I Love MontessoriExcited About the New School YearAugust 5, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments
I am really excited to start the new school year. I am looking forward to having a successful and productive year. I have two weeks before I start the teacher planning portion and I cannot wait.
I look forward to working with my co-teacher and our students. [...] Continue Reading…
Language in a Montessori classroomAugust 2, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments
I love the Language area in the Montessori classroom. I love to give lessons of the sandpaper letters and the phonetic sounds. As a person whose English is a second language I have a hard time sounding out certain letters so I practice, giving lessons also helps [...] Continue Reading…
Parts of … In MontessoriJuly 30, 2008 by Miss Norma | 8 comments
For my training I had to develop a curriculum. I chose ocean Life. So I made a lot of parts of sea creatures. The children really enjoy making books of parts of. The one they love the most was the Parts of the Manatee. [...] Continue Reading…
Summer Time, No Time Off for MontessoriJuly 27, 2008 by Miss Norma | No comments
A few weeks ago was the beginning of summer. I had been off for a week and began working summer camp at the Montessori school I work for. I was looking forward to it because I have time to do planning for the school year. It is [...] Continue Reading…
Understading the Math Environment Series: Part 3 Important Math conceptsJuly 24, 2008 by Miss Norma | One comment
The concept of temporal relations means having some understanding of beginning and ending, of order of events, and having some grasp of time (minute, hour, day, etc.). An understanding of this concept is needed for math because it gives the child knowledge that will help him/her to be [...] Continue Reading…