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.comto 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.
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 Kidsto discover additional free activities for children.
Stop, look around, and enjoy this special season.
For updated spring lesson planning information, please visit Montessori 2012 Hands On Spring Lessons.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Heidi
http://www.amonco.org