Ladybugs are a beneficial insect in your garden. They eat many of the pests that attack your plants. Here are some printouts of the life cycle and parts of the ladybug.
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Happy Equinox
The equinox occurs twice a year, once in the spring and once in the fall.
Check out the free printout and more at montessorimom.com
Free Lunar Eclipse Cards
Tonight there is going to be a lunar eclipse. Check out the free lunar eclipse cards.
Pumpkins Inside and Out
Pumpkins have a hard outer shell with a soft inside. This is a great time to carve a pumpkin and find the seeds and pulp. Check out these free pumpkin nomenclature cards at montessorimom.com
Free Pumpkin Nomenclature Cards
Save some pumpkin seeds for your own pumpkin patch next growing season. Here is a free printout about pumpkins at montessorimom.com
Pollinators
I have made most of my backyard a wildflower garden. The change has been amazing! Bees, wasps, humming birds, butterflies and moths are constantly moving in the garden. It has changed the outdoor space for the better. Here are some pollinators that live in Colorado. Check out the printout at montessorimom.com
Parts of the Sun
Our sun’s atmosphere is warmer than its surface. Even though it is 93 million miles from earth, it provides us with warmth and sunlight.
Check out the printout of the sun here.
Super Flower Blood Moon
This Sunday we are lucky enough to have a supermoon with a lunar eclipse. A supermoon is when the moon is closest to the Earth’s in orbit.
A blood moon is a lunar eclipse. Check out this newsletter to find out more at montessorimom.com
French Basic Calendar Lesson
French was the second language taught in the classic Montessori classroom. After mastering the elements of the calendar in the students native language it is a great time to introduce a second language.
Here is the lesson at montessorimom.com
Spatial Language
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Young children learn how to recognize patterns, sizes and shapes visually. The sequence of sizes, shapes and patterns in a series is important for reading and mathematical skills. Some work that helps develop visual language are matching pictures according to size and pattern, memory matching games, stringing beads, hand work, painting and drawing. As in most Montessori lessons it is important to work from left to right or according to the pattern of reading in your culture.