Category: Teaching Ideas

Category: Teaching Ideas

Chinese New Year
January 21, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

I love chinese new year – it is a great opportunity to look at another culture.  Here are a few of the ideas and resources that I am planning to use as we celebrate Chinese new year. The Great Race  I love the story of the great race.  This year I will use it as

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Artic Animals
January 19, 2016 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

  This week we are going to look at how animals keep warm in winter.  I am going to set up a number of activities for the children to explore.  Here are the details and how to set them up yourself. Types of Penguin   I have these cards as a free printable – Types

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Melted snowmen biscuits
December 6, 2015 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

Freya and Seb had such fun making these  their cousins for their grandparents annual Christmas party! Thank you to the lovely Mrs Williams at school for the idea!   And here are some very simple instructions as shown by Freya. 1.  Spoon a puddle of icing on to the biscuit. 2. Add a marshmallow. 3.

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Melted snowmen biscuits
December 6, 2015 Teaching Ideas admin

Freya and Seb had such fun making these  their cousins for their grandparents annual Christmas party! Thank you to the lovely Mrs Williams at school for the idea!   And here are some very simple instructions as shown by Freya. 1.  Spoon a puddle of icing on to the biscuit. 2. Add a marshmallow. 3.

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Melted snowmen biscuits
December 6, 2015 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

Freya and Seb had such fun making these  their cousins for their grandparents annual Christmas party! Thank you to the lovely Mrs Williams at school for the idea!   And here are some very simple instructions as shown by Freya. 1.  Spoon a puddle of icing on to the biscuit. 2. Add a marshmallow. 3.

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Melted snowmen biscuits
December 6, 2015 Teaching Ideas montessorisoul

Freya and Seb had such fun making these  their cousins for their grandparents annual Christmas party! Thank you to the lovely Mrs Williams at school for the idea!   And here are some very simple instructions as shown by Freya. 1.  Spoon a puddle of icing on to the biscuit. 2. Add a marshmallow. 3.

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Melted snowmen biscuits
December 6, 2015 Teaching Ideas, Uncategorized montessorisoul

Freya and Seb had such fun making these  their cousins for their grandparents annual Christmas party! Thank you to the lovely Mrs Williams at school for the idea!   And here are some very simple instructions as shown by Freya. 1.  Spoon a puddle of icing on to the biscuit. 2. Add a marshmallow. 3.

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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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