Math: Addition Strip

Last week we started working on our Addition Strip.  I wanted to test Mavi if he’s into it, and surprisingly he enjoys it!  As you know, I am not Montessori trained (not yet), so I am relying on free Montessori albums with regards to “how to’s” and I am currently using this site as my primary resource of information. 

Anyway, all materials here are homemade.  I used pink and light blue strips instead of the conventional red and blue because I ran out of papers.

I also printed this equation strips.  Since this is just a “trial” period, I didn’t introduce Chart 1 and Chart 2 yet.  We will work on it in our next session.

He loves picking up the blue and pink strips based on the equation.

 

We worked on the five equations and gave him 3 more for him to work on by himself. 

When we’re done, he told me he loves it!  And for that we will have a full lesson this week (we’re doing Math thrice a week now) and we’re using Chart 1 and Chart 2.  More on that on my next post :)

PS.  I am contemplating on purchasing Montessori-Math materials and Karen Tyler’s Math Album.  Creating materials can be tedious and time consuming at times.  They’re quite pricey though but I guess it will be all worth-it if you’re son/kids enjoy using it right?

Happy Monday!

 

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Continent Study: Flags by Continent

My Flag Packs  (by continent) are now available on the links provided with no sign-in needed. Each file contains the following:

Map Pin Flags

3 Part Cards (Control Card, Picture Card and Label)

Mini Flag Cards

Matching Cards for Country and City Capital

If you are interested they are available on the links provided.

Flags of Africa 

Flags of Asia

Flags of Australia / Oceania

Flags of Europe

Flags of North America

Flags of South America

Enjoy!

Farm Families (FREE Sorting Cards!)

(Click the image for the link)

Last week we studied farm animal families and my son had a wonderful time learning the names of each family member.  And later on I tested his knowledge by sorting ouet the cards whether they are Mommies, Daddies of babies. 

Feel free to download the file, it includes control charts and sorting cards.

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Math for Toddlers and Preschoolers

I’d like to share with you some of the “math” activities we used to do when Mavi was around 1 and 2 yrs old.  These are very simple activities that you can do anytime, with less preparation.

Ordering numbers 0 to 9.  I wrote the numbers in a cardstock as a control card.  This will familiarize the child of our number system and its ordering.

 

Using our flash cards and foam numbers, I made him match the numeral symbol to the amount of objects shown in the cards.  First we count the objects and and allow him to pick the correct number symbol from the container and match it with the card.

   

The infamous numbers and counters.  We used any kind of counters we have… as seen here, we used buttons and bears.

Water bottle caps and stickers for one-to-one correspondence work. 

 

Flash cards and bingo chips for one-to-one correspondence work again.

 

 

I also printed out some cards from online.  I forgot the link as this was years ago, so please do let me know if you own this printable or know the link.

And there you go! Hope this will jumpstart your math adventures with your little ones.  Happy counting!

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Color Theory Part II

We continued our activities on colors and this time, we discuss how tertiary colors are produced using primary and secondary colors.  (Color Theory Part I here)

I took out the rest of Crayola paints that we have and printed out the Color Wheel worksheets from Spell Out Loud.  Again, we used cotton swabs instead of paint brushes.

Here we started filling up the primary and secondary colors in the wheel.

I used this glass that we have to mix the colors.  As you can see on the left side, he wanted to see whether the orange paint matches the orange color he produced out of mixing red and yellow.  We did this comparison to the rest of the colors in the wheel.

 

We completed the wheel but eventually he complained that he’s tired (more on BORED actually).

So right on the spot I cut out small papers and showed him some color mixing activity.  He enjoyed it to bits!  He keeps on guessing the abstract image that we produced.

Look at all these lovely colors!  You should try this at home :)

I made these little butterflies.  My son wanted to hang them in his room, brilliant idea!

Happy Monday!

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Materials for Continent Study of Europe

Hello everyone! My hands were full in the past few days.  You see we will be having our Continent Study of Europe next week and I was busy preparing all our materials needed.  I have printed them all and is now busy laminating.  My son is so exciting upon seeing all the finished products!  He can’t wait to start :)  So watch out for next week’s post on how we put these into action LOL.

Here are some of the materials we will be using…

Flags of Europe

The file includes:

• 51 Map Pin Flags
• 51 Flags for 3 Part Cards
• 51 Mini Cards
• 51 Flags for matching Country name and Capital City

(Click the image for the link)

 

Landmarks of Europe

The file includes:

• 27 Landmarks for 3 Part Cards
• 27 Definition Cards
• 27 Fact Sheets
• Title Cards

(Click the image for the link)

 

Animals of Europe

The file includes:

• 11 Animals for 3 Part Cards
• 11 Fact Sheets
• Title Cards

 

(Click the image for the link)

European Cuisine

The file includes:

• 15 European Foods for 3 Part Cards
• 15 Fact Sheets
• Title Cards

(Click the image for the link)

Famous European in History

The file includes:

• 15 Picture Cards
• 15 Bio Sheets
• Title Cards

 

(Click the image for the link)

Europe Geography Bundle Pack

The file includes:

• Flags of Europe (this comes for FREE!)
• Landmarks of Europe
• Animals of Europe
• European Cuisine
• Famous European in History

(Click the image for the link)

Plans for April

I’m trying to make my plans simple this month to make it achievable. 

Language. Wrapping-up Green Series by reviewing phonograms.  This also means a visit to the library to pick-up some reading books (age appropriate) with digraphs and phonograms for Mavi to practice.

Math. We’ll focus on addition this month, putting away worksheets for awhile.  We’ll do some writing/spelling practice as well (numbers in words)

Geography.  My son’s class are having South America this month, but since we’ve done it already…. we’ll do Europe this month.

Science.  Since its springtime, we’ll have animals and their youngs (animal farm families), birds and life cycles.

Art.  We’re doing Color Theory.

This is more than enough for this month LOL.  Oftentimes, we skipped some activities because we spend our afternoons outdoors when the weather is really nice.  I still prefer the outdoors, exploring things, him running around, scooting and climbing trees, playing with his friends and spending some time at the library as well.