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Living Montessori Now ― My activity today is an extension of the Montessori continent box. If you’d like to do a unit study of a specific state or the entire United States, a state box, basket, or tray would work well to highlight each state you study. My...
Tags: Activity Of The Week, Montessori Monday, Unit Studies, Booking Across The USA, Montessori, Montessori-inspired State Box
Deb Chitwood ― 12 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― I’ve loved Dr. Seuss books for many years. And Dr. Seuss books were some of my now-adult children’s favorite books, too. The books in the photo are Dr. Seuss books that were lovingly read over and over in our home. If you’re...
Tags: Activity Of The Week, Montessori Monday, Unit Studies, Cat In The Hat, Cat In The Hat Practical Life Activities, Dr. Seuss
Deb Chitwood ― 13 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― Studying individual continents is an activity that even preschoolers can enjoy. In Montessori education, children begin their study of continents with the continent globe and continent map before studying individual continents through specific...
Tags: Activities - Cultural, Activity Of The Week, Montessori Monday, Unit Studies, Africa Continent Box, Africa Unit Study
Deb Chitwood ― 14 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― The Chinese New Year starts soon, and it’s a good time to prepare activities to celebrate. Montessori-inspired activities work well because you can prepare an activity tray to use for as many days or weeks as you wish. Following are some...
Tags: Activity Of The Week, Holidays And Celebrations, Montessori Monday, Chinese New Year, Chinese New Year Activities, Montessori
Deb Chitwood ― 15 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― Montessori thermic materials are great for any time of the year. Of course, an extra focus in winter or summer makes sense, since there’s an extra focus on temperature in those seasons already. Thermic bottles and thermic tablets are...
Tags: Activities - Sensorial, Activity Of The Week, Montessori Homeschool Classroom And Materials, Montessori Monday, DIY Montessori Materials, Homeschool
Deb Chitwood ― 16 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― “Establishing lasting peace is the work of education; all politics can do is keep us out of war.” Maria Montessori A peace corner is perfect for homes as well as schools. It can be used for conflict resolution, encouraging a peaceful...
Tags: Activities - Cultural, Activity Of The Week, Montessori Monday, Peace Education, Martin Luther King Day, Montessori Peace Education
Deb Chitwood ― 17 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― Winter is a great time for playdough activities with either regular playdough or snow dough. You can easily set up a Montessori-inspired playdough activity on a tray or as a separate playdough table. For ideas on creating Montessori-inspired...
Tags: Activity Of The Week, Montessori Monday, Seasons, Montessori-inspired Winter Playdough Activities, Playdough, Winter
Deb Chitwood ― 18 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― Welcome to the ABCs of Montessori! At my ABCs of Montessori page, you’ll find more about my series as well as the entire ABCs of … series by 60+ bloggers from Kid Blogger Network! Today, I’m sharing A-H. Below, I’ll be ...
Tags: ABCs Of Montessori, Activity Of The Week, Montessori Monday, Montessori Principles, Montessori Techniques
Living Montessori Now ― I LOVE sensory tubs. That said, sensory tubs weren’t created by Maria Montessori, and they aren’t consider Montessori materials. Still, they are very Montessori compatible and can incorporate many Montessori techniques. Sensorial...
Tags: Activity Of The Week, Holidays And Celebrations, Montessori Monday, 40, Christmas Sensory Tubs, Christmas
Deb Chitwood ― 22 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― Happy Hanukkah to our Jewish friends! Even though my family celebrates Christmas, I always liked to introduce my children (and my students when I was a Montessori teacher) to other cultures and traditions as well. I often read at least one book ...
Tags: Activity Of The Week, Holidays And Celebrations, Montessori Monday, Hanukkah, Montessori, Montessori-Inspired Hanukkah Activities
Deb Chitwood ― 23 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― While the holiday season should be a time of joy and fun family activities, it’s also a time of year when it’s easy to feel totally overwhelmed. Finding your family’s rhythm and creating Montessori-inspired activity trays can ...
Tags: Activities - Art, Activity Of The Week, Holidays And Celebrations, Montessori Monday, Montessori Techniques, Christmas
Deb Chitwood ― 24 weeks ago
Living Montessori Now ― I’m a fan of playdough activities at any time, and Christmas is an especially fun time with a number of different themes and recipes you can try at home or school. You can easily set up a Montessori-inspired playdough activity on a tray or as ...
Tags: Activity Of The Week, Holidays And Celebrations, Montessori Monday, Christmas, Montessori, Montessori-inspired Christmas Playdough Activities
Deb Chitwood ― 25 weeks ago
Everyone active in the Internet world these days may already have accounts in leading ...
Engaging your senses more fully is a great way to take everyday activities and turn them ...
Hey Loveys, ∙ I come to you from my couch for the first time since last Wednesday ...