August

I cannot believe these summer days are finally coming to an end!! 

Here are some random pics of our days, in no particular order.

 Emilie practicing her letter writing in a blue "sandbox" (old cigar box)...

 Oh, Jee will be so mad at this one!  But we are found passed out quite a bit, these days..

 Tracing with her metal insets.  I found this tradiational montessori pre-writing activity for $3 each - yeah!

Metal insets help little fingers develop strength for pencil holding and writing...

 And lots of cuddling, every day, of course. 

It's so nice to catch them loving on each other, for once, and not fighting!  (lol)

More fun with matching animals to specific continents.

This montessori continent map can be printed here.
One of my long-term projects? 
Make 7 continent boxes, filled with goodies from each continent -
money, cultural and political items, important landmarks, etc etc. 
In the traditional corresponding continent colors, of course.  :)