Deepdales Montessori

Haven't posted in quite a while, just sharing this for a friend in case anyone has any picky eaters at home!

How do we learn to write?

We need to prime our muscles and our brains! In the early years, most of our learning takes place through hands-on experience. Activities like those shown above prepare children for the task of writing and using our hands with any kind of accurate intention. Our fine motor skills!

Activities include:

Play dough, putty and marla: start with play dough and move on to the harder materials, builds up strength.

Dot markers

Scissor work

Elastic band shape creation

Pegboards

Threading

Using tweezers to pick up small objects

Scooping and pouring

Stencils

Stickers

And so much more!

First year making a wreath with the children! A metal frame, metal wire to attach each bunch and lots of foraging for natural materials. Absolutely beautiful 😍

Waders, wellies, sunshine and mud. All the ingredients of a great childhood 🖼

Female business owners, female dominated workforce. We matter, our work matters. Respect us. Pay us. Collaborate instead of dictate.

Getting Hallowen ready! 'Tis the season to be scary 👻🎃

We've really been enjoying our outdoor classrooms this year. It's been great doing lots of our work outdoors and exploring nature. Good for the body and good for the soul!

Hello Wednesday!

Your challenge this morning is to explore the properties of weight. Find something light and something heavy. What do they feel like? What is the difference? Which one is lighter and which one is heavier? If you have a scales you could use this to introduce the idea of units to define the difference between heavy and light objects.

The Feats of Peep | Videos | Kids Peep is one mighty chick, capable of pulling huge loads with a tiny piece of string. (Either that, or Quack and Chirp are seeing things.)

Hello Monday!

Your challenge today is to find things with the sound i.

Don't forget, you can play the memory game with the things you find, so your child can close their eyes, you remove one item and they have to try and figure out what's missing.

If you have an older child you can ask them to find things beginning with 2 different sounds and go through them together, separating them into their individual sound group.

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Hello Friday!

Your challenge today is to find something rough and something smooth. Explore the textures, how do they feel?