Month: November 2015

Month: November 2015

Sock Snowmen
November 29, 2015 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

 Start by getting your materials ready, you will need: White sports socksScissorsElastic bandsRice Funnel (for ease of pouring – ours was fashioned out of a disposable cup!)StringPensRibbonPVA GlueButtons   1. Cut the sock in two just below the heel. Keep the toe for the hat. 2. Turn other piece inside out and secure at one end with

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Thanksgiving Story Bracelet
November 24, 2015 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

I have really enjoyed making these story bracelets today and they were a huge hit 🙂 The idea is that you make a bracelet and for each section of the story you add a bead to act as a reminder to the child of that part of the story. This then really helps the child

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Telling time
November 15, 2015 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

This is going to have to be a quick post.  Firstly I want to thank Marnie at Carrots are orange for her inspiring Learning to tell time post. Freya has been enjoying using the 5 bead chains to learn about 60 minutes in an hour.  I made my own bead chains and labels (free download).

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Buried treasure coins
November 8, 2015 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

Buried Treasure coins! The children I work with really enjoy the interactive games on Phonics play – http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk. I wanted to create and offline version so I have made coins for each phoneme in the Phase 3 letters and sounds. All free just click the star to go through to the file! Green Set 1

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