tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141474491645750310.post2367401839399769592..comments2023-06-19T07:55:59.016-07:00Comments on Montessori ici: Homeschooling area - the beginningNeptunehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16633808709890395812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141474491645750310.post-77194203679608376712010-02-19T17:35:50.000-08:002010-02-19T17:35:50.000-08:00Your set-up is beautiful! Can you tell me more ab...Your set-up is beautiful! Can you tell me more about those shelves in the first picture?Jenhttp://homemade-homeschool.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141474491645750310.post-34446242282169243702010-02-20T18:56:33.000-08:002010-02-20T18:56:33.000-08:00Sure thing!THis is the practical life area. Since...Sure thing!<br><br>THis is the practical life area. Since space is an issue, we have to combine stuff together, so I have both the care of the environement and the trays (for pouring and such) at the same place.<br><br>ON the upper shelve, we have the cleaning caddy, that they can take with them to clean whatever they have to. The 2 white buckets are to do dishes (one with soapy water and the other rince water) or to just clean a spong to clean the table... SO they fill them up in the bathroom (which is just beside the shelves) and bring them back on the shelving unit.<br><br>Then on the 2nd shelve, we have the sorting tray on the far left, and 2 bols that are being used for a variaty of reasons right now, and the first tray, pouring and with a variation with a funnel for my oldest.<br><br>On the 3rd shelve, at the left is a pouring activity intended for my youngest (just pouring from one shooter glass from the other) and a tong activity with ice tongs, and some puff balls<br><br>then on the last one, we have a transfering activity and at the right, the excess material to enable variations. (so buttons, spoons, other pain or thongs...)so when they get bored of something, I change an item to make it interesting again.<br><br>HTH!!! :)neptune7http://petithappiness.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141474491645750310.post-76442271459797424452010-06-17T01:26:31.000-07:002010-06-17T01:26:31.000-07:00I loved your PL shelf.One note - you don't nee...I loved your PL shelf.<br>One note - you don't need your children work on the material the way you showed. On the contrary, at least for my understanding, Maria Montessori says it quite clear: we are only the guides, showing the children the general use of the material, leaving them to explore it the way THEY want it. I think she talks about it in "The Discovery of the Child" - a great book I highly recommend. I do know that in many Montessori classrooms things are not really as they were meant to be...Mirihttp://mychilddiary.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com