Montessori Pick for the Week of January 31, 2010

Please click on the following for some excellent lesson planning ideas.

The Rain Stick or Rain Maker

Soap That Grows

Three Little Kittens - Literature Link

Montessori Pick for the Week of November 15, 2009

Below, are just some of the highlights of the AMC Fall/Winter 2009 Hands On Newsletter.

Part 1
See http://www.amonco.org/winter1/montessori_winter1.pdf

In Part 1 you will discover the following:

KidzClix.net has contributed Make-A-Food-Mosaic. This fun activity incorporates art and larger geometrical shapes. This is an excellent extension practical life exercise that can be used with any food unit study. KidzClix has also donated a bonus activity that children can do for FREE right at their website. Don't miss out. Visit Part 1 for details.

Also, included in Part I is Rita Arpaia's Start with the Winners Book List. She will show you the recipe for making just the right match for your children. Then, take some time out to discover Mollie's Collage Paste Mix activity. Mollie has probably used this activity many times in her Montessori classroom.

Rae, from the Creative Process, has offered three free activities that will spark the imagination of your students. Scribble Designs, Masks and Mask Making, Sharing Food unit study and a wonderful, brand new Teaching Alternative Energy Ideas will all add some zip to your winter lesson planning.

Part II

See http://www.amonco.org/winter2/montessori_winter2.pdf

Linda, from the Storyboard , submitted the Rain Stick or Rain Maker. This fun filled activity, designed for young children, is sensorial and an imaginative art exercise. When the project is completed, children will enjoy making the sound of rain with their rain sticks.

Rick, from Fun With Languages, contributed a Miami style Pistachio Poppy Seed Cake recipe. This recipe would be a great addition to any holiday gathering. Speaking of recipes, renowned Montessori teacher, Kathy O'Reilly, from Cooking With Children Can Be Easy, submitted a yummy Old Fashioned Sugar Cookie Cutouts. This recipe is also perfect for your holiday celebrations.

Heidi Anne Spietz

http://www.amonco.org

Fall Literature Lesson Planning Favorites

New and Notable from Literatureplace.com and Patria Press

Rita, from Literatureplace.com, recently had the following to share with the AMC readers:  “In response to that need, we organized our Core Collection of 150 titles into five major categories."

Genre Collections  

Theme Collections  

Level Collections

Top Ten Collections

Special Collections 

"Each of the five categories is presented online in an easy-to-use Planning Guide which includes the curriculum collections for that category.  Visitors at literatureplace.com have full access to the guides to view the information provided for each title in a collection--information about genre, author, story summary, activities list, and much more.  The online guides make it more convenient for you to both select titles to meet your plan as well as purchase resources from our three product series:   Bookfolio Student Activity Guides, Chapter Reading Guides, and BookfolioPLUS titles.  All our instructional resources are available online in two versions:  you-download-for-instant-access and we-print-and-mail-to-you-access.  We invite you to visit literatureplace.com and to take advantage of our online resources." 

Visit  http://www.literatureplace.com  for more details.  Don’t forget to download Rita’s free lessons included in the AMC Fall Montessori issue.  Point your browser to http://www.amonco.org/montessorifalllessons.html

Spend some time at Patria Press  http://www.patriapress.com and sign up for "The Young Patriots Biography Bulletin", and monthly newsletter. Subscribers will get a sneak preview of new releases, sample chapter excerpts of upcoming titles, fun facts about each "Young Patriot" and special offers.

• Hook Kids on History

• Get Kids Reading

• Jump-Start Kids' Curiosity

Florrie recently shared the following on her website: "In celebration of our young students returning to school and in honor of this September's International Reading Day, take advantage of special savings on the Young Patriots Series!"