The Joy of Learningramblings of a teacher on education, parenting, children, family,....Sound Cylinders- May 16, 2008 Materials: This is the homemade economical version. You can also buy the sound cylinders at the store that sell Montessori materials if you prefer the "real" stuff, not cheap though.(1) 6 film canisters with grey lids partially filled with 6 different grains to make different sounds when shaken.(2) 6 film canisters with white lids (or any other colour) partially filled with 6 different grains to make different sounds when shaken. (they match the first 6 film canisters)(3) Table mat...http://www.joymontessori.net/2007/01/sound-cylinders.html Visual Discrimination Cards- May 15, 2008 Materials:A tray containing:(1) deck of visual discrimination cards in a basket (red)(1) deck of visual discrimination cards in a basket (green)Preparation:The Visual Discrimination Cards may be purchased from various educational supply stores. Or, you may make your own Visual Discrimination cards by mounting drawingspictures on 3 squares of poster board. General Presentation - Introduction:1. Invite the children to join you on the rug.2. Invite everyone to sit down (in circle or as a group ..http://www.joymontessori.net/2007/01/visual-discrimination-cards.html Many facets of Las Vegas- May 14, 2008 People with children often choose Disney World in Orlando as their destination for summer vacation. In fact, Las Vegas vacations offer the same if not more in entertainment choices. Visiting the city and staying in one of the Las Vegas hotels is surely going to be an exciting adventure and interesting experience especially for the children.Though Las Vegas is known for its casinos, cabaret, bars, night club, and thus called a "Sin City", it also offers many family friendly activities. In fact,..http://www.joymontessori.net/2008/03/many-facets-of-las-vegas.html 3-part cards classifications- May 14, 2008 Three-part Cards MATERIAL:1. A tray containing:(8) picture with label cards in a container(8) picture cards in a container(8) label cards in a container (These cards can represent any area of study)2. Floor rugPREPARATION:The pictures for the picture cards can be sourced from National Geographic, magazines, Hypermarket flyers, used school text books or workbooks. I made mine mostly by scanning the pictures from books that I have from www.readinga-z.com and coloured them either with coloured...http://www.joymontessori.net/2007/01/pre-reading-exercises.html Penmanship Cursive for 3-4 years old- May 13, 2008 I teach 3-4 years old cursive writing. You will be surprised how well they received it. To the children cursive is not any more difficult than print. The form of cursive that we choose has the advantage of starting from the same level for every letter. The children do not have sufficient small muscle skills to handle a pencil at 3-4 years old. How do you teach them penmanship when they do not know how to handle a pencilAn indirect preparation for writing begins with Practical Life Exercises,...http://www.joymontessori.net/2007/02/penmanship-cursive-for-3-4-years-old.html Are you going anywhere in the summer- May 12, 2008 With the price of gas going crazy and the economy looks so gloomy right now, I wonder do people still make vacation and traveling plans with the children this summerIf you plan to travel to Disney World in Orlando this summer,I am sure you recognize that the tickets for various theme parks really add up and they are not cheap! One of the way to save is to buy this tickets at discounted price, you may want to find out more about this discount Disney World tickets before you head off to Orlando...http://www.joymontessori.net/2008/03/are-you-going-anywhere-in-summer.html Hosting your blog for less- May 12, 2008 This blog is the first blog that I have started in Jan 2007, it's hosted on blogger for free, but the catch with free hosting is you don't get access to the root directory and there are basically a lot things you can't do because of that.So I have signed up a couple of hosting plans for several other newer blogs. Hosting multiple blogs with multiple plans can add up to be quite a bit annually. But, with promo codes and coupons, you can generally get hosting plans at reduced price.If you are...http://www.joymontessori.net/2008/05/hosting-your-blog-for-less.html |