March 31, 2010Age: 12-15 months Goal: To develop hand-eye coordination, developing concentration skills, and visual acuity. Materials: mat, tin (or similar shaped container–I used an old grits container), six wooden clothes pegs Presentation Prepare the work and get out the mat. With the child facing you and the container between you begin spilling the pegs onto the [...]
March 3, 2010Our monthly theme in January/February was transportation. I had a lot of fun with this theme, though it was hard to create Montessori style “work” pertaining to planes, trains, and automobiles. What Joey did do was gaining familiarity with the types of transportation, beginning to retrieve objects by name, and discovering how wheels work (no [...]
