, Nito DID happen to say that it was fun. I was happy to hear that. As for the picture above, the child chooses a word from the chart. The base (root) word is put in black and then the suffix is added with the red moveable alphabet. The same will apply when he works with the prefix chart.
T-Man working on his letters on the chalkboard. He's a lefty like his mama (and Gigi)!
Mumbs and I worked on the action cards. These are great for her age because she loves looking at the pictures. We can easily do a three period lesson. For example, show me "licking". Hand me "hugging".
Bubs worked diligently for quite some time with the geometric form of multiplication. He was excited to have a new presentation and it involved colored pencils!! He does really well in math and picked it up quickly.
T-Man is still working on his beginning sounds using the movable alphabet. He is struggling a bit with the transition of how the sandpaper letters look versus the movable alphabet letters. There is a bit of a difference, which is overcome fairly easily with a little bit of practice. The older children worked through it fine. Unfortunately, It's the downfall of not buying the expensive Neinhuis materials. :(
Bubs working on the names of the oceans and seas of the world.
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