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With our friends we've been learning all about different animal classifications and characteristics. I was hunting the internet looking for some fun art/geometry lessons and stumbled across www.artfulmaths.com and found an insect.symmetry lesson. We're about to finish up invertebrates, so the timing all fell into place. We created black and white designs on one side of our chosen insects and then got to choose from two options: folding the paper over and using a light table, or using a pencil and tracing paper to reflect the image. While we drew we talked about symmetry, we remembered the meaning of arthropod, and we talked about the 3 different parts of insect bodies. The Artful Maths website has a series of really great art/math/content lessons. We've already tried out the Islamic Art/Compass Work lesson, and will be trying out others too! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #geometryart
With our friends we've been learning all about different animal classifications and characteristics. I was hunting the internet looking for some fun art/geometry lessons and stumbled across www.artfulmaths.com and found an insect.symmetry lesson. We're about to finish up invertebrates, so the timing all fell into place. We created black and white designs on one side of our chosen insects and then got to choose from two options: folding the paper over and using a light table, or using a pencil and tracing paper to reflect the image. While we drew we talked about symmetry, we remembered the meaning of arthropod, and we talked about the 3 different parts of insect bodies. The Artful Maths website has a series of really great art/math/content lessons. We've already tried out the Islamic Art/Compass Work lesson, and will be trying out others too! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #geometryart
With our friends we've been learning all about different animal classifications and characteristics. I was hunting the internet looking for some fun art/geometry lessons and stumbled across www.artfulmaths.com and found an insect.symmetry lesson. We're about to finish up invertebrates, so the timing all fell into place. We created black and white designs on one side of our chosen insects and then got to choose from two options: folding the paper over and using a light table, or using a pencil and tracing paper to reflect the image. While we drew we talked about symmetry, we remembered the meaning of arthropod, and we talked about the 3 different parts of insect bodies. The Artful Maths website has a series of really great art/math/content lessons. We've already tried out the Islamic Art/Compass Work lesson, and will be trying out others too! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #geometryart
With our friends we've been learning all about different animal classifications and characteristics. I was hunting the internet looking for some fun art/geometry lessons and stumbled across www.artfulmaths.com and found an insect.symmetry lesson. We're about to finish up invertebrates, so the timing all fell into place. We created black and white designs on one side of our chosen insects and then got to choose from two options: folding the paper over and using a light table, or using a pencil and tracing paper to reflect the image. While we drew we talked about symmetry, we remembered the meaning of arthropod, and we talked about the 3 different parts of insect bodies. The Artful Maths website has a series of really great art/math/content lessons. We've already tried out the Islamic Art/Compass Work lesson, and will be trying out others too! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #geometryart
With our friends we've been learning all about different animal classifications and characteristics. I was hunting the internet looking for some fun art/geometry lessons and stumbled across www.artfulmaths.com and found an insect.symmetry lesson. We're about to finish up invertebrates, so the timing all fell into place. We created black and white designs on one side of our chosen insects and then got to choose from two options: folding the paper over and using a light table, or using a pencil and tracing paper to reflect the image. While we drew we talked about symmetry, we remembered the meaning of arthropod, and we talked about the 3 different parts of insect bodies. The Artful Maths website has a series of really great art/math/content lessons. We've already tried out the Islamic Art/Compass Work lesson, and will be trying out others too! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #geometryart
With our friends we've been learning all about different animal classifications and characteristics. I was hunting the internet looking for some fun art/geometry lessons and stumbled across www.artfulmaths.com and found an insect.symmetry lesson. We're about to finish up invertebrates, so the timing all fell into place. We created black and white designs on one side of our chosen insects and then got to choose from two options: folding the paper over and using a light table, or using a pencil and tracing paper to reflect the image. While we drew we talked about symmetry, we remembered the meaning of arthropod, and we talked about the 3 different parts of insect bodies. The Artful Maths website has a series of really great art/math/content lessons. We've already tried out the Islamic Art/Compass Work lesson, and will be trying out others too! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #geometryart
