This recipe is a combinaton of art and cooking. You can make the face different for special lessons or events.

I like popcorn. This recipe for popcorn seasonings has four different types. Can’t wait to try it.

I love to walk up the mountain trails in Colorado. We have snow right now that is the texture of grain. It is gritty and fun to walk on. Many people use ski poles and walk on the corn snow as if they are cross country skiing. Any type of weather and conditions give walking an interesting change. Montessori wrote in The Secret of Childhood “A child between the ages of a year and half and two can walk several miles and clamber up such difficult objects as ramps and stairs, but he has an entirely different purpose in walking than we do.” I still enjoy the adventure of walking.

Mount Saint Helens is rumbling again. The volcano has been lively since last September.

Volcano Cards

Label Volcano Printout

Learn more about Volcanos

Preschool utilizes cultural relevancy interconnects Native American culture in the context of Montessori.

“It’s reminiscent of the way Navajo weavers teach their children: when they get old enough to be interested, mothers let them try small things with which they can succeed. Little by little, they come to the world of adult knowledge.”

Montessori is a culture friendly education.

When studying countries a good way to choose one is to find the origin and meaning of your chld’s name. Babynames.com has a complete chart on the upper right hand corner. Just click on the letter with the beginning letter of your name. My name’s origin is Greek and means peaceful, a strange name for a child who was so active and wild!

Homeschooling parents are not rebellious, they are revolutionaries. They can look at their child and think, “Hey, this child is wonderful!” They know that their home is a rich environment for learning. The kitchen is a hallowed room for reading, writing, math, history, and science.
They don’t need expensive special science kits to teach their children about science. They can look in the garbage and find all sorts of science projects. An avocado pit is a great opportunity to show how plants grow, study tropisms, plant anatomy, reading, and more learning activities in heaven and earth. They are professional researchers who can use the internet and library with ease.
Most of all, homeschooling parents are changing the world of education. They are the new moral leaders of today’s education movement. Their motto is that children are wonderful and worthy of our time, money and love.

Buena Vista Montessori Elementary School is the first Montessori public school in Colorado Springs. It opened its doors this last fall. I hope this is the great beginning for Montessori schools in the public school system!

Life is for the birds! This spring I have seen more robins drinking water at the bird bath, perhaps as many as 30 at a time. Also, the scrub jays have been with us most of the winter, begging for peanuts from our hands. They will land on our hands or let us hand feed them. Birds get friendly if you care for them year round.

Make a bird watching area in your yard or deck. Birds need several things to attract them to your yard. Make sure there is plenty of food during all four seasons and lots of fresh water. You can make a bird feeder and bath with an old pie tin or buy one at a discount store or a wild bird shop. Birds also love to eat old eggshells for calcium, which they need for laying eggs. Spread out some sand, which helps them in digestion. Buy a color illustrated bird book for the state where you live, they a less voluminous and are small enough to have near by. A good durable pair of binoculars is a must for up close viewing.

What do birds like to eat?
Different birds like different types of food. Sunflowers attract many common birds.

Sunflower seeds, black oil type, black stripped, and hulled, attract-
Blue jays
Cardinals
Chickadees
Evening grosbeak
Common grackle
American goldfinch
House finch
Mourning dove
Purple finch
Scrub jay
Song sparrow
Tufted titmouse White-crowned sparrow
White throated sparrow

Try other types of food such as, millet, peanuts, breadcrumbs,berries, grapes, cut up apples and oranges, and anything else you can think of. You and your chld can figue out what types of birds like cetain foods. What other animals does your food attract? (Squirrels? chipmunks? etc.)

Help birds make a nest. Leave in your bird area bits of yarn, string, cotton, stuffing, straw, bright strips of cloth, and even hair for building materials for a bird’s nest. Look at the nests this spring and see if you can find any of your building materials.

Most of all, bird calls for mating are so varied and interesting. Spring time is the most wonderful time to hear a symphony of bird melodies. Check out a cd or tape at your local library to study bird songs.

Google founders credit Montessori education for much of their success. Read more at International Montessori Council.