tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post5812547488926233452..comments2024-03-15T03:03:10.246-05:00Comments on Letters From the Homefront: Weekly Re-CapARWmamaoffivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03473800993347627389noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-58083730727390426382014-09-25T16:11:33.457-05:002014-09-25T16:11:33.457-05:00Thank you so much for coming by! I love Montessori...Thank you so much for coming by! I love Montessori materials, and although we don't use them exclusively, there is a strong influence for sure! Amy @ No Greater Honorshttp://nogreaterhonors.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-81988963427141195722014-09-25T16:09:22.641-05:002014-09-25T16:09:22.641-05:00I'm so glad you came by! We really loved them ...I'm so glad you came by! We really loved them last year, and seeing them in this post reminded me I should probably pull them back out soon for my youngest!Amy @ No Greater Honorshttp://nogreaterhonors.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-20354424817603334072014-09-25T13:50:49.270-05:002014-09-25T13:50:49.270-05:00I'm visiting from Throwback Thursday. I love s...I'm visiting from Throwback Thursday. I love seeing all of the Montessori materials. I loved these methods and materials when I was a teacher in training (before I had kids), and even though I never truly used Montessori materials with my kids, I'm sure that some of those great ideas have influenced the things I've done in our homeschool.Leah Courtneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10812333478201076333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-87094599404163630462014-09-25T13:18:14.825-05:002014-09-25T13:18:14.825-05:00Visiting from Throwback Thursday on Tots and Me. L...Visiting from Throwback Thursday on Tots and Me. Love your I Spy Cards. I was looking for something fun for my beginning reader. This would be something that might keep his attention. Thanks for the great suggestion.Tawneehttp://www.adventuresinhomeschooling.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-9652359167776926482013-12-01T00:28:01.544-06:002013-12-01T00:28:01.544-06:00I have to tell you that I LOVE your blog as well! ...I have to tell you that I LOVE your blog as well! :) I am so glad you found me, and glad to be a help to you - and I'm excited to find someone with age spans similar to mine! Of course, I am a testament of the saying 'children move at their own pace!' and not one of my children is the same! This switch to Montessori has been interesting, because in some ways I feel we are behind, and in some ways, farther ahead than I ever imagined! I will have to look around at the hardware drawers - that is a great idea :) I am *almost* done with my own personal version of the boxes (have a LOT of cutting out to do) and will be needing something, hopefully soon, to store this massive project in! I will have to look in to Scribus - I don't have any programs of that type at all right now. I am so glad you stopped by, and look forward to hearing from you again and reading more on your blog!Amy @ No Greater Honorshttp://www.nogreaterhonors.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-83924441703755399902013-11-29T06:36:15.372-06:002013-11-29T06:36:15.372-06:00HI! I just found your blog via My Boy's Teache...HI! I just found your blog via My Boy's Teacher, and I really appreciate all you write and the information you share with others! I am totally new to homeschooling, we starting this September. I have a 7yo first year lower el, a 5-almost-6 yo third year primary, and a 2 1/2 yo pre-primary. :) Gotta love those mixed ages, it certainly makes life interesting. (I really liked your classroom observation posts too! Thanks for these!) Anyway, for the grammar materials, our old Montessori school used hardware drawers for each "box." I don't know what dimensions your cards are, but those lower el classrooms made cards and sentence strips to fit into those long narrow drawers, and each drawer had a sticker on the outside that noted which grammar box (2-4a for example) and the grammar symbol. I know I've seen some around the blogosphere, and I think that Montessori Print Shop offers a free labels printable??<br />As for us, we were very fortunate and were able to order all the colored wooden boxes from Montessori Outlet. I used a label maker and put number labels (3-4) on the outside, and I also got the tickets and sentence strips form Montessori Print Shop. I started to print them out but the way they are designed, it is a SERIOUS ink investment. So I am using a design program (Scribus (it is free publisher type program)) to re-do all the cards, in a format that uses WAY less ink.<br />Anyway, thanks again for all you do, the time you put in and the insight you share...it is so appreciated by a newbie like me.<br />AbbieAbbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01348594488081598421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-65824541901356062982013-09-24T12:36:19.803-05:002013-09-24T12:36:19.803-05:00That is perfect! She showed a little more interest...That is perfect! She showed a little more interest in the addition board yesterday, and I really would like to see her use it. I don't know why I didn't think about using magnets before! Thanks! I will keep that in mind for the hundred board as well - I made one with velcro, but maybe I can do the same with a magnetic sheet instead here in the future - it seems that would have been better in the long run, now that I think about it.Amy @ No Greater Honorshttp://www.nogreaterhonors.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1587084510850003482.post-42687475915869113022013-09-24T09:20:41.204-05:002013-09-24T09:20:41.204-05:00I would try putting small adhesive magnets on the ...I would try putting small adhesive magnets on the back of the moving pieces...just little ones on the ends of the bars, etc., It might be the least expensive to buy a large sheet of it and cut little pieces off. There are some very thin magnetic sheets available. If you are use a lot of printed materials you could use it a lot. Lay whatever chart you are using on top of something magnetic (like a dry erase board or something). The pieces should stick to the board through the chart, then they won't slide around. They sell magnetic 100 boards and stuff now, this wouldn't be much different.My Boys' Teacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16814627526655717162noreply@blogger.com