Classification, my favorite......

Ok, I may be a Zoology nerd, but I have been wanting to do some lessons on classification for the girls for a while.

I always had wished I had a better grasp on it myself in my younger years.
Things might have made a lot more sense.

Anyway, I found this charming book called

Benny's Animals And How He Put Them In Order. It is actually a children's book that talks about how as child learns to group animals into vertebrates and invertebrates by going to a museum with a stack of animal photos and talking with a professor there.

You can check it out here.

You know how I love using living books when possible, so this was perfect, and the girls dug it.

What did we do after the book? Well we got out some animals of course.....

I have lots of follow-up activities planned for this too~stay tuned.

First week report~

~Was my motto this week.

This is from a poster the British government came out with at the start of World War 2.

They never decided to use it, and I can't understand why?

It embodies the everything that needed to be said.

I love it!

So the girls did great. Sofia loved having her own schedule to follow, and really jumped ahead at times with her subjects. We added a little circle time, which was made possible because of Lucy- (or should I say triangle) where we have been doing read-alouds, talking about the day, and Sofia has been reciting her poetry to us.

This is where I eventually plan to do our artist/composer study.

Lucy had lots to choose from, lots of Montessori "jobs", puzzles and art.

The challenge was trying to grab her here and there to do a little math or phonics.

But I am pleased, I want her to have fun.

She has her own little area, and folder where she keeps her stuff,

and she really takes pride in it.

Well It's Happening.........

I have two in the mix this year. Lucy is joining the madness, I mean fun.
I have been planning like a crazy woman, and I think we are ready.
The girls woke up to these boxes this morning full of school supplies.
and I woke up to this~~ a much needed cup o' coffee.

Will write more later about how things are going, and curriculum, one of my favorite topics~