As a parent, I wonder what my son works on in school, and how much of what he tells me is accurate. I am sure many of you feel the same way. This week I would like to share some pictures of our class to show you what Montessorians mean when they talk about a normalized class room, and to give you a little more insight into what your children do while at school.
Here is a great video explaining what normalization is.
The past few weeks in pictures:
Washing a Rug
Pledge and National Anthem
Multiplication with the Short Bead Stair
Solar System Puzzle
Telling Time from an Analog Clock
Level 2 Lesson: Muscular System
Level 1 Lesson: Types of Mammals
Level 2 Lesson: Skeletal System
New Practice Readers (NPR) Reading Comprehension
Level 3 Lesson: Matching Arthropods and their X-Rays
Parts of the Human Body
Land and Water Forms
Multiplication Bead Board
Test Tube Division
Bead Frame Multiplication
Game: Spill Your Guts
Practicing the Use of a Dictionary
Labeling the Parts of Speech
Tracing the Continent Puzzle Map…
…to make your own World Map
We also planted our spider plant babies as part of our botany curriculum: