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1 - 10 with paper clips
This activity is a beautiful variation of Paper clips activity. I took this picture when I went to my seminar in June'2010 by NEMTEC. Lots of girls shared their beautiful activities.Materials -...
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Parts of a flower - Hibiscus
Nomenclature means 'assigning the name'. In this activity we will assign names to the parts of a flower. In the picture below, we have a Hibiscus. A real yellow Hibiscus flower is kept near the...
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Getting ready for the first day of Preschool - Part 1
image taken by me Seriously, it is the one and only day when I cry with the children. It's the most challenging part of being a teacher. It is also a day when I am very excited and look forward to....
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Getting ready for the first day of preschool - Part 2
image taken by me and while I was clicking, I simply thought of children. Aren't children like these buds ?!In part 1, I talked little bit about how to help older children get ready for their...
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A hug a day keeps tears away
copyright - Divya JainTrue, hugs can be magical. Some children love to be hugged all the time while others when they do a challenging work. It's interesting to notice how children can be so unique. One...
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Tracing
Tracing is one of my favorite activity for the beginners, say 2-3.5 yrs old children. It involves lots of fun while learning to hold a pencil, control over writing, improve hand and eye co-ordination,...
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Sounds - Spirits of the Alphabets
The following is a list of letters and the phonetic sounds made by each, as represented in a phonetic word. Sounds, not names, should be taught very early in the Montessori classroom. A as in ant said...
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Weekend, vacation and Science !
For most of you, it is a beginning of the summer vacations. I am so glad that summer is here finally after 6 months of long long winter ! Summer is a good season to do outdoor science activities, for...
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Thank you Readers
Just realized that it's been 1 month 2 days since I started to write this blog. And, I have got so much of support from all of you. I thank all of you readers, people who wrote comments and all my...
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Multiples of 5
Multiples of 5Control of error- numbers on the white star.At the seminar in June, 2010 at NEMTEC, I came across this activity by one teacher and I loved it. Such a good way to help a child learn the...
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Feelings and growth
"Curiosity in children nature has provided, to remove that ignorance they were born with; which, without this busy inquisitiveness, will make them dull."--Locke [1913 Webster]. You...
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Enrichment of Vocabulary
Letter to picture. Activity shown in NEMTEC.This activity assists us in getting to know the child, his/er vocabulary, thoughts and if the child remembers his/er phonetic sounds. We will show each...
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Jiggling rice
What fun when you jiggle rice and find a star fish, pine cone, cute eraser, a rock, and other cute objects. This is one other activity that helps a child's hand and eye co-ordination, develops...
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Order, Co-ordination, Concentration and Independence
A child pincer grips a bead and place it on the plastic pockets. See that he is picks up only 1 bead at a time. Helps to develop concentration and co-ordination. Notice that the child also picks the...
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Scooping
This is a good activity that you can use during the apple season. Look at the presentation, it is very important that an activity looks beautiful and attractive to a child. Apple bowls, matching red...
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When children are not 'listening' !
picture taken by me - Walnut Park Montessori school I have this trouble all the time, and I say to myself, "What do I do they are not listening?" And the idea pops out, "Why not make them walk on the...
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Start early
I should mention this, that my teaching career was started with being an assistant infant/toddler teacher and this experience was an eye-opening experience for me. Unfortunately, I do not have my...
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Blogging, on break !
image by http://portfolio.kevinthom.com/artistic/hands_compel My apologies to all readers ! Due to Tendinitis on my right hand wrist, I am unable to Blog. It has been over 2 months now, and seems like...
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Nurturing the Spirit
Nurturing the Spirit: In Non-Sectarian Classrooms byAline D. Wolf It is a big conflict in my mind that there are so many people who are unable to understand the benefits and the structure of the...
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Indoor fun !
I remember when I was a kid, I used to join 2 chairs upside down and cover them with a sheet to make my fantasy tent. There were times when I used to live in my tent like, eat, sleep and study. I used...
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