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With our friends we've been learning all about different animal classifications and characteristics. I was hunting the internet looking for some fun art/geometry lessons and stumbled across www.artfulmaths.com and found an insect.symmetry lesson. We're about to finish up invertebrates, so the timing all fell into place. We created black and white designs on one side of our chosen insects and then got to choose from two options: folding the paper over and using a light table, or using a pencil and tracing paper to reflect the image. While we drew we talked about symmetry, we remembered the meaning of arthropod, and we talked about the 3 different parts of insect bodies. The Artful Maths website has a series of really great art/math/content lessons. We've already tried out the Islamic Art/Compass Work lesson, and will be trying out others too! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #geometryart
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Not sure who did more work today, the little, or the baby doll! Turns out I went a little bit out of order in my multiplication memorization sequence, according to my Montessori R&D manuals. I skipped two steps and went to the decanomial layout. Oops. I stand by my oops. The conversations that were sparked afterwards provided the drive to work on one of the other memorization lessons. We'll play this game for a while, work on the other later...and there are still two more decanomial layouts to do it we need to. It's all good. So today my little and I worked together (with the baby doll) to find all the way we could make numbers using only one type of bead bar at a time. The first number she asked to do was 5...and then 3. I asked if we could hold off on those and so we did 6 instead. We started counting out six red beads...the skip counted by 2's to get three sets of green beads, then skip counted by 3's to get two sets of pink beads...and then she knew 4 and 5 wouldn't work...and also knew that we didn't need to go beyond 6. We worked on 10, methodically, considering each bead bar in turn. Afterwards she still wanted to do more so we tried 15. This time, as we considered each bead bar in turn, she did not want to try counting through with 2's and was able to articulate that she would never get to 15 by counting with 2's. We didn't need to consider 4's or 6's for the same reason. Today she chose to record her work and so we talked a lot about writing down the number of the bar we're using first, then how many times we have that bar second. Later in the day I reminded her that she'd wanted to try out 3 and 5. Hopefully she'll remember (or I'll remind her) and it'll spark another round of work in a few days. The baby (in her swim attire) participated in every step. :) ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
Not sure who did more work today, the little, or the baby doll! Turns out I went a little bit out of order in my multiplication memorization sequence, according to my Montessori R&D manuals. I skipped two steps and went to the decanomial layout. Oops. I stand by my oops. The conversations that were sparked afterwards provided the drive to work on one of the other memorization lessons. We'll play this game for a while, work on the other later...and there are still two more decanomial layouts to do it we need to. It's all good. So today my little and I worked together (with the baby doll) to find all the way we could make numbers using only one type of bead bar at a time. The first number she asked to do was 5...and then 3. I asked if we could hold off on those and so we did 6 instead. We started counting out six red beads...the skip counted by 2's to get three sets of green beads, then skip counted by 3's to get two sets of pink beads...and then she knew 4 and 5 wouldn't work...and also knew that we didn't need to go beyond 6. We worked on 10, methodically, considering each bead bar in turn. Afterwards she still wanted to do more so we tried 15. This time, as we considered each bead bar in turn, she did not want to try counting through with 2's and was able to articulate that she would never get to 15 by counting with 2's. We didn't need to consider 4's or 6's for the same reason. Today she chose to record her work and so we talked a lot about writing down the number of the bar we're using first, then how many times we have that bar second. Later in the day I reminded her that she'd wanted to try out 3 and 5. Hopefully she'll remember (or I'll remind her) and it'll spark another round of work in a few days. The baby (in her swim attire) participated in every step. :) ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
Not sure who did more work today, the little, or the baby doll! Turns out I went a little bit out of order in my multiplication memorization sequence, according to my Montessori R&D manuals. I skipped two steps and went to the decanomial layout. Oops. I stand by my oops. The conversations that were sparked afterwards provided the drive to work on one of the other memorization lessons. We'll play this game for a while, work on the other later...and there are still two more decanomial layouts to do it we need to. It's all good. So today my little and I worked together (with the baby doll) to find all the way we could make numbers using only one type of bead bar at a time. The first number she asked to do was 5...and then 3. I asked if we could hold off on those and so we did 6 instead. We started counting out six red beads...the skip counted by 2's to get three sets of green beads, then skip counted by 3's to get two sets of pink beads...and then she knew 4 and 5 wouldn't work...and also knew that we didn't need to go beyond 6. We worked on 10, methodically, considering each bead bar in turn. Afterwards she still wanted to do more so we tried 15. This time, as we considered each bead bar in turn, she did not want to try counting through with 2's and was able to articulate that she would never get to 15 by counting with 2's. We didn't need to consider 4's or 6's for the same reason. Today she chose to record her work and so we talked a lot about writing down the number of the bar we're using first, then how many times we have that bar second. Later in the day I reminded her that she'd wanted to try out 3 and 5. Hopefully she'll remember (or I'll remind her) and it'll spark another round of work in a few days. The baby (in her swim attire) participated in every step. :) ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
