At one stage of my career I started created lots of educational materials. It all began when I learned about Montessori Principles of Teaching through the courses I studied via UK and USA. I was so inspired by these. They were like a magical recipe I could use to create lessons that clearly taught concepts and skills.

I collected things, bought various things with a plan in mind. I designed my own original ideas as well as extensions and variations. I’ll presume you know what this means and move on with my post. But if you would like to know more, feel free to type in a comment below.

I spent hours every day making materials. All kinds. I created games, designed lessons and activities. It was all very exciting. Until of course I had to move and wasn’t able to take everything with me. But I have photos and drawings of what I planned to make too. I hope that in the future I will use these drawings to do just that, and develop more ideas.

Lately I’m interested in nature and how valuable this is; especially for young children. Nature is the best place to learn and grow. With so many possibilities I will post some ideas as part of my next video series. Using nature to inspire lessons in the classroom is another way of inspiring children’s learning. I find that after a few days outdoors I only have to strategically place samples of what’s found outside such as sticks, leaves, shells, stones, and my child is drawn to these. It brings back to life the experiences she had.

Montessori inspired hand made materials created for my work with children aged 3-6 years. It’s important that learning goals are clear and the materials are beautiful so the child respects them.

The materials I prepared in this video teach Math concepts and prepares the child for reading. Indirect learning is what interests me the most because it provides lessons and activities developmentally appropriate for individual needs and interests.

If you’d like to know more or have ideas of your own to share on the topic feel free to comment in the box below.

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