~~Tiger's 21.5 months ~~
Welcome to Space Week presented in trays!
This week, I am trying to focus the trays on space-y stuff.
We moved the educational toys & puzzles to his new IKEA shelf in the living room.
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S is for star printout from 1+1+1 = 1
& stickers
A craft basket:
A hot-glued tongue depressor star and some shiny stars
I printed out 2 sets of space cards just to see if he prefers the actual pics or the cartoon-y ones.
The ones on the left are the Planets 3 part cards from MontessoriMom.com.
We are using them for matching only.
The cards on right are printed from the Space Tot pack at 2teachingmommies
This tray consist of a phases of the moon card from Tweedlewink,
a scratch card and a wooden tongue depressor (to scratch out the moons)
We will most definitely not get the moons but it would be fun to see the colours :)
These are some space themed gel window clings that we are using on a clear display
Some foam stars, moon and planet and a bottle of paint
to make our own solar system.
Magnet page from Makinglearningfun and some glass beads.
Worksheets and printouts
To break the monotony of space, some numbers work :)
The top of the shelf's a little messy :p
On the left:
- Alphie with S card
- Music box (tuning fork and bell for note A)
- Mr Schubert's pic and POI
On the right:
- Right brain stuff in basket: Chinese, Doman, Dolch, ESP, memory, expressions, TW actions card.
- Trace letter S, sandpaper S, touchy-feely S
- TW flashcards of Earth structure, Solar system and life cycle of star
Tiger's been enjoying the space center and his sensory bin very much.
I am hoping he loves the trays too!
- Montessori-inspired Astronomy activities from Living Montessori Now
- Preschooler trays from Counting Coconuts
- A detailed month of science unit on Solar System from Nurturing the Tender Years
Linking up to Tot School at 1+1+1 = 1
&
World Space Week 2012 Bloghop
4 comments:
Incredibly thorough, as always! I'd love to hear about that number work. It looks something like a cross between the Montessori numerals and counters and the spindle boxes. I'm intrigued!
Thx Girl. Haven't heard from you in a while :) Hope everything's well with your pregnancy.
Hi Jessica, I am very impressed with the work you have done/are doing for your boy! whole heartedly salute to you! I am not familiar with montessori method only started to look into this method over the last few weeks. May I know how do you carry out the Music section? I see you using some bells? Did you get them from here http://www.kids.net.my/detail.php?productid=4755
Thanks so much!
Han
HI Han.
Thanks for all your kind words.
I love the montessori method. We don't follow it strictly because I am not Montessori trained.
For the music training, we are training Tiger for perfect pitch using bells and tuning forks. We also match the bells to notes on flashcards. We also sing in solfege.
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