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Yesterday, we received half a foot of snow outside and the kids have been outside enjoying the cold weather. This was the perfect time to work on our Montessori Arctic Activities and Printables. These printables cover the following activities: polar bear anatomy, polar bear life-cycle, Arctic animals, Inuit people, and a fun Arctic landscape with cut out figurines. If you…
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I created this DIY Felt Turkey with Free Printable Template as a hands-on way for Little Bee to learn more about the parts of a turkey. I enjoy using felt to create DIY Montessori puzzles. Felt is an economical alternative to actually purchasing the Montessori puzzles and sometimes there are not Montessori puzzles for every topic. Also, the DIY felt puzzles…
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I am going to share with you some of our favorite Montessori friendly toys in our home. Most of these toys listed are toys we own and then some of them are on our Christmas wish list! This Montessori friendly Christmas gift guide is perfect to share with your family members this holiday season. This gift guide includes gifts for…
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All About Nature Bundle What is this bundle? “All about nature bundle” is an organized collection of educational materials for teaching children about the natural world. The materials are carefully prepared and chosen so you can use them during the whole year. What is inside? It includes more than 70 printables. The whole bundle is divided into 3 sections: zoology,…
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This unit study is a wonderful way to explore learning about emotions and feelings. During the time that we completed this study, I was pregnant with our baby girl – Sweet Bee. Little Bee was experiencing many emotions and some anxiety about having a little sister. I wanted to help him with expressing these emotions by giving him hands-on tools…
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This month in our homeschooling journey, we are concentrating on learning about the world. A wonderful place to start Montessori continent learning activities is with the sensorial sandpaper globe (tactile), colored globe (visual & tactile), 3-part cards (pre-reading), continent song (auditory), and Montessori continent puzzle (fine motor). Little Bee’s first work for learning the continents of the world was to…
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I love how Montessori encourages using hands-on materials for learning. Geography material can be abstract for a child, but it doesn’t have to be! I am going to share with you several fun concrete activities for learning all about Montessori animals and continents. Hands-On Schleich Animals Children love hands-on animal figurines that they can examine in their hands. We love…
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My son, Little Bee, has always been fascinated by chickens. He actually, at three years old, had a make believe flock of chickens that followed him around. One day he took his entire flock of chickens for a ride in the car to church. We had to leave the car windows open so the chickens could get fresh air and…
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In the Montessori homeschooling environment, it is helpful to have 3-part cards as a learning tool for practically all topics… whether it is language, geography, or zoology. On Mama’s Happy Hive Teachers Pay Teachers shop, I have created several wonderful 3-part cards for farm animals, pond life, flower anatomy, and more! We are using these Montessori Farm Life 3-Part Cards…
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