In the Montessori teaching method, children are gradually introduced to practical life experiences through a highly-structured sequence of activities, designed to give the child the opportunity to practise each discrete skill. When practical activities are taught in this fashion there is a clear sequence of progression and the control of error ( which ensures that…
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Montessori Homeschool Activities this week.
My planning for this week is available for free here. During homeschool this week we have been doing lots of mathematics activities and games with the number beads to make sure that each colour string is memorised. We have completed very simple activities for this which I know big A can complete independently since the…
Enjoying Learning- A week of Montessori Homeschool Practical Life and Cultural Activities
I believe that it is very important for big A and little A to learn about their Canadian background so this week we began learning about Canada together. I spent 4 years living and working in Canada ,and of course CC is Canadian, so we lucky to have lots of resources in our home. I…
Montessori Home-schooling with a 5 year old and a toddler.
In the last few weeks our homeschool has undergone quite a transformation. Inspired by the work of Dr Maria Montessori, we have undertaken the task of using her method as a vehicle for a homeschool curriculum. Montessori revolutionised the way in which children, between 3 and 6 years old, were educated-seeing them as whole, as…
Resourcing Home Education
Image that you were given a huge new project at work and expected to show outstanding performance in your given field; you’d rightly expect that extra funding would be in place, additional time allocated and perhaps extra staff assigned to the project. In short, you’d expect additional resources to be able to carry out that…
Home Learning- Trying the Montessori approach for a toddler and 4 year old
As regular readers of the blog will know, I am a trained primary teacher with around twenty years of experience but I have found carving out a rhythm for homeschool to be such a challenge. Our 16 month old wakes frequently at night and can be tired and fussy in the mornings, before he naps…
Why homeschooling can lead to better and deeper learning than formal schooling.
I grew up in the 1970s and early 80s and enjoyed an education free of a set curriculum, targets and the results-based environment schools face today. Most afternoons in primary school I was free to explore and play with the materials which the teacher had deemed suitable for the day/topic/budget/weather. Many happy hours were spent…
