This is time of the year when families begin to decorate homes with Christmas magic choosing ways to fill their home with celebration. Many prefer traditional Christmas tree set up at home, others might enjoy creating something different with their own hands. There are a few examples that truly inspired my creativity.
"A child who has become master of his acts through long and repeated exercises, and who has been encouraged by the pleasant and interesting activities in which he has been engaged, is a child filled with health and joy and remarkable for his calmness and discipline." Maria Montessori
We introduced this practical life activity in our Preschool Montessori classroom in the beginning of the year when children were getting to now each other. It served purpose of encouraging children to communicate and interact in a positive way.
As an Early Childhood worker I understand how stressful this time of the year can be with million and one things occupying teacher's mind. I decided to put this post together to make it a bit easier to find great, high quality, colourful and educational Christmas printables for kids. There are literally hundreds of awesome print outs for FREE. Just choose which one you would like and click on link.
Christmas time is such a magic time of the year for everyone, especially our little friends. Since they are going through sensitive period in their developing process, baby's senses get stimulated in a major way. Things like smiling, friendly faces of family members, bright colours of Christmas trees; sparkles of store displays, spiky feel of mistletoe, glittery dust on post cards from Grandma, yummy smells of crispy turkey and ginger bread cookies.. Gifts is also a great way to make Christmas more exciting for young children.
Let me share with you some activities I was introducing to my one year old girl at home. Let me tell you a secret, I do not spend every night preparing activities for her for the next day, not even planning.. My favourite style is to play it by ear. I always keep in mind that it is important to engage all five senses when introducing her to different toys, also offer her something that will help her develop deep concentration and is age appropriate. I try to connect our work at home to events that took place recently in our life. For example, after travelling I set up this station:
that transformation of the
environment that we call
civilization” -Maria
Montessori.
As Maria Montessori said, language is a "root". It is something that helps us to connect to outside world, our inner world, develop, grow, become part of the society. As a mum and educator I like to provoke deeper thinking look in the matter of things. Essential skills like reading and writing are skills that help to create person's world. For some reason becoming mum made me take completely different perspective on education and led me to decide to homeschool our children in future. As a part of my plan I have made a decision to past upon teaching reading and writing until the age of six or even seven. Here is why.
You truly realise that it is a small world when you look at our family: mum was born in Russia, dad is Chilean, daughter was born in Australia. Needless to say, our holiday destinations are pretty much already predetermined. What do you think crossed my mind when I was thinking about flying across the world on my own (hubby had to stay home) with 18 months old toddler? I do not think I could possibly be totally prepared for 56 hours in the air with a small child in compound, limited space. Well, there were a few things that helped me to stay sane and actually enjoy our truly bonding experience. All in all it was not bad at all! Our girl did a very good job!
The other day I saw the most amazing and effective presentation for preschool children on sustainability given by lovely Wendy from Composkids.
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