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Shelf Work: 3rd Week of October

October 12, 2009

After looking a bit bare the last week or so, I added a few new works and made adjustments to both shelves. The one in Joey’s room has been neglected for quite awhile. Here’s what we’ve got: Even after presenting the Matching Pairs work multiple times to Joey, he still doesn’t seem quite ready for [...]

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Treasure Basket: Fall

October 8, 2009

Here is the treasure basket I’ve had out for about a week and will most likely continue to keep out for the rest of the season. It’s location may change and I’d like to put a few more items in it as well. I have a few pine cones I might put in, but my [...]

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Shelf Work: 1st Week of October

September 30, 2009

This week our shelf looks a little bare. I parred down and changed up the work, because last week I noticed that Joey really didn’t choose anything off the shelf, aside from the opening and closing work. So, I switched it up added two new work and made an extension for the opening and closing [...]

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Shelf Work: Infant/Toddler Montessori Activities

September 21, 2009

I added a few new activities to our work shelf last week. Joey’s in a sensitive period for opening and closing things, really anything–cabinets, drawers, boxes, DVD cases. If it can be opened, he’ll find a way to do it. So I made a work with that in mind. Also, since this month our theme [...]

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Treasure Basket: Primary Colors

September 1, 2009

A few weeks ago, I decided to change our treasure basket to reflect the primary colors (red, yellow, and blue) over the next few weeks. The plan is to have just one color in the treasure basket for two weeks and then switch to the next color. The last two weeks were red and yesterday [...]

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Shelf Work: Infant/Toddler Montessori Activities

July 29, 2009

Here’s the work on our shelf these days for Joey. We’ve been staying with my parents for the last month, since we’re in the process of moving to Louisville and my resources for putting together activities for him is a bit limited. Our shelf isn’t really even a shelf, but a chest with the drawers [...]

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