Showing posts with label Felt Lesson Planning. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Felt Lesson Planning. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

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
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Monday, March 1, 2010

Montessori Springtime 2010 Resource News

Conceptual Learning - http://www.conceptuallearning.com

Dianne Knesek will be attending the national American Montessori Society Conference in Boston, March 25th through March 28th. If you are planning to attend the conference stop by the Conceptual Learning booth to chat with her. Please see Spring Newsletter I for information about free Montessori math lessons.

LORD Company - http://www.lordequip.com/

The LORD Company Winter Sale at http://www.lordequip.com ends on April 1. Lots of half price furniture, close outs and bargains. New Products include graded chalk boards in the "Writing to Perfection" category at http://www.lordequip.com now available in a Stand for display at introductory prices. Our best selling product for home sales (the Infant Chair and Matching Hard Wood Table) is on sale through March at $139. All these offers may be seen on the Home Page at http://www.lordequip.com.
Please see http://www.amonco.org/spring2/montessori_spring2.pdf for information about a free geography set of land and water form cards and simple reading books - both available from LORD Company.

Speak and Sing - Shari and Jerry - http://www.shariandjerry.com/

Add a little music to your curriculum. Shari and Jerry have just released their Songs for Every Season CD. This award winning CD is sure to delight children, school and home educators and others with the fine selection of award winning children's songs.

Check with your local library system to see if they have ordered this CD. If not, encourage them to do so. The Songs for Every Season CD/book has already been ordered by the Santa Clara County Library in Los Gatos,CA, Awhile ago, this library system ordered Shari and Jerry's Simple Songs for Circle Time. If you live in that area, you can easily borrow and preview both CDs today.

The School Library Journal recently reviewed the new Songs for Every Season CD., and you will want to take time now to read this wonderful review. Please visit http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6674070.html
To access the free Simple Songs for Circle Time, Percussion Bands and Musical Concerts, please visit http://www.amonco.org/spring2/montessori_spring2.pdf

Literatureplace.com - http://www.literatureplace.com/

Announcing the online availability of the 2010 Edition from www.literatureplace.com

The 2010 Edition of all literureplace.com’s resources will be available for purchase on March 15, 2010! See the Sample BookfolioPLUS 2010 online beginning Mar. 9, 2010 to preview of all the new features unique to this edition. The discount has been raised to 20% and is available until 4/15/10. Use code #20101 to receive discount.

Download some free literatureplace.com free lesson planning ideas by visiting
http://www.amonco.org/creative/montessori_fall4.pdf


Gari Stein recently announced that on March 13 she will be the keynote speaker at a Michigan early childhood regional conference. A week later, on March 20th, Gari will be a featured speaker the Michigan Reading Association Annual Conference. Gari also has the honor of being a USA Book News National Best Books Award Winner. Please see http://www.little-folks-music.com/ , http://www.amonco.org/together.html and http://www.amonco.org/howto.html for more information about various products and services offered by Gari.

Hands On Equations - http://www.Borenson.com/

Were you unable to attend the special Montessori free Hands On Equations Webinars that were offered last month?? Some of your Montessori colleagues attended last month's webinars and received invaluable information.

Don’t miss out on this wonderful opportunity afforded to you. A Hands-On Equations Learning System, to use with one student, is raffled at each webinar.

You are just one click away from being a part of the next webinar. It's easy and free.

To register for an upcoming webinar, click on one of the links listed below and complete the registration process:






Obtain a free felt board figure sample and catalog from Story Time Felts - Fun Felt for Kids. Visit www.funfelt.com for all of your hands-on felt visual aids including felt boards for science, math, and social studies. Their felt products are 100% made in the USA and safety tested. Request a free sample and catalog at http://www.funfelt.com

Karen Clark, of Funfelt, is also pleased to introduce the new

http://www.funfelt.com/thematic-unit-workshops.html Monthly Thematic Unit Workshops from Story Time Felts

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Download some free Funfelt lesson planning ideas by visiting
http://www.amonco.org/creative/montessori_fall4.pdf

Brand New!!

Montessori Resources 2010 on CD

Wishing you a blessed springtime filled with many beautiful new beginnings,

Heidi Anne Spietz
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