As for my regularity or lack thereof on my blog, what blog? Do I have one really? Our science programme for the year looks like: water, air, magnetism, gravity, sound, optics. I pretty much ...
Yesterday, last day of Summer, our baker let us come and watch him work. The place, the people, the weather, all perfect! Hier, dernier jour de l'été, nous avons été très chaleureusement reçus par ...
Thanks to a friend, I've just discovered Google Reader, a nice little tool I'll probably underuse but that seems really useful to save time making the rounds of everybody's blogs. Sur un bon ...
Trying to iron out some of the little things that get in our way of having fun in the classroom. I'm testing giving him material before I present it to "get it out of his system." Also scrapping ...
Even though I don't really think vacation followed by "back-to-school" is necessary or even pertinent for a homeschooled child, I just fell right into the media and society hype. My son didn't ...
If you judge by the how active I've been on my blog over the past months, we'd be in a near comatose state. Not so. Around and in-between various summer outings I've even been keeping up with ...
Depuis des mois et des mois, j'avais prévu d'installer un coin "insectes" dans la classe. Aujourd'hui nous avons inauguré le microscope-loupe et la collection. Ce fut un succès, l'intérêt vif, les ...
Formes terre et eau : Avec les beaux jours et la possibilité de patouiller dehors, il était tout à fait naturel d'organiser enfin des ateliers des "contrastes géographiques". Un clin d'œil à celle ...
Bonjour et bon été, et non, je n'étais pas tombée de la surface de la planète. Cette petite semaine en Sicile ne justifie point une absence si longue du monde virtuel ! Cependant, on met le temps ...
Preparing a week in Sicily, whose name in French is confusingly similar to our friends Cecilia. Ryanair, my fave European discount airline, makes Southwest look like a luxury liner. Every extra ...
Here's a little color exercise we did this morning with some other kids; I adapted it from Cameron's book "Montessori-based activities for persons with dementia." I added the rainbow "order" of ...
Ici juste quelques images d'un mois de travail... J'ai abandonné la peinture aux doigts pour faire avec des petits bouts de mousse découpés dans un tapis de gym qui était à destination d'Emmaus ...
Had some other Montessori moms over last week and they all came from far, brought good food, and took away puzzles. Mardi dernier, rencontre... La compagnie était bonne et le repas, préparé par ...
C'est bien joli de fabriquer mais que fait-on avec ? L'abord que peut avoir mon fils du matériel est faussé par le fait qu'il est tellement présent lors des fabrications, du coup mes ...
I just wanted to put a few pictures on line to justify my absence online. I've been working hard and plus, since there has been a series of bank holidays in France where lots of people just take ...
Nothing wonderful but we did get out the red and blue rods, got stuck and frustrated at 5. I've put them on hold for the moment, especially since I finished my sandpaper numbers and left them on ...
Gotta catch up, this goes back weeks already. French kids have been on vacation and so have we, seeing friend and even going to day camp! (Omigod, the Institution!). When we occasionally do ...
Just a few more details : For the land and water globe you can skip the black marker step and just add a bit of dark pigment or paint to the first (of two) layers of glue. It evens out the colors, ...
Il serait temps que je sortais de ma bulle. Les fabrications avancent, plus, je viens de me rendre compte à l'instant, pendant qu'on mettait à jour les images-icônes sur la poutre de la classe ...
This picture from yesterday doesn't show that Asia is now yellow, all the oceans are touched up and drying, and I can pretty much say this project is over, thank goodness! Too many decisions, too ...
These are just some pix of how I put together my makeshift geometry cabinet. My mom sent me the little wood squares from the one I bought in the States. I won't put any plans online for the moment ...
Dans la préhistoire il y a presque un an, avant de voir de mes propres yeux du matériel Montessori, j'ai fait une assez grosse commande de matériel auprès d'un vendeur américain en demandant à ma ...
Une bonne fée m'a attiré l'attention sur une faute d'orthographe dans les cartes aéroport – c'est téléphones publics pas publiques. J'en ai relevé aussi dans les légumes, puis le jeu de ...
Portée par l'euphorie de mes rencontres et de mes fabrications (bientôt les photos, promis !!) je ne ressens plus le besoin de poster les propos suivants mais il y a quelques jours ça me ...
I'm thrilled! I used a sandy-textured carton I found in a crafts store that I don't especially recommend because it was a bit hard to work with and may prove to be fragile. The colors are really ...
God may have created the Earth, but I've just painted over it ...several times. I'm joking, but I do have a terrible time with the decisions on what to maintain and what to zap on the globes and ...
Everybody makes a big deal about sandpaper letters but they are not the first "language" material and not the child's first introduction to sounds of letters. They are preceded by the I spy game ...
One more set of cards finished. At the moment I'm taking other people's, adding to them and adapting to my the-less-you-cut-the-better-you-feel format. I want to do a set for body parts and one of ...
Things are humming along in all directions. I'm making stuff, monopolizing the computer, and my better half is really being patient with it all. The best news is that ds has gotten used to doing ...
From now on I think I'll work with Openoffice. It's free, and has as far as I can tell the same or better functions as Microsoft office programs. The trouble with pdf files is that you can't, ...
My neighbor finally voiced her concern: have you stopped school? I don't see any activity on your blog! No, we haven't abandoned ship, actually for the first time we're maintaining a pretty good ...
I've found a great new teaching method where kids make their own learning tools then use them, independently. We'll be able to reduce staff in the schools! Other than that I've been starting these ...
www.villiard.com/blog/la-page-des-avions Merci pour les photos à ce super site humouristique qui vaut le détour ! A la veille de notre reprise je repense aux cartes-images et le vocabulaire ...
L'école vivote depuis quelques jours, c'est normal. Papi n'étant pas au top de sa forme, par notre situation géographique et accessibilité en rdc on a accueilli chez nous tous les repas qui ...
2007 se termine et ici on prépare la mise en place du nouveau calendrier. "Je veux le faire maintenant maman !" Lors d'une conversation avec une autre Montessorienne, il est ressorti que certaines ...
No school right now so rundown on all the extracurricular activities. In his acting class for 3 and 4 yr olds he made a big stink and refused to have a war, after having shot me down with every ...
Running late what else is new. Thought I was ahead, had xmas all organized, then it was cancelled. We're a complicated family. In the surprise second round it's suddenly at my house. Quick ...
Finally got my first set of classified pics done, hopefully the first in a long series, now that I've got my sheets set up and have figured out a new photo software since I had to abandon Corel ...
We're happy to announce the reopening of the factory. The workers announced this morning that they're fed up with Christmas, and want to buy back their off-days in order to "work more and spend ...
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Ce blog traitera de l'aventure de l'école maternelle à la maison, style Montessori, d'une famille franco-américaine en Midi Pyrénées.
Our pre-school homeschooling in Southern France
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