En me promenant sur différents sites, sur Instagram et aux travers de mes lectures, j’ai décidé de me lancer dans la mise en place d’ateliers de type Montessori (mais pas que). Au nivea…
My sister made me a preschool lesson about Space that we are going to use next week. Here are a few activities I made to add to it. Planet Cards Planet Hide a Number (original idea from Applesauce and Flipflops) Constellation Lacing Cards Space Songs Number Rocket Ship Activity Enjoy!
Merry Christmas, Everyone! This has been a very interesting year for me, filled with some real challenges and some real blessings. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens in 2011! I want to thank all of you for reading Counting Coconuts this year and for your amazing support through kind comments and emails. I wish I could give each and every one of you a hug, but since that's out of the question, I'd like to give you a little gift instead... ~Musical Instrument Nomenclature Cards~ Use this link to download: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0By-8pEe8O7e5YmM3ZDIxZWEtOWYwMy00ZTk5LTk4YmYtZWU2NzZlNzBmNTM5&hl=en&authkey=COmFl6EP I worked long and hard on these and while they're nowhere near perfect, I'm really pleased with them and I hope you will be, too! There are 52 instruments in total, most are common, but I tried to throw in a few lesser known instruments as well. A fun activity with these cards would be to sort them into the following general categories: ::Wind instruments ::Brass instruments ::Percussion instruments ::String instruments I'll be away from blogging for a handful of days while I celebrate Christmas with my loved ones. I hope all you have a warm and safe holiday! As always, my ideas, printables and tutorials are for your personal use only. Please do not sell or offer them in a giveaway. If you want to share them please be sure to link back to my blog. Thank you and enjoy! ~Thank you for your comments!~
Dieses Spiel ist wirklich schnell gemacht! Aus dem Salzteig habe ich mit einem Plätzchenstecher verschiedene Sterne ausgestanzt, gebacken und anschließend bemalt. Zu jeder der vier Farben gehören d…
As I've mentioned, our theme for this month is weather. I was tempted to do a St. Patrick's theme like we did last year, but I thought we'd try something different instead. :) Note not all the activities below are theme related. Practical Life Tweezing "Starbursts". Lacing. I found this image of a sun and a cloud on Google, which I printed off and laminated. Then I used a hole puncher to turn them into a lacing card. (The laces are in the little straw basket.) Pouring Water. I used just a bit of blue food coloring to make the water easier to see. James loves this small, lightweight glass pitcher - it's perfect for little hands. I found it at Montessori Services, but I see it's no longer listed on their site. Spooning Pasta. This tiny pasta is shaped like little suns (I dyed it yellow). Spooning into the funnel is a fun challenge - you have to be careful to spoon in just a little at a time. Pushing Umbrellas into Styrofoam. This one was a favorite when we did it for our beach theme last summer. Table Washing. We've done this before and it was a huge hit. The spray bottle has just a bit of soap in it, which James will spray onto our little table. He'll then use the sponge to wipe it clean and he'll wring the sponge out into the bowl. Voila - a clean table! :) Open & Close Basket. I always try to include a variety of containers with different closures (e.g. zipper, snap, screw top). There's a little trinket inside each container - James loves this. Still on our shelves: Dressing Basket. Sensorial Weather Sensory Tub. Unpredictable Weather Playdough Build-A-Kite. Sorry, I can't recall where I found this as I printed it off months ago. If anyone knows, please feel free to leave a link in the comment section - thanks! Still on our shelves: Geometric Solids, Knobbed & Knobless Cylinders w/ extensions, and the Pink Tower. Language Weather Matching. This activity involves matching seasonal clothing to three weather cards (rainy, sunny, snowy). I found this on Kidsoup. Worksheets. I believe I found these sheets on abcteach. I made a fun flower pencil for James to use with this activity. :) See & Spell. This is from Melissa & Doug - we love it! Sandpaper Phonograms. We've moved on to the green series. James can read quite well now and has no problems reading Hop On Pop straight through. A few blends (like au, ie) still trip him up though, so it's timely we're focusing on those now. Books. We have a good selection this month and all have at least a little something to do with weather: How To Build A Rainbow by Eric Carle Spring by Nuria Roca Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett Little Cloud by Eric Carle Snowballs by Lois Ehlert Hurry Home Little Kittens (one of our Kindermusik books) The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats We're Going On A Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen Poetry Basket Still on our shelves: The Moveable Alphabet Math Skip Counting. I made these little clouds and numbered them 2-20. James will need to put them in order and then use the snowflake beads as counters. Rainbow Game. I created this rainbow mat which James will use along with the dice and place markers. This is a great addition/subtraction game! Math Puzzle. I found this at our local teacher's supply store. Counting "Raindrops". I'm eager to see how James will like this activity. It's interactive in that I'll clap a certain number of times and James will place that number of raindrops (clear beads) on the cloud. Thanks, Kidsoup, for another fun idea! I also created a few dot to dot sheets. Still on our shelves: Number Rods and Sandpaper Letters. Culture & Science South America Continent Bag. Well, just a few pieces of it. :) I like to put it out a little at a time - much easier to look through that way. Family Nomenclature Cards. Types of Weather 3-Part Cards. I also have Types of Clouds cards, too, but I see I forgot to photograph them. Both are from Montessori For Everyone. Discovery Tray I have LOTS of fun science experiments and projects planned for this theme and I'll try to blog about them as we go. We'll be having plenty of outdoor school this month! Seasonal I Spy Bottle. Still on our shelves: Continent Globe & Puzzle. Art & Music Composer of the Month: Vivaldi. I chose Vivaldi because of his beautiful Four Seasons concertos. Every month I gather (from the internet) a selection of short, theme related songs for us to sing during circle time. Click here for the link to download this month's songs. Homemade Rainstick Art Basket. I have to confess, the whole art basket idea didn't go over as well as I had hoped. Sigh. But, it wasn't a total flop so I'm trying again. :) Coloring Pages. I have a few art projects planned as well and hope to share them throughout the month. Still on our shelves: Instrument Nomenclature Cards. ~Thank you for your comments!~
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