The Montessori Great Lessons are a series of stories that tell the single cosmic tale of the Earth from its creation to the marvelous interconnectedness of mankind. They’re the framework all of Montessori elementary is based on; these stories inspire the kids to want to learn math, science, language and more. For the third cosmic…
I had a few requests to see inside our animal classification boxes since we recently revisited them for our “2nd Great Lesson” science shelves. I made these boxes a while back to help drive home the key characteristics of animal classes. We have a box for mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish and one general invertebrates…
Almost forgot to share this fun outing we had last month. The Florida Museum has such great displays covering the geological eras; it has amazing prehistoric fossils, a huge Mammoth fossil that was found in a tiny river not far from our home, and giant megalodon jaws. If you have a chance to visit this…
To be blunt, as I generally am, I’m not a touchy-feely type of person. I’d consider myself stoic, and I’m happy with that assessment. Call me out of touch with my feelings, but I’d rather say, “Suck it up Buttercup” than emote warm fuzzies. I like to think this serves my family really well though….
Tour of our science shelves here I posted a tour of our science shelves for the 2nd Great lesson on IGTV today. I had some requests for our materials used, so I have the sources here. Some are affiliate links (at no cost to you). Hope this is helpful! Montessori Services: Timeline of Life. I…
In science we are currently talking about the timeline of life and all that goes along with the second great lesson. In the past we’ve used the traditional Montessori Clock of Eras in printed form. I struggle with it though because technically some of the “eras” are really “eons” now. I want our science work…
Looking for a cool game to test your spatial and fine motor skill — and steady hands? We received Ice Tumble in exchange for our honest review, and honestly we loved this game. We played this together as a family at least a dozen times since the box arrived. The gameplay is simple to understand,…
Get ’em while they’re hot. My US currency three part card printable is available for free through the rest of January! I also made some easy mixed operation equations for solving problems with money. They’re free right now too. Download them both at our [severely neglected] Teachers Pay Teachers shop: US Currency Three Part Cards…
Colorku, the color Sudoku puzzle, is great in theory. Terrible in execution. Timberdoodle sends us a ton of great items to review, and we’ve loved nearly everything, but this was a total miss for our family. My candid review follows. If you’ve played Sudoku, where numbers 1-9 must be contained in each row, column and…
I’ve got globes coming out of my ears. Well not really. Could you imagine? Sometimes I can get a big head, but not 12-inch-globes-out-of-her-ear-holes big. Why do we have more than one globe? I have spent a lot of time scouting the web for the perfect globes — or at least decent quality ones that…
