Children's Books for Summer Reading - Part I
Patriotic American Songs in English and Spanish Special!!
A Bilingual Spanish/English Unit Study About Plants
MONTESSORI LESSONS -A Gardening Unit Study (With the Focus on the Summer)
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Heidi Anne Spietz
American Montessori Consulting
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Celebrating 24 Years of Serving School and Home Educators
Montessori for the 21st Century
Easy Crafts Budget Wise Holiday Crafts - Centerpieces
Celebrating Kwanzaa At Home Kids
Christmas Ball Ornaments - Table Centerpieces
Montessori Practical Life Activity: Napkin Folding
Below, is just a sampling of what you will find in the AMC Montessori AMC Fall Hands On Newsletter.
Sewing, Knitting and Needlepoint
In Part V, Dale from North American Montessori Center, provides a very organized practical life exercise that includes the materials, presentation, setting up, sewing and finally finishing a Friendship Quilt. See Part V for details.
Harrisville Designs offers several felt crafts, including the Felted Ball Ornament, Felted Bead Necklaces and Felted Pouches. See Part I for details.
Lois, from Bountiful, forwarded an easy to knit pattern that is perfect for beginners. Visit Broken Rib Scarf with Seed Stitch Border – EASY BEGINNER PATTERN to access this information.
Ruth, of Ruth Dilts Design, contributed complete instructions on how to make coasters. See Part VI for details.
It’s never to early to start preparing for holiday crafting. In Part III, Montessori teacher Cathie Perolman shared her adorable Snow Covered Pine Trees craft. Seehttp://www.amonco.org/creative3/montessori_fall3.pdf for details.
Anna, from Wood, Etc., suggested that young children make Zebras that can be used in an Animal Safari unit study This project is indeed easy and inexpensive to make. Click here for more information.
Art
Click here to access the Color Wheel Lesson Plans shared by Rae of Creative Process. Rae tells us that these lessons can be adapted for elementary age through adult learner, and by seeing what is offered I thoroughly agree. The ideas can be integrated in art, social studies, writing, and science lessons. Rae also submitted her new Make at Home Craft Recipes. See Part III to access the lesson plans.
Crafts and Holiday Gift Giving
Why not create some unique holiday gifts? Janet, from Chinaberry, forwarded a craft idea that children and teens are sure to love. TheDecoupage Decorative Gift Box is a gift that will be treasured for years to come. The Painted Kitchen Trivet Gift, courtesy of Karen of Fun Felt is also a marvelous craft that serves as a unique gift.
Wood Crafting and Drawing
By clicking here you will find a Wood Dough Recipe for Sculpting from Richard Lord of LORD Company, and a Turtle Drawing Lesson form Kim, of Draw Your World. Richard’s recipe is a great practical life extension exercise. Kim creates integrated lessons that develop handwriting, drawing, science and more. These lessons can be customized for different age groups.
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.
The following PreK and K-8 links will lead you to articles, hands-on activities and other exercises that are compatible with the Montessori classified reading cards, phonics, grammar, creative writing, science, social studies and other extensive lesson plans found in Montessori at Home, Modern Montessori at Home and Modern Montessori at Home II by Heidi Anne Spietz books.
Links for Learning the Italian Language
Beginning Italian – Learn the Parts of a House
Beginning Italian – Colors
Teaching Children Italian: Parts of the House
The Alphabet: Teaching Children Italian Part 2
Numbers: Teaching Children Italian Part 3
Parts of the Body: Teaching Children Italian
Beginning French Lessons (Use the Materials for Lesson Presentations in English, Spanish and Italian)
Article – Why should children learn multiple languages?
