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Montessori Homeschooling: What is Montessori?
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Thursday, March 19, 2009. The prepared environment and the role of the teacher. When that happens, the adult must quietly step back. The adult's role now is to protect that fragile concentration from interruption, for in the early stages, if it is broken, days or even one or two weeks might pass before the child's concentration is caught again. Even a friendly “How are things going? Children's ability to care for themselves and the environm...
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Montessori Homeschooling: July 2008
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Sunday, July 20, 2008. Josiah and Tessa have both expressed a desire to take music lessons next year. The thought of fitting those into our lives too makes me very nervous. Anyway, the format. Of our "school days" has been working well, so we'll stick with that for now:. Snack and brief break. Reading" means me reading aloud to the kids:. History: The Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. And library books on history. Links to this post. Email d...
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Montessori Homeschooling: August 2009
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Wednesday, August 26, 2009. Josiah's school work while away. Josiah and the rest of the NZ team travelling to the Climbing World Youth Champs were asked by the coaches to bring school work. The kids do a couple of hours of school work each day while away, partly so that the kids don't get "behind" and partly so that everyone gets some quiet time each day. Ideas to write about:. How is your climbing training going? How is the team? In the ph...
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Montessori Homeschooling: January 2009
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Today, Tessa wanted to brainstorm with me ideas for her Free Choice Days (one "school" day a week). This is what we have come up with so far:. Music lessons (of the teach-yourself-from-a-book-or-DVD variety) - piano / guitar / recorder / ukulele / singing. A patch of garden. Sewing, knitting, crochet, etc. Projects: animals; history; geography; space / stars. Programming project - make a game. Links to this post.
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Montessori Homeschooling: November 2008
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Wednesday, November 26, 2008. I have a new hero: K, who last week ran the inaugural (AFAIK) Wellington Home Schoolers Family Camp. What a fantastic time! After tea, more games, the older kids wanting to stay up playing, us parents not wanting to spoil the fun but eventually rounding the kids up and off to bed. It was lovely hearing a morepork close to the campsite and tuis in the dawn chorus but I was very cold. Unfortunately I was too busy...
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Montessori Homeschooling: December 2010
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Sunday, December 19, 2010. Tessa's first year of school, age 13, from her parents' point of view. In 2010, Tessa decided she'd like to experience school, and enrolled in a Montessori adolescent programme. Our feelings about the year are mixed. Links to this post. Labels: freedom in education. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). At Learning Life. I write about health, happiness, climbing, parenting, books and the environment. I am embarking on...
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Blog | South Auckland Home Educators | To share ideas, articles, ravings, links of interest etc
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South Auckland Home Educators. To share ideas, articles, ravings, links of interest etc. Applying for an exemption. INTRODUCTION TO HOMESCHOOLING by Rosalind Peterson. October 8, 2010. There are 6000 children being homeschooled in NZ. To legally homeschool you need a Certificate of Exemption (for each child aged 6 to 16), from the Ministry of Education. The Education Act 1989. 2 DIFFERENT HOMESCHOOLING METHODS. C You don’t need to know everything. Either the books clearly teach it, or you have a Teac...
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South Auckland Home Educators. To share ideas, articles, ravings, links of interest etc. Applying for an exemption. Having contact with other Home educators. October 17, 2008. I remember posting my first message to our Yahoo Group in 2001. My oldest was 7 years old and we had been home educating for a year. I had 5 children then and so I was very busy at home. I did take this advice. Found on the Practical Issues page.). October 16, 2008. Welcome to WordPress.com. Blog archives for October, 2008.
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Montessori Homeschooling: Montessori Printables
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Thursday, March 19, 2009. Websites with Montessori printables for download. Fraction circles: whole to sixths. Fraction circles: sevenths to twelfths. Print onto coloured card and cut out. Grid paper in Montessori hierarchical colours. Grid paper in Montessori hierarchical colours. This is a grid, colour-coded in the Montessori hierarchical colours, for children to record addition, multiplication, subtraction and division calculations on.
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Montessori Homeschooling: Josiah is going to the Climbing World Youth Champs!
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A Montessori homeschooling parent of two children age 12 and 14. Saturday, August 01, 2009. Josiah is going to the Climbing World Youth Champs! A rare double post; my apologies to anyone who reads both my blogs. Josiah is heading off as part of the NZ Youth Climbing Team to the Climbing World Youth Championship in Valence, France, in August. We are all very excited! We have set up a blog. To enable friends and family to follow Josiah's journey. Im looking forward to reading! 6:53 AM, August 10, 2009.