In the Classroom

Making Fossils, Food, & Extensions

September 25, 2011

This week we continued learning about dinosaurs and I’m surprised how Joey has picked up the vocabulary and used it correctly–theropods, sauropods, predators, and paleontologist. I also introduced Joey to a few sensorial extensions with the pink tower and brown stair. He seemed to really enjoy it, but I did notice some inconsistencies in the measurements [...]

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First Week of School

September 19, 2011

Last week we had our first week of school. Yay! I’ve been quiet around here, because I was planning, getting things ready, and waiting for supplies we ordered. We’re still waiting for the supplies, because there was a hang-up in our order. I wanted to wait until we had everything I had planned, but I [...]

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Getting Ready for School

August 18, 2011

Things have been a little quiet on the blog this week, because I’ve been planning our school year. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. Am I actually going to get it all done? We’re planning to start the day after Labor Day. I have 2-1/2 weeks to finish planning out our theme [...]

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Language, Pouring, & Simple Sensorial

August 15, 2011

This week we said goodbye to Grandpa and hello to some cooler weather and one crazy thunderstorm! Not much (or any) kids in action pictures, but here’s what we’ve been doing: We’ve been using this book to help teach Otto parts of the body. This is a language sorting activity. I picked a few cards and [...]

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Baseball, Babies, & Boxes

August 8, 2011

We’re still in semi-vacation mode. Grandpa’s still visiting and we’ve been having lazy days of summer. But it’s been filled with lots of fun too! We had a cool morning (and by cool I mean mid-80′s) last week and went outside for a little baseball. Otto playing in his new treasure basket: Working on pulling. [...]

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The Dog Days of Summer

July 25, 2011

We’ve definitely arrived to the dog days of summer. It’s hot and, pretty much, miserable outside. When we went on a short family hike last Tuesday and you could see the humidity hanging in the air. Our temperatures lately have been averaging in the high 90′s pushing the heat index into the 110′s. We’re a [...]

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Discovery Box

July 13, 2011

As I was switching up the work this week, I realized that the work I put on the bottom shelf is going to have to be Otto-friendly. One thing I set out for him this week was a mini-treasure basket, but in a box…so I decided to call it a Discovery Box. I put 6 [...]

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Counting Jewels, Building Castles, & Little Brother

July 3, 2011

In keeping with our theme of knights and castles, this week we counted jewels with crowns (#1-10), worked on a “tricky” puzzle*, helped a knight find his way back to the castle*, made a castle, and a shield. We also had some friends over who joined us for school, which spawned an idea/project that I [...]

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Montessori Monday

June 6, 2011

Last Saturday, we stopped by the library and on our way out we walked past the Dr. Seuss books, which isn’t unusual except that they were actually there. In the past when I’ve looked for them they’ve already been checked out. So I grabbed the 6 that were there and decided we would have a [...]

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Montessori Monday

May 10, 2011

We’ve actually been quite productive in our lessons…though you couldn’t tell from my lack of posting. But here’s a few things we’ve been doing in the last month: I am so excited that Joey has finally taken to the spooning work. I’ve had it out before, but this was the first time he actually spooned [...]

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Tot School: Transportation Museum

March 20, 2011

We’re in the middle of a 2-week trip visiting my parents in South Carolina. We’ve been enjoying the warmer weather and lots of time to play outside. My parents live on 20 acres so there’s plenty of open yard to run in and wooded paths to explore. My mom got Joey a pair of fireman [...]

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