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Art Appreciation: Level 5. Matching famous artists cards activity

Posted on October 27, 2015March 15, 2020 by Katherine

     Happy to see you again art explorers. We continue our study of painted beauty. Previous times we looked at gorgeous paintings, we enjoyed masterpieces, we were trying to find matches, we were forming them from pieces. Now it is time to get to know better their authors. At this step, I suggest using…

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Art Appreciation: Level 4. Forming paintings from pieces activity

Posted on October 20, 2015March 15, 2020 by Katherine

     We are now at level 4 of Montessori Art Appreciation Series. We have already matched painting of same sizes and of different sizes. So to add an additional point of interest and a bit of a challenge we will now try to form paintings from pieces. This material consists of 12 paintings cards…

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Art Appreciation: Level 3. Matching Big and Small Paintings

Posted on October 11, 2015March 15, 2020 by Katherine

     So we have already matched some paintings. And we are now very good at it! So we need to make this a bit more difficult now. So next level is matching paintings of different sizes. I use this sequence because of the isolation of difficulty Montessori peculiarity (we discussed it more in the…

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Art Appreciation: Level 2. Matching the paintings of famous artists

Posted on October 4, 2015March 15, 2020 by Katherine

We are going further in our art study. Next stage is matching paintings of famous artists. After learning about art in general, we can now start looking in details at the art of painting. The first thing we need to do is to get familiar with famous paintings.  This material goes in two sizes. You…

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Art Appreciation: Level 1. Exploring the forms of art

Posted on September 29, 2015March 15, 2020 by Katherine

      I am really concerned about the treatment of art by modern society. I know that many of 20+ years old are not really interested in art at all and I think it is horrible. That is why in my practice I use a lot of materials for learning about art, making art…

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Underwater life Montessori activities

Posted on June 29, 2015March 15, 2020 by Katherine

It is pretty hot outside and I really need some freshness. I was thinking about water  and ocean and it reminded me of learning about underwater life with preschoolers and toddlers. Today I want to share with you some simple activities that we had fun with. They are really easy to organize. We used a…

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Montessori material presentation. Do I need it at home?

Posted on April 5, 2015March 15, 2020 by Katherine

Many people that are new to montessori and only start to discover the method think that the most important part here are the materials, but it is not like that. Yes, materials are important but they are not on the first place. For example talking about peculiarities of Montessori education we here have the list…

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Welcome to the Universe Unit + Free Printables

Posted on July 20, 2014March 15, 2020 by Katherine

When I only started to work in my school the first thing we were studying was the Universe. I remember my preparation when I thought – “Well, I need to refresh my knowledge in Astronomy!”. My knowledge from the school was really blurry. I opened encyclopedia and started reading all about the Universe, the Solar…

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Talking with the child tips. Important moments in communication.

Posted on July 8, 2014March 15, 2020 by Katherine

Hello, today I want to discuss some moments that are important in communication with a child.  So what is important when we are talking with the child: Pay attention if the child is looking at you. Use simple and clear phrases. Speak friendly, kindly,  slowly.  Be interested. Speak with enthusiasm. Watch the tone you speak…

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