Sensorial Fun

These photos were taken last weekend, when I started dusting-  the girls were suddenly re-interested in the sensorial works.  They spent a silent (it was Daddy's turn to sleep in) Saturday with the materials, while I drank my coffee and read my new book.  This is the life.

Red Knobless Cylinders, she's making a tower

She's sitting on the Pink Tower.  It's okay, we're at home  :)

Bean wants to draw the Knobless Cylinders as towers.

Working with the Binomial Cube

My blue tower, on paper

"It's an elephant"

I threw this photo in so that you can see their creative play with
Montessori and Waldorf items.  It's not all neat and tidy all the time....
....they're little kids!!!  

Silver Polishing (wow, that came in handy!)

Wow, this tea pot was UGLY!  I let it get that way on purpose, so that my girls could have something else to polish.  If you need to get silver looking tarnished for Montessori, wash silver with bubbles and allow it to drip dry a few times. My old vintage hippy jewelry is small and cleans up quick.  This is a great multi-surface to polish, it took a long time!

See the end of the post for the lesson.  Today I used cotton swabs instead of squares.

Silver Polishing

Silver Polishing Tray (be sure they polish on the tray, or else the
tarnish can get on the work surface)

Concentration.  She didn't notice me watching.

Big Sister gives the lesson she remembers from
being at Montessori  :)

NAME OF ACTIVITY:  MetalPolishing

AREA

GENERAL:  PracticalLife

SPECIFIC:  Care ofEnvironment

                  

MATERIALS: 

  Mat

  Tray

  Cottonswabs

  Polishingmitt

  Objectto polish

AIMS

DIRECT:  Coordination,Concentration, Independence, Order 

INDIRECT:  Learning topolish

PREPARATION:  Mirrorpolishing, shoe polishing, bead stringing

AGE:  First yearMontessori Student

PRESENTATION OF THE LESSON:

  Untwistthe polish, or open container

  Dipswab, wipe it on lid

  Applypolish on whole item

  Wipeoff polish with cotton square

  Buffuntil shinny with polishing mitt

  Placecap on polish

  tidy  up

1.     Put square and swab in trash

2.     Get a new cotton square

3.     Get a new polishing mitt

4.     Roll mat, place ring on it

5.     Return to shelf

  

WORK OF THE TEACHER

POINTS OF EMPHASIS:

  Choosingan object to polish

  Getall polish off

  Applyingpolish

  Tidyup

LANGUAGE:

  Non-verbalfirst

  Buffing

  Polishing

  Itembeing polished

 Shinnyvs. dull

  Polishmitt

  Cottonswab

POINTS OF INTEREST:

  Itembeing polished

  Applying/buffingpolish

  Seeingresidue coming off

WORK OF THE CHILD

POINTS OF CONSCIOUSNESS:

  Themore I buff, the shinier it gets

  Awarenessof needs to polish

CONTROL OF ERROR: 

  Anypolish left on object

  Amountof polish put out

VARIATIONS:  Objectsin the classroom, door knob or faucet

EXTENSIONS:  Other polishing activities

SOURCES:     L. SEELEY, N.M.I.

                        Writtenby Jessica Beerman

NOTE:  Only one polishing workshould be out at a time

March Practical Life Work

Although I got no photos of my little rascals at work, I managed to snap some pictures of the trays after bedtime.  Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

Wooden Rainbow Scooping

Green Sparkly Pom Transfer

Pom Tweezing

Rainbow Bead Stringing (made by me!)  I soaked the wooden
beads in liquid watercolor, and covered them
with beeswax.  Be sure the string is the same length as
the child's wingspan.

Our Adventures with Parts of A Flower (with links to freebies!)

First thing in the morning, we notice our bulb has finally flowered!!  Everybody gently touches it.  It is so beautiful, it was almost glittering with new flower sheen.  They were waiting for this day, because once it bloomed, I had promised to take out the Amaryllis puzzle and cursive parts cards.  They were full of anticipation!

A tiny finger points out the stamen

The first puzzle customer

Bean immediately traces the pieces and begins labeling the parts using the chart on the wall.  Links to that chart below.

Pumpkin builds the puzzle outside the frame of the puzzle (just like big sis did).

Parts of a Flower, cursive cards.

Bean poses for me, as she shows off her cursive reading skills.

Click here for free cards, control charts, and felt templates seen above.  



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Color Mixing: Practical Life, Sensorial & Art

This Color Mixing activity is loved by every child I've prepared it for, this time my own!  It covers at least three areas, Practical Life (Physical Skills, Squeezing), Sensorial (Visual Discrimination, Color), and Art (Painting, silly!).  My oldest, 5.5 years old, became re-interested in the color boxes after this!

Primary Color Mixing.  After it had been used a bunch.  Time to refill :)

Pure watercolors make amazing color.

Mixing, and painting

"This is what I think our flower will look like."  Our bulb is about to bloom, she's full of guesses and wonder!  Since bedtime, it bloomed WHITE.  I can't wait to show them!

100th Day of School, Celebrated at Home!

This week, Bean celebrated her 100th day of Kindergarten at school.  She has been counting the days, waiting SO LONG for this special day.  They enjoyed special treats and many crafts related to the number 100.  When she woke up for school that day, she has a surprise!  I had set up papers in the form of the Hundred Board right on our kitchen floor!  Luckily, the floor tiles are the exact size of Metal Inset paper.  She has been doing this 'enormous' Hundred Board on our kitchen floor all weekend.  

Bean posing for her 100th Day

The BIG floor-sized 100 Board

Bean's little sisters were so very interested in the concept of 100.  Here you can see them putting 100 Cheerios on a blank Hundred Board that came with the Montessori At Home Bundle from Montessori Print Shop.  They probably ate 1,000 in the process.....

Bean made these cute glasses at school, along with her new Tshirt, covered in 100 of her favorite stamps.

An edible 100 chain.  How fun is that?

 

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