Not sure who did more work today, the little, or the baby doll! Turns out I went a little bit out of order in my multiplication memorization sequence, according to my Montessori R&D manuals. I skipped two steps and went to the decanomial layout. Oops. I stand by my oops. The conversations that were sparked afterwards provided the drive to work on one of the other memorization lessons. We'll play this game for a while, work on the other later...and there are still two more decanomial layouts to do it we need to. It's all good. So today my little and I worked together (with the baby doll) to find all the way we could make numbers using only one type of bead bar at a time. The first number she asked to do was 5...and then 3. I asked if we could hold off on those and so we did 6 instead. We started counting out six red beads...the skip counted by 2's to get three sets of green beads, then skip counted by 3's to get two sets of pink beads...and then she knew 4 and 5 wouldn't work...and also knew that we didn't need to go beyond 6. We worked on 10, methodically, considering each bead bar in turn. Afterwards she still wanted to do more so we tried 15. This time, as we considered each bead bar in turn, she did not want to try counting through with 2's and was able to articulate that she would never get to 15 by counting with 2's. We didn't need to consider 4's or 6's for the same reason. Today she chose to record her work and so we talked a lot about writing down the number of the bar we're using first, then how many times we have that bar second. Later in the day I reminded her that she'd wanted to try out 3 and 5. Hopefully she'll remember (or I'll remind her) and it'll spark another round of work in a few days. The baby (in her swim attire) participated in every step. :) ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
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Not sure who did more work today, the little, or the baby doll! Turns out I went a little bit out of order in my multiplication memorization sequence, according to my Montessori R&D manuals. I skipped two steps and went to the decanomial layout. Oops. I stand by my oops. The conversations that were sparked afterwards provided the drive to work on one of the other memorization lessons. We'll play this game for a while, work on the other later...and there are still two more decanomial layouts to do it we need to. It's all good. So today my little and I worked together (with the baby doll) to find all the way we could make numbers using only one type of bead bar at a time. The first number she asked to do was 5...and then 3. I asked if we could hold off on those and so we did 6 instead. We started counting out six red beads...the skip counted by 2's to get three sets of green beads, then skip counted by 3's to get two sets of pink beads...and then she knew 4 and 5 wouldn't work...and also knew that we didn't need to go beyond 6. We worked on 10, methodically, considering each bead bar in turn. Afterwards she still wanted to do more so we tried 15. This time, as we considered each bead bar in turn, she did not want to try counting through with 2's and was able to articulate that she would never get to 15 by counting with 2's. We didn't need to consider 4's or 6's for the same reason. Today she chose to record her work and so we talked a lot about writing down the number of the bar we're using first, then how many times we have that bar second. Later in the day I reminded her that she'd wanted to try out 3 and 5. Hopefully she'll remember (or I'll remind her) and it'll spark another round of work in a few days. The baby (in her swim attire) participated in every step. :) ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
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Did a quick write up of my Tiling Game creation process. No SVG files for this available since it’s very much an interpretation of a material, and sized to the material I had available. Check it out on the blog - link in bio. _________________________________ #montessori #montessoriathome #montessoridiy #montessoridiymaterials #montessorigeometry #cricutsvg #montessorisvg #montessorisecondplane
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Did a quick write up of my Tiling Game creation process. No SVG files for this available since it’s very much an interpretation of a material, and sized to the material I had available. Check it out on the blog - link in bio. _________________________________ #montessori #montessoriathome #montessoridiy #montessoridiymaterials #montessorigeometry #cricutsvg #montessorisvg #montessorisecondplane
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This week my big made some addition charts in a few different bases, and worked on some addition problems. We started with a VERY quick review of addition on the golden mat (quickly redrawn with powers of 10 as the column headers) - there was much eye rolling. I also showed her the addition finger chart from early addition memorization work and we reviewed how to use it. That was kind of cool, because she'd forgotten all about the chart, and had never used as a tool for multi-digit addition. I told her we'd gone through this process so that we could now make charts for other bases, because adding 3241 (base 5) +1043 (base 5) was difficult in our heads because we weren't used to the number system. Of course she screwed up her face, thought for a minute and talked through the answer. But we still continued. We drew a table in our notebooks so that we could create a base 5 addition chart. We used a hand drawn multi-base mat to enumerate through and fill out the chart. She then came up with a 4-digit addition problem and we used the base chart to solve the problem. She then chose to repeat the process for base 6 and base 4. She created another addition problem for each base and had no problems solving them. I plan to tackle a couple of larger than 10 bases later this week. She was asking questions about converting values to base 10 so we may do that first. Once we've covered all the lessons and worked through at least subtraction and multiplication, she'll start some follow up work in the Upper Elementary Challenge Math book. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
