My weekend of Montessori inspired maths, among other things...

The weekend starts on Friday afternoon (well it does in our house) with my favourite cake: lemon drizzle, made with my little helper...

 

Saturday morning: I positioned the fruit bowl in front of Ro and put 3 wooden number shapes in a pile next to it...just a little teaser for the almost 4 year old.  This was the result...perfect...

He loves all numbers, counting, clocks.  I want him to keep on loving numbers so started looking for games to play.  I'm very keen on the Montessori style of learning, so searched maths in that area.  I found the spindle box activity and this website was my inspiration to do it myself.  He got the idea, but soon got fed up (the sticks were too long), I will keep on trying with this one... 

M is struggling with maths, so we tried the cards and counters activity from this site (which is brilliant btw).  I loved this one and she seemed to understand the outcome...

 Sunday: A game of dominoes with M...  

 A quick game of jenga...

I made some Montessori inspired fraction shapes; a friend sent me a link to these but they were made from felt.  Mine are old t-shirts, some red velvet and an old pair of maternity cords! If nothing else, they feel nice...

I haven't introduced these to M yet (too soon) however, I have made a set for my friend...

Sunday morning: I woke to find M had been very busy making labels for her play area...

and making a very lovely (and very long) winding path of coins...she fascinates me with her creativity...

Sunday: While J and I were clearing out and spring cleaning the garage (boiler leak!) our little darlings were quietly playing in the garden, making a surprise...

complete with glass beads, marbles, spring flowers, a large clump of heather and lots of mud!

Sunday late afternoon: A trip to the park...and a daffodil chain topped off with a winter pansy...

Busy being busy...Nx