Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Ways to Encourage Turn Taking: The Share Stone & Talking Stick

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In a group setting, or at home with more than one child, taking turns is the work of the young child. Over the years I have found that usin...
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Monday, November 26, 2007

Festivals of Light

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"This Little Light of Mine, I'm Gonna Let it Shine!" (my favorite song to sing with young children this time of year) Every Mo...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

A Thanksgiving Poem by my 9 year old son

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(Photo from when he was a Pixie in a play last year) Family Family is the best thing that I have ever had. They make me really happy when I ...
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Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Stone Soup's ON

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Today in Montessori classrooms all over New England children are making Stone Soup. Last week when I visited the Montessori preschool (wher...
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Captain Distructo!

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Faster than my nine year old on a sugar rush, cuter than TWO baby lambs, it's a small secret agent with plans to disorganize tidy homes...
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Friday, November 16, 2007

Hidden Treasure

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Sensorial Activity for three year olds + Materials needed: dish washing basin sand (can be purchased at garden store/hardware/on-line) a fe...
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Tuesday, November 13, 2007

What I'm thankful for...

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Honestly, to write down everything and everyone I am thankful for would take more space than I have here. So, here is my personal short li...
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Monday, November 5, 2007

Making Bird Feed

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Materials needed: basket of dried bread small wooden hammer(play dough hammers work great) plastic bag (sandwich size or recycle an old brea...
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Saturday, November 3, 2007

My Hero, Fred Rogers

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When reading Mr. Rogers today I stumbled upon this when I really needed it. "As human beings, our job in life is to help people realiz...
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Clean-up Magic

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Parents often say to their child's Montessori teacher, "At school my child is involved in caring for his classroom but at home I ca...
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