This week my big made some addition charts in a few different bases, and worked on some addition problems. We started with a VERY quick review of addition on the golden mat (quickly redrawn with powers of 10 as the column headers) - there was much eye rolling. I also showed her the addition finger chart from early addition memorization work and we reviewed how to use it. That was kind of cool, because she'd forgotten all about the chart, and had never used as a tool for multi-digit addition. I told her we'd gone through this process so that we could now make charts for other bases, because adding 3241 (base 5) +1043 (base 5) was difficult in our heads because we weren't used to the number system. Of course she screwed up her face, thought for a minute and talked through the answer. But we still continued. We drew a table in our notebooks so that we could create a base 5 addition chart. We used a hand drawn multi-base mat to enumerate through and fill out the chart. She then came up with a 4-digit addition problem and we used the base chart to solve the problem. She then chose to repeat the process for base 6 and base 4. She created another addition problem for each base and had no problems solving them. I plan to tackle a couple of larger than 10 bases later this week. She was asking questions about converting values to base 10 so we may do that first. Once we've covered all the lessons and worked through at least subtraction and multiplication, she'll start some follow up work in the Upper Elementary Challenge Math book. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
This week my big made some addition charts in a few different bases, and worked on some addition problems. We started with a VERY quick review of addition on the golden mat (quickly redrawn with powers of 10 as the column headers) - there was much eye rolling. I also showed her the addition finger chart from early addition memorization work and we reviewed how to use it. That was kind of cool, because she'd forgotten all about the chart, and had never used as a tool for multi-digit addition. I told her we'd gone through this process so that we could now make charts for other bases, because adding 3241 (base 5) +1043 (base 5) was difficult in our heads because we weren't used to the number system. Of course she screwed up her face, thought for a minute and talked through the answer. But we still continued. We drew a table in our notebooks so that we could create a base 5 addition chart. We used a hand drawn multi-base mat to enumerate through and fill out the chart. She then came up with a 4-digit addition problem and we used the base chart to solve the problem. She then chose to repeat the process for base 6 and base 4. She created another addition problem for each base and had no problems solving them. I plan to tackle a couple of larger than 10 bases later this week. She was asking questions about converting values to base 10 so we may do that first. Once we've covered all the lessons and worked through at least subtraction and multiplication, she'll start some follow up work in the Upper Elementary Challenge Math book. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
This week my big made some addition charts in a few different bases, and worked on some addition problems. We started with a VERY quick review of addition on the golden mat (quickly redrawn with powers of 10 as the column headers) - there was much eye rolling. I also showed her the addition finger chart from early addition memorization work and we reviewed how to use it. That was kind of cool, because she'd forgotten all about the chart, and had never used as a tool for multi-digit addition. I told her we'd gone through this process so that we could now make charts for other bases, because adding 3241 (base 5) +1043 (base 5) was difficult in our heads because we weren't used to the number system. Of course she screwed up her face, thought for a minute and talked through the answer. But we still continued. We drew a table in our notebooks so that we could create a base 5 addition chart. We used a hand drawn multi-base mat to enumerate through and fill out the chart. She then came up with a 4-digit addition problem and we used the base chart to solve the problem. She then chose to repeat the process for base 6 and base 4. She created another addition problem for each base and had no problems solving them. I plan to tackle a couple of larger than 10 bases later this week. She was asking questions about converting values to base 10 so we may do that first. Once we've covered all the lessons and worked through at least subtraction and multiplication, she'll start some follow up work in the Upper Elementary Challenge Math book. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
