Montessori Monday: Dry pouring

Sydney did very well pouring lima beans from one pitcher to another. I really need to let her move on to pouring water, but I don't want to do it in the Montessori room (carpet!). She does pour in other parts of the house, so maybe we'll just skip the formal activity and continue with pouring in the bathtub or kitchen.

Montessori Monday: Chopsticks and butterflies

When Rich and I went to San Francisco in March, I bought these stuck-together chopsticks for Sydney. She used them today to pick up butterflies and put them each in an indentation in this egg dish.

Wordless Wednesday: Curly hair

Montessori Monday: ABCs

Sydney has been obsessed with letters for at least a year. She loves to find letters wherever she is, and her favorite books are alphabet books.

This summer, I found this set of plastic letters at a yard sale for about fifty cents. Sydney loved putting them in order and identifying the picture on each letter.

Wordless Wednesday: My first braids

Montessori Monday: Color Box

Last fall, when I started doing Montessori work with Sydney, I went to Home Depot to get these Mickey Mouse paint chips. I mounted them on foam core board and they have held up very nicely. Although somehow one of the whites is missing...

Sydney knows all her colors now but loves to play "match-match" with practically anything.

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