SELF DISCOVERY
Rae Peterson offers some interesting lesson planning ideas in her Who Am I? What Makes Me Tick? free online lesson packet. Rae commented:
The following suggestions are a jumping off place for a myriad of lesson plans around the question, “Who Am I?
You can tailor the ideas to fit your special situation: elementary age through adult learner and the areas of art, social studies, writing, science lessons.
Visit Who Am I? Lesson Plan Ideas for details. For additional free interdisciplinary lesson plans also see the Creative Process Links for Learning Index
PHONICS/BEGINNING READING
Richard from the LORD Company recently shared the following:
LORD Company has several free downloads for coloring and writing exercises. Our most comprehensive free download is a “Simple Reading Book” series of four each. This series is based on parables and uses an approach to “Sight Word” reading using the Montessori “Three Period Lesson” to insure success for the early reader.
Assembly instructions and coaching tips are included with the download and children may color the books as they discover they can read. The books are large print and graded in difficulty to help build a reading vocabulary for the child. It would be best if these books are presented to children after a good base of phonics work (see LE-620 for 180 phonetic word cards at www.lordequip.com but for children that may be having trouble with reading for whatever reason, these books with a little coaching will help the child to be successful in reading.
DISCOVER YOUR CHILD’S LEARNING STYLE
Mariaemma Willis shares some invaluable advice in her LEARNING DISABILITIES OR LEARNING STYLES? article. Click here to read LEARNING DISABILITIES OR LEARNING STYLES? her article. Mariaemma’s book Discover Your Child’s Learning Style is one of the April Montessori prizes. Click here to learn more about the April Montessori drawing. Visit http://learningsuccesscoach.com to locate additional information about Mariaemma’s other books, workshops and services/
DANCE AND THE BENEFITS OF MOVEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM
Gari Stein, Founder and Director of Music for Little Folks has authored a most insightful article entitled What? Me, Teach Dance?”:How to fearlessly incorporate dance into your classroom. This well organized article will appeal to seasoned and novices alke. Yes, even those who are experienced dance instructors will glean new information from this article. Visit Little Folks Music – What? Me, Teach Dance? for additional information.
CHILDREN’S BIOGRAPHIES – THE YOUNG PATRIOT SERIES
Florrie Kitchler recently shared the following:
Lesson plans, webquests and sample chapters for The Young Patriots Series titles are always available for download at no charge. Visit www.patriapress.com for more information and hook kids on history!
A Patria Press book entitled Lew Wallace Boy Writer is one of the April Montessori prizes. Click here to learn more about the April Montessori drawing.
HEALTH, NUTRITION AND COOKING
Shari Tallon tackles a myriad of health related issues that we face each day when we prepare our meals, dine out or do our grocery shopping. Click here for more details about all of the free related information. Plus to learn more about Cooks in the Classroom visit http://www.musicresources.org/n.htm
HOW TO MAKE A FLANNEL BOARD
Visit Fun Activities For Kids – How to Make a Flannel Board to discover how you can make your own flannel board. Visit
Fun Activities for Kids to discover additional free activities for children.
FREE GARDENING NEWSLETTERS
Below, is just a sampling of the free archived newsletters available from Garden Artisans.
January 2004 – House Plant Survival
February 2004 – Plant Dormancy – a brief respite
March 2004 – Bird Psychology
April 2004 – The Hummers are Coming!
June 2004 – Companion Planting
July 2004 – Perennial Geraniums
January 2003 – Planning an Outdoor Wedding
February 2003 – February Cleanup – Pruning Tips
April 2003 – Shade Gardening
May 2003 – Creating Walls of Color and Ceilings of Scent for your Outside Rooms
June 2003 – Daylilies – A Wonderful Addition to any Garden!
August 2003 – Creating the Desired Mood for your Outdoor Rooms
September 2003 – Remembering the Wildlife in our Fall Cleanup
October 2003 – Planting Bulbs for Spring and Summer Color
November 2003 – Collecting Seeds – Great Fall Fun!
January 2002 – Planning an Herb Garden
February 2002 – Create a Spectacular Floral Display
March 2002 – Germinating Seeds & Seedling Care
April 2002 – Butterfly Gardening
June 2002 – What Mulch Can Do For
Visit this spectacular site for all of your gardening needs. Be sure to sign up for the free newsletter by visiting http://www.gardenartisans.us
Enter to win a free Painted Ladies Butterflies of North America Nature Guide by visiting AMC Directory Scroll down until you see the entry form.
FREE ART LESSON PLANS
Locate four pages of fun drawing and reading activities for children by clicking here!! Locate additional free art lesson plans and resources from Visual Manna by visiting Free Lessons
Click here for a chance to win the Artsy Animals Learn to Read book
Stop, look around, and enjoy this special season.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Heidi
http://www.amonco.org