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This week my big made some addition charts in a few different bases, and worked on some addition problems. We started with a VERY quick review of addition on the golden mat (quickly redrawn with powers of 10 as the column headers) - there was much eye rolling. I also showed her the addition finger chart from early addition memorization work and we reviewed how to use it. That was kind of cool, because she'd forgotten all about the chart, and had never used as a tool for multi-digit addition. I told her we'd gone through this process so that we could now make charts for other bases, because adding 3241 (base 5) +1043 (base 5) was difficult in our heads because we weren't used to the number system. Of course she screwed up her face, thought for a minute and talked through the answer. But we still continued. We drew a table in our notebooks so that we could create a base 5 addition chart. We used a hand drawn multi-base mat to enumerate through and fill out the chart. She then came up with a 4-digit addition problem and we used the base chart to solve the problem. She then chose to repeat the process for base 6 and base 4. She created another addition problem for each base and had no problems solving them. I plan to tackle a couple of larger than 10 bases later this week. She was asking questions about converting values to base 10 so we may do that first. Once we've covered all the lessons and worked through at least subtraction and multiplication, she'll start some follow up work in the Upper Elementary Challenge Math book. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath
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A new semester, a new set of maps. Prompted by the new year and a couple of geography lessons, my little has been asking lots of questions about day/night, the seasons and topics like that. She's been diving into some @sciencematterskits lessons on these topics and I've just started her on CKLA's Cycles in Nature unit. Along with that, it seems like a great time to bring out the world map to give her an overview on where all these terms she's hearing about actually are. We'll make sure to look on the globe too to get a 3D perspective. Today I paired WASECA's parts of the globe 3-part cards with an initial look at my DIY world pin it map so that she can get started when she's ready. My older one will be working on the US pin-it map this semester. She really wanted to do Europe first and perhaps hasn't quite finished her work there, but she should probably know about the country she lives in! She'll start off by getting the states down and then decide whether she'd like to do cities, flags, or water/landforms next. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorigeography #pinitmaps
A new semester, a new set of maps. Prompted by the new year and a couple of geography lessons, my little has been asking lots of questions about day/night, the seasons and topics like that. She's been diving into some @sciencematterskits lessons on these topics and I've just started her on CKLA's Cycles in Nature unit. Along with that, it seems like a great time to bring out the world map to give her an overview on where all these terms she's hearing about actually are. We'll make sure to look on the globe too to get a 3D perspective. Today I paired WASECA's parts of the globe 3-part cards with an initial look at my DIY world pin it map so that she can get started when she's ready. My older one will be working on the US pin-it map this semester. She really wanted to do Europe first and perhaps hasn't quite finished her work there, but she should probably know about the country she lives in! She'll start off by getting the states down and then decide whether she'd like to do cities, flags, or water/landforms next. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorigeography #pinitmaps
A new semester, a new set of maps. Prompted by the new year and a couple of geography lessons, my little has been asking lots of questions about day/night, the seasons and topics like that. She's been diving into some @sciencematterskits lessons on these topics and I've just started her on CKLA's Cycles in Nature unit. Along with that, it seems like a great time to bring out the world map to give her an overview on where all these terms she's hearing about actually are. We'll make sure to look on the globe too to get a 3D perspective. Today I paired WASECA's parts of the globe 3-part cards with an initial look at my DIY world pin it map so that she can get started when she's ready. My older one will be working on the US pin-it map this semester. She really wanted to do Europe first and perhaps hasn't quite finished her work there, but she should probably know about the country she lives in! She'll start off by getting the states down and then decide whether she'd like to do cities, flags, or water/landforms next. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorigeography #pinitmaps
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A new semester, a new set of maps. Prompted by the new year and a couple of geography lessons, my little has been asking lots of questions about day/night, the seasons and topics like that. She's been diving into some @sciencematterskits lessons on these topics and I've just started her on CKLA's Cycles in Nature unit. Along with that, it seems like a great time to bring out the world map to give her an overview on where all these terms she's hearing about actually are. We'll make sure to look on the globe too to get a 3D perspective. Today I paired WASECA's parts of the globe 3-part cards with an initial look at my DIY world pin it map so that she can get started when she's ready. My older one will be working on the US pin-it map this semester. She really wanted to do Europe first and perhaps hasn't quite finished her work there, but she should probably know about the country she lives in! She'll start off by getting the states down and then decide whether she'd like to do cities, flags, or water/landforms next. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorigeography #pinitmaps
