Fall Forward with Free Lesson Planning

Seeing is believing! The 2010 issue of the AMC Montessori Fall Hands On Newsletter is one of the most comprehensive free .pdf Montessori newsletters, and best of all it is FREE!

The creative educators that comprise the AMC Montessori Resource Center have generously contributed their ideas, lessons and resources in an effort to help you create some interesting, hands-on lessons for grades PreK - Grade 12. Look below to see topics:

Table of Contents

Part I

Hands-On Autumn Adventures - Autumn Leaves, Pumpkins, and Apple Classification
Harvesting Activities and Unit Studies
Gardens for Schools - Get Ready Now for Your Spring Garden
Aebleskiver ~ A Danish Pancake
Color Wheels ~ A Lesson Plan for Learning to Mix Colors with Poster
(Tempera) Paint
Famous Montessorians
Felted Ball Ornaments
Felted Bead Necklaces
< felted pouches
Jack-O-Lanterns
Special Decoupage Craft
Instructions for Making a Guiro - Caribbean Musical Instrument
Relaxation Exercises for the Classroom

Part II

Sound Effects Activities
Have You Heard the Following About Honey?
Recipe for Wood Dough for Sculpting
Turtle Drawing Lesson
Rice Pudding
Apple Sauce Parfait
Kathy O'Reilly Shares the Recipe - Fresh Fruit Freeze
from Cooking With Children Can Be Easy
Math Sequencing

Part III

Hobby City - Fun for Free Year Round
"Bread-on-the-Inside" Sandwich snacks
Omelet in a Bag
Snow Covered Pine Trees
Getting to Know Each Other Activity
Making Applesauce
The Friendship Tree
Make at Home Craft Recipes

Part IV

A Unit Study Featuring Italy
Middle School Word Puzzles
Painted Kitchen Trivet
Delighting in Little Things - Children and Microscopes
Article ~ Searching for the Right Book?
When in Doubt, Start with the Winners!
Hot Fudge Pudding Cake
Download Free Songs in French, Spanish, Italian, German and Chinese

Part V

Apple Wreaths
Making Apple Cinnamon Muffins
Montessori Cosmic Education and Peace: The Outdoor Environment
Sewing a Friendship Quilt
Literature Link Activity

Part VI

Geography Catch Games ~ A Game to Promote International Peace
Lithuanian Cranberry Cake
Fish Printing ~ An Ancient Art First Perfected in Asia
Free Hands-On Algebra Activity
Beginning Cross Stitch and Continental Stitch for Making Coasters, Etc.
Educational Posters Directory & Resources Guide for
Lifelong Learners, Classrooms, &
Homeschoolers from The Creative Process

Part VII

Writing Pattern Activity
Lesson Plan for Autumn by Vivaldi
Apple Angel Food Cake
Oma's Cookies ~ A German Recipe
Favorite Zucchini Bread

Part VIII

Zebra Stick Craft
Simply Sound Science Activity
Broken Rib Scarf with Seed Stitch Border
Macaroni and Cheese
Montessori Unit Study - The Cardiovascular System

Part IX

Combine Learning and Fun at Art Museums
*Treasure Hunt
*Art Collector
*I Spy an Eye
*Scavenger Hunt
Ever Been on a Microscope Safari?
See Gardening Related Articles and Lesson Planning Ideas Below:
Nectar Recipe for Hummingbirds
Family Fun While Camping
But We're Bored....
Rainy Day Blues
What to do with all those Tomatoes?
Homemade Fresh Tomato Ketchup
Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins

To download the entire newsletter, please visit AMC Montessori Fall Newsletter

Enjoy!

Heidi Anne Spietz

Montessori Picks for the Week of August 31, 2009

Make September Special!

 Visit http://www.amonco.org/montessori_fall_handson.html to download the free AMC Montessori Fall Lesson Planning issue.

Below, is just a sampling of what you will find in this issue.

Recipes

Janet, from Chinaberry, forwarded a Frozen Jack-O-Lanterns recipe and Gari, from Music for Little Folks contributed a very special chocolate pudding recipe. Both are perfect for autumn parties. See Part IV

The Danish Aebleskiver contributed by Rae of the Creative Process, Lithuanian Cranberry Cake by Ligia of Childsakehttp://www.amonco.org/creative6/montessori_fall6.pdf and the German Oma’s Cake shared by Carolyn of Excellence in Education are three recipes that are perfect for the upcoming fall and winter months. Carolyn has also used the dough in the classroom for many creative projects. See Part VII

In a hurry? Try the Omelet in a Bag contributed by Joyful Noise Publications and Macaroni and Cheese contributed by Millie of Insta-Learn. See Part VIII

In Part II you will also find a ice pudding recipe submitted by Vera of The Music House.

Music

Georgette, from Cantemos, will lead you step by step on how to make a guiro. Think of the fun this musical instrument will create in your school and home classrooms. It will add much to multicultural discussions involving music and musical instruments of Latin America. Visit this link for details.

Shari, from Shari and Jerry, has provided some fun sensory extension exercises that will help children identify and discern different sounds. See Sound Effects Activities

Marjorie, from Classical Magic, offers a lesson plan for autumn by Vivaldi – from The Four Season. See Part VII You will discover that her very creative ideas can be adapted for various age groups.

Back to School Montessori Crafts and Exercises

In Part III, Dale Gausman, from the North American Montessori Center, shares two great back to school exercises. To access The Friendship Tree and the Getting to Know You Exercises click here. In
Part VI, Joan of Nation Relation, shares her Geography Catch Games. See
http://www.amonco.org/creative6/montessori_fall6.pdf for details.