Montessori Moments

 It's no secret I love all things Montessori but I don't want to/don't really have the money to pay for it, LOL!

So why not do some Montessori at home?

Here Emilie is doing the bead stair game...

 Then working on one-to-one correspondence with the beads..

She's getting better at figuring out that 12 is 10 + 2, which is easily visualized with the 10 (golden) beads and 2 (green) beads put together.

This beautiful set of beads and box I found used on ebay for under $30. 

They usually run for $50+.

And here she is using a DIY moveable alphabet (see below) to spell out CVC words (consonant-vowel-consonant)-  which she did mostly all by herself!  Go girl!

 A true moveable montessori alphabet is a beautifully carved set of letters in wood with consonants painted blue and vowels pink (or the other way around).  But I'm not interested in spending $50 for it so here is my $10, Michael's version:

Little alphabet tiles and a bead box.  Scrabble tiles would work just as well.