Year: 2016

Year: 2016

Water colour wheel
June 26, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

Easy to make water colour wheels are also a great fine motor skills activity. I use these glass bottles (find similar on amazon #affiliate) I made the colour water using brusho – (also available from amazon – brusho).  I love these brusho crystals – they are quite expensive but a little goes a long long way.

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5 minute butter from scratch
June 8, 2016 Teaching Ideas, Uncategorized montessorisoul

We have had fun making butter today.  Freya really enjoyed this and is was a great lesson in where food comes from. Very simple to make you just need double cream, we left it out for couple of hours so it was at room temperature, and a clear jar. After about 1 minute the cream

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5 minute butter from scratch
June 8, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

We have had fun making butter today.  Freya really enjoyed this and is was a great lesson in where food comes from. Very simple to make you just need double cream, we left it out for couple of hours so it was at room temperature, and a clear jar. After about 1 minute the cream

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5 minute butter from scratch
June 8, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

We have had fun making butter today.  Freya really enjoyed this and is was a great lesson in where food comes from. Very simple to make you just need double cream, we left it out for couple of hours so it was at room temperature, and a clear jar. After about 1 minute the cream

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5 minute butter from scratch
June 8, 2016 Teaching Ideas admin

We have had fun making butter today.  Freya really enjoyed this and is was a great lesson in where food comes from. Very simple to make you just need double cream, we left it out for couple of hours so it was at room temperature, and a clear jar. After about 1 minute the cream

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5 minute butter from scratch
June 8, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

We have had fun making butter today.  Freya really enjoyed this and is was a great lesson in where food comes from. Very simple to make you just need double cream, we left it out for couple of hours so it was at room temperature, and a clear jar. After about 1 minute the cream

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Blackboard table – Upcycling
April 2, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

I have been meaning to do this upcycle for along time!  I have this old table that has been past down the family.  It has great sentimental value so I didn’t want to get rid of it. I was in B&Q yesterday and saw that they do a blackboard spraypaint… a light bulb moment!  When

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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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