Sometimes, over dinner, Daisy will ask to play “Function Machine.” It comes from Dreambox – a math program they have access to through our school district. Daisy isn’t that far into Dreambox to have even see the function machine yet, but we must have started playing when Funball was inContinue Reading
No sooner did I finish writing our Curriculum Choices post that we (of course) made some changes! All summer I’d felt pretty good about what we were doing, but as soon as the school year hit it all felt more “real” – more serious and harder! I felt like IContinue Reading
I saw this pop up on a Facebook group I’m in, and knew it was a perfect activity to do with Funball. While she has a great grasp on multiplication , and has finished the Montessori multiplication sequence, it all happened outside of school. We worked on the multi-digit sequenceContinue Reading
We’ve been having some fun exploring the sensorial decanomial the last couple of weeks. Both kids have been working on this – neither one has seen it before and Funball will start working on the elementary version very soon so I wanted her to have the sensorial experience first. AtContinue Reading
As promised a few days ago – here are the links to purchase the printable bead square and cube files! These are a wonderful option if you need a bead cabinet. They are also a wonderful extension activity for your child. Funball loved testing these with me. She’s been workingContinue Reading
Montessori materials can be expensive. Gorgeous, but expensive. I love puzzling out my own versions. A bead cabinet is just not in the budget. While I do have a set of short bead chains (and a DIY long set…on the list for the blog…), and one square to go withContinue Reading
Periodically I’ll be providing snapshots of our work week. Currently the girls are working on follow up work from the First Great Lesson, and biome studies as their larger projects, along with work in other areas. Here’s what we got up to in this four-day week: This post contains affiliateContinue Reading
I have another new product! I’m struggling with follow up work. I feel like I have a fairly good handle on reading through the albums, determining what Funball is ready for, magicking up the materials, and presenting the lesson…but what I don’t know is how to come up with followContinue Reading
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. Of course, that’s not what happened. We are learning grammar through the Montessori philosophy. Now, I’ll admit, Daisy is a little young for this particularContinue Reading
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 was about 18 months old. The shelves have been through preschool iterations, and back in about February I finally took most of the work offContinue Reading