This week, we spend time studying ancient China. It was fun time traveling through the past where one of the earliest civilizations was born. Every dynasty that ruled China, left many contributions, discoveries and inventions. Using this book as our guide, we completed a few projects from each dynasty, from the Bronze Age to the…
We started our study of China during the Chinese New Year. I love exposing the children to different cultures around the world. As an introduction, we explored China on a map and identified the continent, neighboring countries, the capital and major cities, waterways, deserts and mountains. We also labeled major attractions like the Forbidden City,…
As I was cleaning out the learning shelves, I came across a Geography unit I had done with my 3 year old earlier last year. So today I thought I’d share this information with you. In this lesson, the geography concepts of land, water and air are introduced in a Montessori format. MONTESSORI GEOGRAPHY LESSON…
The month of February is jam packed with thematic activities and holidays be it Valentine’s Day, Black History Month or President’s Day. There’s a plethora of activities one could do with any of the themes. My son is fascinated with history and Presidents. So to tie everything together, I printed out Calendar Connections from 1plus1plus1equals1….
When I was in school, I remember memorizing measurement facts but never really quite understanding it. I could measure objects but couldn’t really visualize the difference between measurements units. My son is visual learner like me, so when we started the unit on measurement, I wanted him to give him many visual representation of the concepts. Here…
Today, I’m going to share a lesson on the life cycle of a frog in a backyard pond. I mainly used the Montessori Approach for teaching this unit. FROG LIFE CYCLE LESSON PLAN Title: Life Cycle of a Frog Objective: Students will be able to explore the life cycle of a frog. Age Group: Preschool Materials:…
Lesson 2 : How to teach Fractions First as a review, to recall information on what we learned so far, I created a simple fraction book using the circle fraction I had on hand. We discussed how we use fractions daily. Using quarters and a dollar, I showed him each quarter is 1/4. We also…
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