Month: March 2016

Month: March 2016

Easter
March 20, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

Easter Getting ready for our last week of term and some Easter lessons. I have just made an Easter version of the story bracelet to help children remember the story and sequence it.  I plan to read the story with some physical props.  Palm leaves, bread, crosses etc. Books I have also found all of

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Music in the Classroom
March 13, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

Do you listen to music in the classroom? I love to use music to help keep the children calm and focused.  I have loved using Amazon prime music – it has a great variety of music including Disney Piano that the children love!   I use classical music to help focus. #affiliate line to Amazon

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Magnetic Slime – UK recipe – Borax Free
March 13, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

  I have seen the recipe that is going around for magnetic slime at the moment by FrugalFun4Boys.  There are others too, but they all seem to use either borax which is not popular in the UK, or like this recipe, liquid starch. So, I decided to play around with my Borax free slime recipe

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Freya’s Hundred Square
March 8, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

I just had to share this! So proud of Freya tonight – she got home and decided she wanted to make a hundred square.  She then chose then change the colours for the columns based on the units to match the short bead stair.  How great is this? Free Printable: http://montessorisoul.com/free-downloads/numeracy/number/freya-s-hundred-square