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Last night in the car my little asked if 12+12 was 26. She said she was trying to skip count by 12's. We ended up with a little mental addition strategy talk about adding the units then adding the tens, and worked through skip counting by 12's all the way to 60. She then moved on to counting through the sqaures, 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 10x10. Then somehow we were skip counting by 11 and talking about 9x9. There was a chat about when multiplying 9 by a number we can instead multiply 10 by the number and subtract the number too. Looks like that decanomial work last week is all bubbling around in her brain. Also looks like I need to review the memorization of multiplication sequence and re-introduce some big multiplication works. Mental addition strategy chats were on the schedule for this week. I guess we covered them. Multiplication and skip counting games instead! She's shown me what to do. We've been pacing time for a few weeks, working on math facts, but without a clear path for any new math lessons. Now we have a path :) I think I nudged, and now get to follow the child! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #followthechild #montessorihomeschool
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Last night in the car my little asked if 12+12 was 26. She said she was trying to skip count by 12's. We ended up with a little mental addition strategy talk about adding the units then adding the tens, and worked through skip counting by 12's all the way to 60. She then moved on to counting through the sqaures, 1x1, 2x2, 3x3, 4x4, 5x5, 6x6, 10x10. Then somehow we were skip counting by 11 and talking about 9x9. There was a chat about when multiplying 9 by a number we can instead multiply 10 by the number and subtract the number too. Looks like that decanomial work last week is all bubbling around in her brain. Also looks like I need to review the memorization of multiplication sequence and re-introduce some big multiplication works. Mental addition strategy chats were on the schedule for this week. I guess we covered them. Multiplication and skip counting games instead! She's shown me what to do. We've been pacing time for a few weeks, working on math facts, but without a clear path for any new math lessons. Now we have a path :) I think I nudged, and now get to follow the child! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #followthechild #montessorihomeschool
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MONTESSORI BEAD CUBE AND SQUARE FILES Have you checked out this versatile file set yet? ★ Create Bead Cubes ★ Create Bead Squares ★ Use THE SAME files to create the Cubing Material! Don't have a Cricut or other cutting machine? Visit my store to see ready to ship and printable options! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #montessoribeadcabinet #montessoriathome #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessorimath #montessorimaterials #handmademontessori #svgcuttingfiles #svgfilesforcricut #svgdesigns
MONTESSORI BEAD CUBE AND SQUARE FILES Have you checked out this versatile file set yet? ★ Create Bead Cubes ★ Create Bead Squares ★ Use THE SAME files to create the Cubing Material! Don't have a Cricut or other cutting machine? Visit my store to see ready to ship and printable options! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #montessoribeadcabinet #montessoriathome #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessorimath #montessorimaterials #handmademontessori #svgcuttingfiles #svgfilesforcricut #svgdesigns
MONTESSORI BEAD CUBE AND SQUARE FILES Have you checked out this versatile file set yet? ★ Create Bead Cubes ★ Create Bead Squares ★ Use THE SAME files to create the Cubing Material! Don't have a Cricut or other cutting machine? Visit my store to see ready to ship and printable options! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #montessoribeadcabinet #montessoriathome #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessorimath #montessorimaterials #handmademontessori #svgcuttingfiles #svgfilesforcricut #svgdesigns
MONTESSORI BEAD CUBE AND SQUARE FILES Have you checked out this versatile file set yet? ★ Create Bead Cubes ★ Create Bead Squares ★ Use THE SAME files to create the Cubing Material! Don't have a Cricut or other cutting machine? Visit my store to see ready to ship and printable options! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #montessoribeadcabinet #montessoriathome #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessorimath #montessorimaterials #handmademontessori #svgcuttingfiles #svgfilesforcricut #svgdesigns
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MONTESSORI BEAD CUBE AND SQUARE FILES Have you checked out this versatile file set yet? ★ Create Bead Cubes ★ Create Bead Squares ★ Use THE SAME files to create the Cubing Material! Don't have a Cricut or other cutting machine? Visit my store to see ready to ship and printable options! ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #montessoribeadcabinet #montessoriathome #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessorimath #montessorimaterials #handmademontessori #svgcuttingfiles #svgfilesforcricut #svgdesigns
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Last week my little worked on the first decanomial layout. We took the whole week, doing a little at a time. On day one we had a friend with us during or school time. It was really fun hearing the two chatter as they work, spontaneously challenging each other to skip count through some of the numbers. The next day we exchanged the beads to the right of the squares. We've done sensorial lessons on the commutative property, and without doing actual computation, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge. We did this over a couple of sessions through the day as it's a long process. By the third day, she wasn't too enthusiastic about continuing...but the magic happens on the third pass! By just a few numbers in she was speeding through converting bars to squares. We may have turned our conversions into a race...while having some good conversations about what a square is. Then - by the time we needed to convert squares to cubes I was getting eye-rolls that I thought she might not know what to do. She compared sizes of squares to cubes and thought it was obvious that we'd be making a cube each time. This material started out as a process, but ended with so much confidence. Without calculating all the details she's seen all her multiplication facts, and internalized relationships between the numbers. Genius. Our extra bead bars, squares and cubes are a DIY. Printable and SVG versions are available in my stores - links in bio. I have one or two pre-cut versions still available also - DM me for details. These have lasted us for 2 years now and I haven't needed to remake any of our pieces. For a tiny fraction of the cost of the manufactured material, these have been a great addition for our homeschool. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #montessoibeadcabinet #montessorisvg #cricutmade #cricutsvgfiles #svgfiles
