These are photos from our work session a few weeks ago.
A kind friend lent us her light box and some really cool animal pictures that showed the skeletons inside. Of course, now I can't remember where she said they came from! The boys also enjoying playing on the light box with some translucent squares (and yes, I've ordered our own now!)
Both boys enjoyed a water transfer lesson using a large baster:
Pita Pocket worked on his pouring skills - dry pouring with a funnel:
Carabiners and texture dominoes were a hit:
As was this open and close tray I put together for Pita. Tiny worry dolls were hidden in the various pouches and bags:
Pita also spent some time classifying animals as belonging in the land, air, or water - a follow-up to our land/air/water lesson:
Short Pants also did this spooning lesson from Pita's shelf. The tall container and long-handled spoon make it much more challenging!
Short Pants also chose a work from his language shelf - which really suprised me. He learned about the blend "ch" and looked at the "ch" objects in the box (cherry, church, chick, and a bird for "chirp")
In continuation of our living/non-living lessons, I presented once-living to the boys. I brought out the living presentation tray and then a container of once-living objects The Mister had collected. We talked about how each of the items had once needed food, water, air, and reproduced:
If you have some Montessori lessons or ideas to share, please link up below. Please also make sure to either place the Montessori Monday button from the sidebar in your post or put a link back to this blog in your post. And if you haven't checked out my co-host Deb's blog Living Montessori Now please make sure you do! Thanks for reading and participating.