28
Aug
The First Great Lesson – 2020
by Claire
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I did not plan to do the Great Lessons so early in the school year. I don’t think Funball got more that the First Lesson...
22
Aug
2020-2021 Curriculum Planning
by Claire
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Here we go – while we’ve jumped into homeschool on a last minute decision, in my head I’d been planning for this all along and...
22
Aug
An Hour of Grammar
by Claire
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My 5.5 year old just spent an hour working on adjectives. Incredible, right? Only if you’re picturing a lecture, a workbook, and lots of writing....
18
Aug
The Start of Something New (sort of)…
by Claire
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And so it begins. As the summer wore on, our school district declared that as many students as possible would be back for in-person learning....
01
Jul
Room Tour!
by Claire
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Who doesn’t love a good look around someone else’s house? 😉 We’ve had a set of “Montessori shelves” in our dining room since my oldest...
25
Jun
Golden Mat Subtraction
by Claire
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When we began COVID homeschool in March, Funball was having a bit of a subtraction block. The kind of block that exclaims “I can’t do...
20
Jun
Printable: Division Command Cards
by Claire
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I’ve just uploaded a new product to my Etsy Store! In a Montessori environment, students are encouraged to come up with their own equations to...
15
Jun
Homemade Metal Inset Holders
by Claire
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Metal Insets are part of the primary (3-6 year old) Montessori language curriculum. By learning to trace both the outside of the blue shape and...
13
Jun
Getting Started
by Claire
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Welcome to Montessori Creations @ StarLitDay.com I’m Claire. Mum, business owner, dance teacher, Montessori enthusiast, and a potential homeschooler. As part of my business as...