Last week my little worked on the first decanomial layout. We took the whole week, doing a little at a time. On day one we had a friend with us during or school time. It was really fun hearing the two chatter as they work, spontaneously challenging each other to skip count through some of the numbers. The next day we exchanged the beads to the right of the squares. We've done sensorial lessons on the commutative property, and without doing actual computation, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge. We did this over a couple of sessions through the day as it's a long process. By the third day, she wasn't too enthusiastic about continuing...but the magic happens on the third pass! By just a few numbers in she was speeding through converting bars to squares. We may have turned our conversions into a race...while having some good conversations about what a square is. Then - by the time we needed to convert squares to cubes I was getting eye-rolls that I thought she might not know what to do. She compared sizes of squares to cubes and thought it was obvious that we'd be making a cube each time. This material started out as a process, but ended with so much confidence. Without calculating all the details she's seen all her multiplication facts, and internalized relationships between the numbers. Genius. Our extra bead bars, squares and cubes are a DIY. Printable and SVG versions are available in my stores - links in bio. I have one or two pre-cut versions still available also - DM me for details. These have lasted us for 2 years now and I haven't needed to remake any of our pieces. For a tiny fraction of the cost of the manufactured material, these have been a great addition for our homeschool. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #montessoibeadcabinet #montessorisvg #cricutmade #cricutsvgfiles #svgfiles
Last week my little worked on the first decanomial layout. We took the whole week, doing a little at a time. On day one we had a friend with us during or school time. It was really fun hearing the two chatter as they work, spontaneously challenging each other to skip count through some of the numbers. The next day we exchanged the beads to the right of the squares. We've done sensorial lessons on the commutative property, and without doing actual computation, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge. We did this over a couple of sessions through the day as it's a long process. By the third day, she wasn't too enthusiastic about continuing...but the magic happens on the third pass! By just a few numbers in she was speeding through converting bars to squares. We may have turned our conversions into a race...while having some good conversations about what a square is. Then - by the time we needed to convert squares to cubes I was getting eye-rolls that I thought she might not know what to do. She compared sizes of squares to cubes and thought it was obvious that we'd be making a cube each time. This material started out as a process, but ended with so much confidence. Without calculating all the details she's seen all her multiplication facts, and internalized relationships between the numbers. Genius. Our extra bead bars, squares and cubes are a DIY. Printable and SVG versions are available in my stores - links in bio. I have one or two pre-cut versions still available also - DM me for details. These have lasted us for 2 years now and I haven't needed to remake any of our pieces. For a tiny fraction of the cost of the manufactured material, these have been a great addition for our homeschool. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #montessoibeadcabinet #montessorisvg #cricutmade #cricutsvgfiles #svgfiles
Last week my little worked on the first decanomial layout. We took the whole week, doing a little at a time. On day one we had a friend with us during or school time. It was really fun hearing the two chatter as they work, spontaneously challenging each other to skip count through some of the numbers. The next day we exchanged the beads to the right of the squares. We've done sensorial lessons on the commutative property, and without doing actual computation, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge. We did this over a couple of sessions through the day as it's a long process. By the third day, she wasn't too enthusiastic about continuing...but the magic happens on the third pass! By just a few numbers in she was speeding through converting bars to squares. We may have turned our conversions into a race...while having some good conversations about what a square is. Then - by the time we needed to convert squares to cubes I was getting eye-rolls that I thought she might not know what to do. She compared sizes of squares to cubes and thought it was obvious that we'd be making a cube each time. This material started out as a process, but ended with so much confidence. Without calculating all the details she's seen all her multiplication facts, and internalized relationships between the numbers. Genius. Our extra bead bars, squares and cubes are a DIY. Printable and SVG versions are available in my stores - links in bio. I have one or two pre-cut versions still available also - DM me for details. These have lasted us for 2 years now and I haven't needed to remake any of our pieces. For a tiny fraction of the cost of the manufactured material, these have been a great addition for our homeschool. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #montessoibeadcabinet #montessorisvg #cricutmade #cricutsvgfiles #svgfiles
