& so i've finally finished the sound pouches. i got my inspiration from here and here. i got lucky and found the cosmetics bags at Target back in June that were on 75% off! so i got 4 for $1!! i got 23 total from 2 stores. so i have a through w as individual pouches and xyz are lumped together in a felt pail that my noori got from her pre-k treasure box at her school. for the letters, Target has cardboard lower case letters for scrapbooking at their $1 section and i got the pink and blue thinking i might use them as moveable alphabets when needed. instead i used the pink ones for the front since the main body of the pouch is aqua blue! i think they look pretty cool!! as far as the objects go, i had so much fun collecting all the small objects (at first i was searching the internet (lakeshore learning, etc.) for these objects but they are a bit pricey..then i just started picking up the girls toys and just simple things around the house...and before i knew it i was playing treasure hunt for the sound pouches)... i'll post pics tomorrow.
my sis asked me today that she'd really like to know how parents who have montessoried their child(ren) at home feel that their children have faired compare to other kids their age? do they feel the kids have an advantage somehow? she feels that the amount of work involved in preparing and presenting things to the kids is horribly too much and overwhelming... i really couldn't answer for others and it got me thinking of my own pursuit of montessori at home...
i have spent considerable amount of time and energy in trying to read and read and read and understand as much of montessori as i can (i have not read MM's own writings as they r pretty serious and heavy readings and my brain is not focusing on anything intense these past few years... aftermaths of pregnancies and nursing??).. additionally, i've dabbled into Charlotte Mason, Thomas Jefferson, Glenn Doman, and more recently Reggio Amelia (i might look into Waldorf next..)... But as far as actually putting into practice any of these, i have failed miserably as i've missed several windows of opportunities for my older dd and now my second dd. I have purchased from a former Doman parent, a set of knowledge BITS, plus books that the mom had done with her son. I did some birds with my kiddos when i recieved them earlier this year, but they are still nicely packed up in boxes...waiting for the day when i will actually use them....
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