Montessori Mama

Montessori education information from a Montessori teacher and Mom. Personal art work and journal entries about my life as a busy Mom of three sons ranging in age from 7 years to 21 years. My hope: To create a place where parenting questions can be answered and conversations as well as ideas shared.

Showing posts with label Practical Life. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Practical Life. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Dressing and Undressing: Practical Life

I found this Mouse, I call him Henry, at Job Lot (a dollar store) for $1.99. His clothes are removable. And he's the new hit of our clas...

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Montessori Toddler Program Mother's Day Tea Preparations

If you are a mom here in Belfast, you may have seen one of these: But the rest of this post is meant to be a surprise....so please don...

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

On the PL Shelves This Week....

"Peaceful Feet" This isn't so much a Practical Life work as much as a Grace and Courtesy or community building activity but in...

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Spreading Jam

Such fun! On our recent trip to NO I saved away this itty bitty jam jar, with this work in mind. My toddler friends loved getting sticky a...

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Strawberries were on sale...

My Little One has been hungry allot lately, so to meet the constant begging for food throughout the morning from him, I created a food prep ...

Friday, November 21, 2008

Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy

Here are some photos from my Stone Fruit Salad lesson. They seemed to enjoy the story although it was a bit long to hold their attention. ...

Saturday, November 8, 2008

Take Care

Here Little One cares for our solo classroom plant. (Before his arm mis-hap) The spray bottle is a favorite of his. A green thumb I am NO...

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

In a NUTTY Shell

Okay so October (usually my favorite month of the year) stunk. I'll TRY and be brief because as regular readers know, I tend to well, no...

Saturday, November 1, 2008

What We've Been Up To: Practical Life

Here's a quick pic of Little One washing the door to our classroom. So often the windows, mirrors and doors are covered with hand print...

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Forget the Rocks, Let's Paint Pumpkins!

Inspired by the traditional Montessori rock painting I created a seasonal take on it by using pumpkins. The kiddos LOVED it! Giving two year...

Saturday, September 13, 2008

One, Two Buckle My Shoe!

Practical Life: Shoe Buckling I spied this pair of shiny black buckle shoes while at the local Goodwill Store. For $1.99 I found our classr...

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Practical Life

'Pouring Work' cut paper art by Jennifer Howard I just finished this 11 x 9 inch cut paper piece and wanted to share it with you al...

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Fine Motor Activity

Materials: a block of flora craft Styrofoam (mine was recycled from a recent flower delivery) drinking straws lollipop sticks tooth picks Po...

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Transfering Seashells by the Seashore

A friend gave me these star fish plates. (Thank you Susan) They screamed "Summer Camp" to me and so I passed them along to Corners...

Monday, June 9, 2008

Eye dropper transfer

Here's a little something I cooked up for a five year old friend of mine. Some of you may remember this dino suction cup dollar store f...

Sunday, June 8, 2008

This is Me, Every Morning...(minus the lipstick)

Years ago a dear friend sent this post card to me (she knows me very well). Anyway, I crafted the post card into a magnet and every morning...

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Gluing Buttons

The back of this watercolor doodle got tea spilled on it sooo ... I gave it to Little One to decorate with buttons. He had a blast! Surpris...

Playdough Fun with Little One

I should begin by saying that this lovely playdough experience ended with Little One eating a fist full of blue playdough . That said, the...

Friday, May 30, 2008

Flower Pot Scrubbing

Out door work station: Flower Pot Scrubbing! Most of us have last year's flower pots about, in need of some TLC after the winter months....

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Middle Man's Mandala

I forgot to post our mandalas! Here is Middle Man's. The ovals remind me of kidney beans. PEACE to you and yours, ~~MM

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Jennifer Howard: Mama, wife, Montessori teacher/parent, Artist, art instructor, children's book author & illustrator, UU, summer fair/children's parties face painter, chocoholic, music lover, tea pot collector, story teller, puppet fan, fuzzy sock wearing, early-riser.

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