Last week my little worked on the first decanomial layout. We took the whole week, doing a little at a time. On day one we had a friend with us during or school time. It was really fun hearing the two chatter as they work, spontaneously challenging each other to skip count through some of the numbers. The next day we exchanged the beads to the right of the squares. We've done sensorial lessons on the commutative property, and without doing actual computation, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge. We did this over a couple of sessions through the day as it's a long process. By the third day, she wasn't too enthusiastic about continuing...but the magic happens on the third pass! By just a few numbers in she was speeding through converting bars to squares. We may have turned our conversions into a race...while having some good conversations about what a square is. Then - by the time we needed to convert squares to cubes I was getting eye-rolls that I thought she might not know what to do. She compared sizes of squares to cubes and thought it was obvious that we'd be making a cube each time. This material started out as a process, but ended with so much confidence. Without calculating all the details she's seen all her multiplication facts, and internalized relationships between the numbers. Genius. Our extra bead bars, squares and cubes are a DIY. Printable and SVG versions are available in my stores - links in bio. I have one or two pre-cut versions still available also - DM me for details. These have lasted us for 2 years now and I haven't needed to remake any of our pieces. For a tiny fraction of the cost of the manufactured material, these have been a great addition for our homeschool. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #montessoibeadcabinet #montessorisvg #cricutmade #cricutsvgfiles #svgfiles
Last week my little worked on the first decanomial layout. We took the whole week, doing a little at a time. On day one we had a friend with us during or school time. It was really fun hearing the two chatter as they work, spontaneously challenging each other to skip count through some of the numbers. The next day we exchanged the beads to the right of the squares. We've done sensorial lessons on the commutative property, and without doing actual computation, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge. We did this over a couple of sessions through the day as it's a long process. By the third day, she wasn't too enthusiastic about continuing...but the magic happens on the third pass! By just a few numbers in she was speeding through converting bars to squares. We may have turned our conversions into a race...while having some good conversations about what a square is. Then - by the time we needed to convert squares to cubes I was getting eye-rolls that I thought she might not know what to do. She compared sizes of squares to cubes and thought it was obvious that we'd be making a cube each time. This material started out as a process, but ended with so much confidence. Without calculating all the details she's seen all her multiplication facts, and internalized relationships between the numbers. Genius. Our extra bead bars, squares and cubes are a DIY. Printable and SVG versions are available in my stores - links in bio. I have one or two pre-cut versions still available also - DM me for details. These have lasted us for 2 years now and I haven't needed to remake any of our pieces. For a tiny fraction of the cost of the manufactured material, these have been a great addition for our homeschool. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #montessoibeadcabinet #montessorisvg #cricutmade #cricutsvgfiles #svgfiles
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Last week my little worked on the first decanomial layout. We took the whole week, doing a little at a time. On day one we had a friend with us during or school time. It was really fun hearing the two chatter as they work, spontaneously challenging each other to skip count through some of the numbers. The next day we exchanged the beads to the right of the squares. We've done sensorial lessons on the commutative property, and without doing actual computation, she was able to demonstrate her knowledge. We did this over a couple of sessions through the day as it's a long process. By the third day, she wasn't too enthusiastic about continuing...but the magic happens on the third pass! By just a few numbers in she was speeding through converting bars to squares. We may have turned our conversions into a race...while having some good conversations about what a square is. Then - by the time we needed to convert squares to cubes I was getting eye-rolls that I thought she might not know what to do. She compared sizes of squares to cubes and thought it was obvious that we'd be making a cube each time. This material started out as a process, but ended with so much confidence. Without calculating all the details she's seen all her multiplication facts, and internalized relationships between the numbers. Genius. Our extra bead bars, squares and cubes are a DIY. Printable and SVG versions are available in my stores - links in bio. I have one or two pre-cut versions still available also - DM me for details. These have lasted us for 2 years now and I haven't needed to remake any of our pieces. For a tiny fraction of the cost of the manufactured material, these have been a great addition for our homeschool. ___________________________________ #homeschool #montessori #diymontessori #homeschoolmontessori #montessoridiy #montessoriathome #homeschooler #montessorimath #homeschoolmath #montessorimath #montessoibeadcabinet #montessorisvg #cricutmade #cricutsvgfiles #svgfiles
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