Montessori Nature's Smile

Montessori 3-Part Animal Cards Giveaway is over. You can find this pack here.

Enter this GIVEAWAY and receive Animal Pack for FREE. Email with link will be sent to you at the end of this giveaway. I am so excited because EVERY person who enters giveaway is going to receive Montessori 3-Part Cards with three sets of cards:

This morning I decided to make hummus - delicious and nutritious addition for healthy snacks. As usual my sweet pea was there right next to me. As I poured chickpeas in the bowl she took one of them and started peeling the skin. She saw me do it before once. Well, I could not miss this chance.
I set up  her table:

• bowl with chickpeas
• plate for skin 
• container for peeled chickpeas

"At one year of age the child says his first intentional word…his babbling has a purpose, and this intention is a proof of conscious intelligence…He becomes ever more aware that language refers to his surroundings, and his wish to master it consciously becomes also greater….Subconsciously and unaided, he strains himself to learn, and this effort makes his success all the more astonishing."  - Maria Montessori(The Absorbent Mind, p. 111)

As parents we have an incredible privilege to witness the development of human's intelligence from the first moment of child's life. 

Recently I left my work at Montessori Centre to give my all to our two year old girl. We would like to her to grow understanding and speaking three languages: Russian, Spanish and English. This happens quite naturally since Russian is my mother tongue, her dad speaks Spanish and we live in the English speaking country. 

Dinosaurs are always subject of fascination for all children. My two year is not exception. To be honest, I had completely different plan for our activity inspired by TinkerLab Creative Challenge.

But, as they often do, my child had her own ideas all along. I was delighted to follow her lead. She brought her dinosaur toy and a piece of blue cloth, laid the cloth on a table, and said: "Ocean". Then she leaned dinosaur over it pretending it was drinking. I could not take grin of my face it was so cute. I also was thrilled to see my two year old girl to project her learning (she loves everything to do with water), and create associations: ocean - blue - water - drinking.

Teaching child about fundamental aspects of Art History can play a significant role in their understanding of the art pieces. This printable was created to provide an opportunity to open window into the world of imagination that sparked extraordinary talented people to create these pieces of art that touched and influenced many generations. 

These coloring pages are purposefully designed with only minimum illustrations. This activity can be a great way to build communication between adult and child. The pictures have visual prompts for child to create and release his or her imagination and creative thinking. Some explanation and guidance from an adult is required.
Click here to download these coloring pages from TpT for free. .