Montessori Continents Matching

I went and found a free continent set for Noah to play matching with. I also laminated it so that he could use it over a long period of time.  I didn't cut the labels off separately though.  I figured I'd wait until he's really good with the matching part first.

In this particular set there is a grey scale set included.  So I put them on his tray like this:

And then I had him match the continents to their match.

 

If you'd like a copy of this FREE set of continent cards you can pick them up from: 

Mama's Learning Corner

July Wrap Up

Yep, we're at the end of another month.

Chloe gave me some really beautiful work this morning for her Geography:

Hand drawn...

Hand drawn... 

We finished up Charlotte's little Bat lapbook with a few little extras.  Here's one of them:

We just made a little pocket for it under the labeling activity and folded it up and tucked it in.  She LOVES it!

I started packing books - since this photo was taken I've actually got the next bookcase down to a single shelf.

and yeah.....

{ Week 24 }

Yesterday I went down to Melbourne for the CHESS seminar.  It was my first day away from baby Noah.  He did well, I did well.

One of the catches for the day was this:

I'd been needing it for Chloe.  It's on the Grade 5 science reading list on Ambleside Online.  I do have a pdf version, but she hadn't started it yet.  It's always best to grab a printed book in preference to having to print them out if you can.  They just take up less room on the shelf.  So I never even hesitated when I saw it in the box.

Another thing I picked up was a new set of flash cards.  Now, it is true I already have a set but they are 19 years old.  They're the old ones that don't have all the RULES on the back.  So, I thought, for convenience sake, I'd get a new set.  I am big on phonics the spalding way and since LEM have based all their stuff on the same, I know it'll be super useful and handy to have for Charlotte and when Noah comes on up.

Also, while there I picked up these 3 books for the precious price of $2 each.  It's like reading their website without having to go there.  I do not subscribe to all their teachings, but I still like to glean from them from time to time.

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This week I want to do an update on where we are with our History and Geography.

We continue on with MOH I.

We did skip a few lessons here or there but the last one we did was lesson 96.  Some days the girls have trouble with writing, but I continue to ask them for a basic skeleton outline and a paragraph or so on each passage that they read.

Did I ever mention that both Chloe and Phebe have READ SOTW I this year?  They read it like a novel.

For Geography we continued on with our Country and Flag study.  I continued to source their maps via google.  { So handy, I tell you. }

The girls are really LOVING this subject.

I think we MIGHT do some Earth Science when this subject is finished.  Haven't prepared anything just yet, but I do have a nice little book that we could base things from.  I dunno.  I'll let you know when and if we ever get there.

This week I'll be linking up with:

I hope you will join us.

Thanks for visiting.

{ Week 22 }

This morning I got an email to tell me that the man who had been helping me fill my bookshelves with Rod and Staff books over the last 10 years had died.

His name was Silas.

I was very sorry to hear of his passing.

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Nature study this week:

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This week the girls moved over to our 'Flags of the World' book.

So far they've done:

Australia

Brazil

Canada

China

They'll be covering 24 countries to start with { maybe more another time }.

Check out our little passports:

We put a colored flag in each time we do a country.

This week I am linking up with:

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and

I hope you will join us.

To infinity and beyond!

Teaching the States of Australia

I've discovered an ingenious method of teaching the states of Australia.

To be fair, I'm not the first one to find it either, nor will I be the last.

This fabulous method uses 3 part cards, Montessori style.

I printed them up, laminated them, and cut them out.

Miss 4 finds that they are so quick, simple, and fun - all the while putting that trivial knowledge in her head without any thought that it might be difficult.  Today I asked her how many states does Australia have?  She was able to tell me without me having to prompt or lead her on.  Yay~!!

Next week I'll start asking her to tell me what each state is without the title prompts.

Technically, we're still on school break here, so the older girls will get a peek at this next week when school resumes.

If you're interested in making your own 3 part cards for the Australian States you can get them for FREE from A Moment In Our World.

Thanks for visiting.