One of Maria's first. Still the best.
My curriculum posts are showing 32 years in my Montessori classrooms as a school owner. Please use, share and enjoy these teaching ideas. I recommend my Science Units, Reggio, Sensorial and Art posts, but they are all great! Enjoy!
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Down the Hole
Budget Works Kids Do for Too Long!
We all know that children love to drop things into small holes.
I have made endless varieties of small motor skill works based on this love.
Many are one of a kind because I find the objects at Goodwill and figure out how to use them after playing around with things I have on hand in my many school storage rooms.
They are always winners with the kids.
Incense jar with cocktail picks.
I sometimes have to limit kid's time with this because they will do this for way too long.
Olive picks in the holes of a food shaker.
Antique salt shaker with hair curler picks.
Swizzle sticks in a pencil holder.
Tiny beads dropped in vanilla jars.
Tiny plastic hats upside down into a small ice cube tray.
Hey, I had them both in storage and they called out to me for union.
It worked!
And maybe the oddest:
Pom Poms down the volcano!
Don't know what the green tray is for or the black plastic tube.
They just wanted each other.
Kids Love It!!
I have more. Many, many more.
Dental Health Study
February is Dental Health Month. Here is a young dental hygienist practicing her cleaning skills.
I cut pictures from magazines to make an interesting booklet to go with the plaster cast.
I offer writing for every unit we study.
Then, an art project. I have a really good Pinterest folder full of teeth art projects.
Happy teeth, happy life!
