Wednesday, April 29, 2009

references for starting out

so today is wednesday. we worked with the mat. i'll keep observing to see how that goes within the next few days to see if i need to revisit this.

i really like OldCreekMontessori.blogspot.com (OCM) & maybemontessori.blogspot.com - the items that OCM covered during her first day were the following. After listing, wow! PL:
(1) toothpick jar ;(2) paper punching; (3) stamping tray; (4) sweeping with pompons (not presented the first day); (5) golf balls transfering (one-by-one into another basket); (6) bean pouring- jug to jug without spilling; (7) spooning wooden balls with melon baller; (8) cutting with scissors (into small pieces); (9) spooning beans with spoon

Culture & Sensorial & others
(1) world puzzle (with knobs); (2) sandpaper globe; (3) drawing with marker; (4) drawing with crayons; (5) hammering in clay; (6) stringing beads; (7) Cylinder block #1; (8) regular puzzle; (9) "sewing a cirlcle" ; (10) building with duplo blocks; (11) clipping with clothespins; (12) snap frame

now for Period 1: Gettman suggests the following
Language: Classified pictures & speech stages & I spy
Culture: Land & Water presentation
Sensorial: Cylinder blocks, Pink tower, Color tablet #1, Presentation tray of Geo. Cabinet, Sensitizing fingers, Touch boards, Presentation of Geo. solids, Stereognostic bags presentation
Practical: Pouring beans between 2 jugs, Opening & closing containers, Buttoning, Buckling, Other simple dressing frames, Carrying & laying floor mats, Saying "Thank You", Other grace & courtesy work, Carrying a Tray; Lifting, carrying, & putting down a chair, Sitting down on & getting up from a chair at a table, Climbing & descending stairs, Walking on the line, Folding, Hanging clothes on a hook, Brushing hair, Dusting

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