http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2004/12/30/dont-seem-to-have-seen-much-of-the-children-today/ montessori at school, autonomous at home, all learning together Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:01:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2004/12/30/dont-seem-to-have-seen-much-of-the-children-today/#comment-2723 Jan Thu, 30 Dec 2004 13:13:48 +0000 /?p=578#comment-2723 The wall in the hall's probably not such a good learning environment as the wall in the loo ;) The wall in the hall’s probably not such a good learning environment as the wall in the loo

]]> http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2004/12/30/dont-seem-to-have-seen-much-of-the-children-today/#comment-2720 Alison Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:10:49 +0000 /?p=578#comment-2720 I found this - http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_eur.htm quite useful - just don't get competitive with Tim yet, lol! I found this - http://www.yourchildlearns.com/puzzle_eur.htm quite useful - just don’t get competitive with Tim yet, lol!

]]> http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2004/12/30/dont-seem-to-have-seen-much-of-the-children-today/#comment-2719 Joyce Thu, 30 Dec 2004 09:00:37 +0000 /?p=578#comment-2719 Well, how *I* did it is rather lost in the midst of time, though I am resonably good at it, with the exception of the old Soviet Block countries, and some that reverted to their original names after they managed to get rid of the colonialists. But that's just about not updating properly after years of knowing them as something else. For Hannah, we started at the extremes first. So at one end,land/water mass first, then continents. And then a continent at a time. At the other extreme, we got an ariel map of our neighbourhood, and then walked round it, finding all the things on the map. Well, how *I* did it is rather lost in the midst of time, though I am resonably good at it, with the exception of the old Soviet Block countries, and some that reverted to their original names after they managed to get rid of the colonialists. But that’s just about not updating properly after years of knowing them as something else. For Hannah, we started at the extremes first. So at one end,land/water mass first, then continents. And then a continent at a time. At the other extreme, we got an ariel map of our neighbourhood, and then walked round it, finding all the things on the map.

]]> http://liveotherwise.co.uk/makingitup/2004/12/30/dont-seem-to-have-seen-much-of-the-children-today/#comment-2718 rosie Thu, 30 Dec 2004 00:55:17 +0000 /?p=578#comment-2718 yes, Ally seems to speak in unintellegible sentences, too. and he doesnt say mummy, but meemumumumeemee....ad infinitum. Had interesting conversation about geog with one of montessori teachers- they start with the world and work their way inwards: continents next(touchy feely globes), then countries (did u see globes in LIDL for 2.99?). Dont forget men have a completly different way of thinking about maps etc than women- that's why ppl have rows when trying to drive/navigate together (apparently-cant think where this came from!). I personally cant keep up with where all countries are, but we do have an elc atlas jigsaw, which helps! yes, Ally seems to speak in unintellegible sentences, too. and he doesnt say mummy, but meemumumumeemee….ad infinitum.
Had interesting conversation about geog with one of montessori teachers- they start with the world and work their way inwards: continents next(touchy feely globes), then countries (did u see globes in LIDL for 2.99?). Dont forget men have a completly different way of thinking about maps etc than women- that’s why ppl have rows when trying to drive/navigate together (apparently-cant think where this came from!). I personally cant keep up with where all countries are, but we do have an elc atlas jigsaw, which helps!

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