The Joy of Learningramblings of a teacher on education, parenting, children, family,....PLE - Presentation on Wrist Turning (1b) Dry Pouring - Pitcher & Wide Neck Bottle- July 3, 2008 Creamer from Jusco and glass bottle of pickle choy sam.Dry Pouring 2 - Pitcher and Wide Neck BottleMaterials:A tray on a shelftable containing:1 pitcher containing popcorn, lima beans, kidney beans (later rice, etc.) (change often)1 wide neck glass container Set-Up:The pitcher should be placed on the tray so that its spout is pointing inwards.The wide neck container should be placed on the tray so that its next to the pitcher.Presentation:1. Invite the child or a group of children.2. Go over to.http://www.joymontessori.net/2007/03/ple-presentation-on-wrist-turning-1b.html The 3-period lesson- July 2, 2008 Introduction of a Three Period Lesson(1) First stepassociates the name of an object with the abstract idea the name representsthis is blue, this is red.(2) Second steptest to see if the name is still associated in the childs mind with the objectwhich is redwhich is blue(3) Third stepthe child is asked to pronounce the appropriate vocabulary himselfherselfwhat is thiswhat is thisMaria said this about repeating a lesson:But when the child has failed, we should know that he was not at that instant.http://www.joymontessori.net/2007/01/3-period-lesson.html Free medical blog widget- July 1, 2008 How many doctors you know are internet or technology savvy. Our friend MK the eye specialist recently learned to surf the net and was really excited about discovering Wikipedia. :-) We personally do not know many doctors who are also tech-geeksBut, the company Epocrates has a medical reference software that used by over 500,000 healthcare professionals and it said they are 50% of doctors own a PDA or smartphone. Looks like the doctors are more tech savvy than we thought! :-)The company produces.http://www.joymontessori.net/2008/07/free-medical-blog-widget.html |