Mexico for Children (written in Italian) Progressive Reading Practice
AMC Montessori Grammar Game (Customize to Present Grammar in Italian – Free Game Templates Included)
Native Lingo – Read Listen, Pronounce and Learn
Download a Free Italian Song
Links to Italian Art, Art History and Renaissance Fashion
Leonardo da Vinci Drawing
Art Appreciation for Preschool and Elementary Children
About Leonardo da Vinci (Links to Additional Unit Study)
Hands On Michelangelo Projects
Classroom Drawing and Painting Supplies
Italian Renaissance Costume Construction (for Older Children and Teens)
An Easy Italian Renaissance Gown
History of Italian Art
Italian Art & Italian Craft
Renaissance Art of Italy
Links to Music of Italy
Oh How I Love Italy – Music, Art, Food Seasoned with History and Geography
Vivaldi’s Musical Activities and Lessons for The Four Season
Italian Music Terms
Music Unit Study (William Tell Italy announcement: Finale by Gioachino Rossini) Ages 5 – 7
Music Unit Study (William Tell Overture: Finale by Gioachino Rossini)Ages 8 – 10
ITALIA – Musical Instruments Museums in Italy
A Brief History of Italian Opera – Listen to the Audio
Geography and Social Studies Links
Free Blank Outline Map of Italy
Maps of Italy (for Classification and Matching Exercises)
Italy Monuments: Past and Present
Italy, Rome & Roman Culture Educational Posters
Italy Timeline
Rome – the Late Republic
Italy History Timeline
Italy: History, Geography, Government and Culture
Great Italians in History
A History of Italy
History of the Italian Language
A Maria Montessori Worth Watching
Italian Recipes
Apple’s Manicotti (Watch as Apple leads children through the recipe process)
Sara’s Antipasto Salad Recipe
The Italian Chef
Easy Italian Recipes
Mexico for Bean Soup Recipe in Italian (Especially written for children)
Let’s Write and Discuss
Italy Around the World
Roman Food- History for Kids!
WebQuest for Kids
Androcles and the Lion Unit Study for the Theatre Production
Androclses and the Lion Felt Board Story
Visiting Rome with Your Kids
Visiting Italy with Children
Write Your Own Books – For K – 3rd Grade(Part I) – Create a booklet about Italy)
Write Your Own Books – For K – 3rd Grade (Part II) – Create a booklet about Italy
To access the complete unit study please visit http://www.montessori_italy.html
Montessori Unit Study
and
American Montessori Consulting
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Enjoy!
Heidi Anne Spietz
For complete instructions on how to fuse phonics, reading and book making visit http://www.amonco.org and click on the How to Make a Book located in the navy blue column.
Click on the links below for additional Montessori related lesson planning.
The Sensitive Period for Language
Use the AMC Montessori Short Vowel Bingo Game to augment interdisciplinary learning. Everything you need to present this game is included in the download. Just read the instructions, print out the game cards, control cards and circle game piece symbols. You'll discover how you can use this game as an extension exercise for lessons in spelling, reading and writing.
Review the phonics preparatory activities as described in Montessori at Home: A Complete Guide to Teaching Your Preschooler at Home Using the Montessori Method. Children should be able to both pronounce the sounds associated with each of the consonants (both initial consonant and final consonant) and read a limited amount of monosyllable words, i.e. cat, men, tip, pop and mug. They should have some recognition of the (CVC) consonant, vowel consonant pattern, i.e. cat, mat, etc. This game should also be used with the "Make Your Own Reading Books" set of lesson plans. See May 18, 2008 Montessori Pick of the Week. These fun activities that you and your child can do together, are available for online viewing, free of charge by visiting http://www.amonco.org
AMC Montessori Grammar Bingo Game
Use the AMC Montessori Grammar Bingo Game with Modern Montessori at Home and Modern Montessori at Home II to augment interdisciplinary learning. Everything you need to present this game is included in the download. Just read the instructions, print out the game cards, control cards and grammar symbols. You'll discover how you can use this game as an extension exercise for lessons about virtually any subject. Compose simple to complex sentences and invite your child to place the appropriate grammar symbol above the corresponding part of speech. Sentences can be about any subject(s) currently being presented. The possibilities are endless.
The Sample Spanish Grammar Game file contains information and sample game cards for those who wish to present the game in Spanish.
These games were brought to you by Heidi Spietz. To learn more about Heidi, click here.
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AMC Montessori Holiday Grammar Bingo
The Human Respiratory System - Links for a Montessori Unit Study
Medical Terminology - Links for a Montessori Unit Study
Starting Your Own Montessori Community Service Projects
The Art and Fun of Kite Flying - Montessori Spring and Summer Fun
(Updated)
Additional free Montessori unit studies, Montessori lesson plans and Montessori
resources are available at http://www.amonco.org
Heidi Spietz
American Montessori Consulting
Celebrating 20 Years of Service to School and Home Educators
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